Sunday Sweets: The Best Chocolate Log

Some of the best recipes in life are family recipes, those that have been passed down through generations. So for today’s Sunday Sweets I bring to you a recipe that was my late grandmother’s, which was passed down to my mother, who has passed it on to me. It’s one of my favourite desserts because…

Sunday Sweets: Homemade Oreo Cookies

Today’s Sunday Sweets comes from Smitten Kitchen. Nuff’ said really. I’ve blabbed on about Deb enough in almost every other single baking post of mine for you to know how brilliant she and her recipes are. Today I’ve made her Homemade Oreo Cookies. To be honest, I’m not even sure why I decided to make these homemade…

Sunday Sweets: Chocolate Swirl Buns

Hmmm to make cinnamon buns or chocolate swirl buns? Which do you prefer? For me, I love chocolate with an undying passion, perhaps erring on the side of a little obsessive. But so what? Lately I’ve been craving some sweet, sweet buns (and not that kind) so I thought it was time to whip some up.…

Sunday Sweets: Coffee Toffee

I love today’s Sunday Sweets for two reasons. 1) It’s a mixture of coffee and toffee, one of my favourite drinks and one of my favourite sweets. 2) It rhymes. I think that’s pretty cute. Oh, and there’s a third reason: the recipe comes from Smitten Kitchen whose recipes I really can’t get enough of. I’ve never…

Sunday Sweets: Hummingbird Cake

This Sunday Sweets comes from Boulder Locavore and is a seriously yummy Hummingbird Cake. If the cute fairy-esque name doesn’t already have you hook, line and sinker then, well, it should. But I’ll just let you know that a Hummingbird Cake is the perfect mixture of banana and carrot cake (sans actual carrots) with a brilliant sweetness of…

Sunday Sweets: Mini Banoffee Pies

This Sunday Sweets is brought to you by a wonderful blog called The Vanilla Bean Diaries. You may remember some months ago I attempted to make a Banoffee Pie but failed miserably. I will one day attempt to make it again (I promised myself!) but for now, I thought I’d try my hand at it on…

Sunday Sweets: Nutella Cheesecake (no bake)

Before you grab your pitch forks and cry in protest for my lack of baking posts, let me just tell you today’s Sunday Sweets recipe completely makes up for it. Today, I’m going to give you the recipe (and delish pics to drool over) of how to make the best, most decadent and chocolatey,  nutella…