Chocolate - Scones + More

Cakes, Desserts

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

19 May 2023

This week I am sharing my recipe for Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache which is the recipe I use for the chocolate cake we serve in the tea rooms. It is based on Robyn Stone’s recipe for ‘The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe (Ever)‘ at ‘Add a Pinch‘. The main change […]

Cakes, Biscuits, Coronation

Queen Elizabeth’s Chocolate Biscuit Cake

28 April 2023

In the UK we are now preparing to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation. I have been thinking of some special bakes to serve in my tea rooms as part of our celebrations. The late Queen Elizabeth II had a favourite cake, which is apparently also a general favourite of the […]

Scones, Sweet Scones

Hot and Fiery Chilli and Chocolate Scones

13 May 2022

We added a new rooibos tea to the tea rooms menu this year. It was a chilli rooibos from the Kent & Sussex Tea Company and it has been very popular. I thought perhaps I could make a scone to complement the chilli rooibos tea and started to think about […]

Biscuits

The Best Homemade Chocolate Digestive Biscuits

19 January 2022

When I asked my grandaughter which biscuit was her favourite she said chocolate digestive biscuits. I wasn’t surprised as the chocolate digestive is the UK’s favourite biscuit. I checked out the supermarket but couldn’t find a brand that didn’t include palm oil in its ingredients. Even McVities, the makers of […]

Cakes, Christmas, Desserts

Chocolate Ginger Cake

12 December 2021

The tea rooms is now closed for the winter and we will re-open in the spring. This means that I can now spend more time preparing for Christmas. I was about to make a traditional fruit cake for Christmas as I do every year when I thought “Why not break […]