This dessert is decadently delicious and a must to end any long, traditional lunch. TO DRINK: Alvi’s Drift Muscat de Frontignan 2005 has aromas of raisins, almonds, cinnamon, dried apricots and toffee in abundance
Print Recipe Summer pudding with white chocolate rum sauce Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients CHOCOLATE SAUCE 125ml (½ cup) milk 200g good-quality white chocolate, chopped 80ml (1/3 cup) rum 500ml (2 cups) fresh raspberries 250ml (1 cup) mulberries 100g castor sugar 60ml (¼ cup) water 2 stale croissants, halved and toasted Instructions 1
Print Recipe Sticky marmalade cake topped with dark chocolate scrolls Serves: 1 cake Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 500ml Seville orange marmalade 500g castor sugar 200ml water 4 oranges, zested 10 eggs, separated 280g sugar 140g cake flour 100g butter, melted fresh cream, to serve dark chocolate scrolls, to serve Instructions 1 Preheat the oven
Recipe by Novuselelo Mncube
Hubbard squash and white-chocolate cheesecake is deliciously creamy. Hubbard squash has a natural denseness which makes this cake gorgeously thick and perfect with rich white chocolate. Serve as a satisfying teatime treat. Recipe by Illanique van Aswegen
A fruity and fun spin on the traditional milk or dark chocolate version, these white chocolate and cherry fondants are deliciously beautiful desserts. The centres should be gooey enough to flood the entire cake with melted chocolate, so be careful not to overbake them. Golden and tart chocolaty heaven! Recipe by Illanique van Aswegen
Print Recipe Ginger and dark chocolate honeycomb Serves: +- 25 pieces Cooking Time: 1 hour Ingredients 180g (1 cup) white sugar 250ml (1 cup) syrup 15ml (1 tbsp) white vinegar 15ml (1 tbsp) fresh ginger, finely grated 15ml (1 tbsp) bicarbonate of soda 400g dark chocolate, melted Instructions 1 Line 2 medium baking trays with
Print Recipe Chocolate milk Serves: 3,5L Cooking Time: 10 mins Ingredients 3,5L full-cream milk 100g castor sugar 1 vanilla pod, split 30g cocoa powder Belgian dark chocolate, melted, to serve Instructions 1 Place the milk, sugar and vanilla pod in a pot over medium-high heat and 2 bring to a boil. Remove the vanilla pod,
Print Recipe Double-chocolate mousse cake Serves: 6 – 8 Cooking Time: 2 hours + 2 hours, to set Ingredients Cake 234g cake flour 80g cocoa powder + extra, to dust 5ml (1 tsp) bicarbonate of soda 2,5ml (½ tsp) baking powder 80g salted butter 400g castor sugar 6 extra-large eggs 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
TO DRINK: Be daring and try a rich red such as Pio Cesare Barolo from Italy or Steenberg Merlot.
Print Recipe Chocolate brioche with orange drizzle Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 6 hours 30 mins Ingredients 80ml (1/3 cup) milk, scalded 10g instant yeast 50g sugar zest of 1 orange 3 large eggs 250g cake flour pinch of salt 80g butter 80g dark chocolate, chopped EGG WASH 1 large egg yolk 30ml (2 tbsp) milk
You don’t need to be gluten intolerant to enjoy this seriously decadent cake
This dessert offers the perfect flavour combination all in one bite
Print Recipe Bitter chocolate and Copper Lake Stout tart Serves: 6 – 8 Cooking Time: 2 hours Ingredients The base 75g unsalted butter, cut into pieces 15ml (1 tbsp) vegetable oil 45ml (3 tbsp) water 15ml (1 tbsp) castor sugar pinch salt 120g cake flour The filling 110g 70% dark chocolate, chopped 125ml (½ cup)
Whether you are simply craving chocolate, or looking for an elegant, but easy dessert for your dinner party, you cannot go wrong with this chocolate mousse!