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Chocolate Butterfly Cakes

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Well I guess your'e wondering why you haven't seen a post in five or six months and two in one day, but after my early morning baking frenzy it was a too good a opportunity to miss, to post about my exploits the reasons for not posting is too boring to even list. I always need true inspiration to be able to blog and today I feel really inspired and on fire the reasons for which I'm not sure but I hope to continue the trend. So let's do it the second in my series of blogs on trying to give you the recipes to be able to create your own spectacular afternoon tea party this is a real classic Chocolate butterfly cake this one can't be omitted for sure you can clearly see they are missing in this picture of Kate and Wills   cupcakes stand as part of a afternoon tea in New Zealand , I believe they are still feeling the repercussions of this.No sorry only joking. Recipe 125g /4 1/2 oz soft tub margarine 125g /4 1/2 oz caster sugar 150g /5 1/2 ...

Chocolate Tiffin Cake

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With all the delicious desserts that have preceded this post I felt it was time to get back to something more staple what better way to do that than a Chocolate Tiffin Cake full of delicious ingredients such as Biscuit,Cherries,fruit and of course Chocolate what a combination. This combination would grace any lunch box especially in today's economic times this Tiffin cake will give you the energy and lift you at any time of the day to carry out your daily tasks and even make you happier in those tasks hopefully. Give a try and please let me know. Ingredients 200g butter 2tbsp golden syrup 200g dark chocolate chopped (50%60% cocoa solids ) 200g digestive biscuits crushed 50g walnuts chopped 50g glac� cherries halved 50g desiccated coconut 50g raisins Instructions Melt the butter syrup and chocolate together in a saucepan (or in a microwave on medium setting). Stir in the next five ingredients and combine well. Pour the mixture into a lightly buttered 24cm rou...