My moment of Baking fame!

Karen's Rococo chocolate cake

I apologize for my absence on this blog for the last couple of weeks, i've had a lot going on lately and quite a few things to think about, but that is no reason to neglect my beloved blog so i'm back : ). On one particular day, my dear friend Matt made my day when he put my chocolate Rococo cake on his restaurant menu as a weekend special, his chef re-created it and in the picture it looks exactly like mine. I was even more delighted when i heard people were asking for seconds! I am one very proud baker! Thank you Matt and the rest of your team : )

Happy new year!

Happy new Year to all my readers!!

It's been a few weeks since i updated this blog, i mostly spent my time back home in London with friends and family. There wasn't a whole lot of cooking going on either, not as much as i would have liked anyway, two weeks just seemed to rush by and in the madness of Christmas and New year's there just wasn't enough hours in the day.

I did enjoy my Christmas with family, i loved catching up with everyone, sitting around eating chocolates, watching bad Christmas television with a few good Christmas movies, shopping for and wrapping presents, and the food! It's like a week long food marathon, but it was all wonderful. New year's eve was a family gathering at my parents home, it was very relaxed and joyful, i couldn't have asked for a better holiday season, for me it really is about the people who make it special, when everyone i love is around me i know it's going to be amazing.

I did get round to making some dark chocolate and orange brownies, almond biscotti, gingerbread, apple berry crumble and the best bread i've ever made, Chorizo and thyme fougasse.

Unfortunately there aren't any photographs for this post, after months of struggling on my camera has finally died on me, so i'm looking into getting another one very soon! It's a shame because i was really proud of my fougasse and it's shape and i wanted to show it off...maybe next time.

For the gingerbread i used the recipe from Emma of  http://www.poiresauchocolat.net/, this is such a fantastic blog, Emma's recipes are beautiful as is her writing do take a look when you have a moment.
The gingerbread was moist, sticky and spicy, it was a hit with everyone.

I hope you are all having a good start to the year, the first few days of January are exciting but also a little scary ( in my case) all the things that may unfold this year, the lessons that will be learned and the success achieved, most importantly i will love my loved ones even more and i will continue to thank God for all my blessings.

Karen