Easter is fast approaching and I’m going to hazard a guess that there will be a lot of chocolate around over the next few weeks. So we thought we’d set you a bit of a challenge here on the Foodies100. We would like to gather together some of your favourite chocolate recipes – the ones you have blogged about that you were most proud of, the best chocolate you’ve ever eaten, the gooiest chocolate cake imaginable. If it involves chocolate, then we want to hear about it.
Whether it’s a blog post you’ve already written or you fancy coming up with something new, add your link below and show it off to everyone. Can we make it to 50 entries? The challenge is on…
I’ll start you off with my recipe for chocolate chunk cake…
Ingredients
200g unsalted butter
200g light brown sugar
3 eggs
3 tbsp cocoa powder
200g self raising flour
2 tbsp milk
75g dark chocolate, chopped
50g milk chocolate, chopped
What to do
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C (but remember, all ovens vary wildly so use a temperature that you know works for you when baking cakes) and line a 1lb loaf tin with a greaseproof liner or greaseproof paper.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until it is well combined. I use a food mixer because I’m lazy, but you could do it by hand.
3. Mix in the eggs one at a time, adding a tablespoonful of the flour after each egg.
4. Fold in the rest of the flour and cocoa powder followed by the milk, then the chopped chocolate.
5. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin then cook for 40-45 minutes until the cake is cooked through. You can test this by inserting a skewer – if it comes out clean then the cake is cooked. If it starts to brown too much on the top, cover with some foil. If the cake isn’t cooked after 45 minutes, leave it to bake longer, checking every 5 minutes.
6. Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.
Now it’s your turn! Show me your best chocolate recipes. If you’ve got any great photos, feel free to share them with us on our Facebook page, then we can all drool onto our keyboards.
The challenge is on! Ready, steady, go…
Discussion22 Comments
I have submitted my video of me thwacking an Easter egg with a mallet in order to break into it!
Haha! Brilliant! That looks like a mighty fine Easter egg 🙂
Oo chocolate! Something we’re never without here in one form or another. I’ve linked up the brownies that we’re still currently obsessed with here, coffee and chocolate in one!
I have submitted a few popping candy themed ones!
I just submitted my Death by Chocolate Cookies recipe. It’s a must try! But only if you’re not afraid of dark and intense chocolate!
I love this challenge – I added my learning binary with chocolate post to being out the geek in people and of course chocolate covered cheesecake. I want one of those Easter eggs – amazing!
Ooh what fun!
Ooh so many wonderful recipes to explore! I’ve added my own favourites – but whittling them down was hard!! Off to devour…
It’s quite old but I’ve added my inside out bounty cake.
I’ve added a few of my favourite chocolate recipes – what a fab idea though, as I’ve enjoyed reading the others that have been submitted. What a choc fest!
Added the Great Chocolate Cake Bake Off!
I submitted the easiest chocolate cake in the world to make, a gooey heavenly taste, strange way to cook and I expect it not to work.
well we have surpassed the 50 entries…not to start reading
that should of said “now” not “not” sorry
Amazing number and quality of entries. This is possibly now my favourite page on the internet 😉
Mine too 🙂
Well I’ve only just spotted this, so as usual, I’m a bit late to the chocolate party. I’ve submitted my Easter brownies which were some of the best I’ve yet made – only if you like marzipan though 😉
I LOVE marzipan *rushes to check out the recipe*
chocolate pizzas 🙂
HELP!!! i need to make a desert that isn’t sickening i want it to be light but taste delicious