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Kenwood Christmas Menu: No Bake Chocolate Orange Cheesecake

This is the second installment in my Kenwood Christmas Menu feature. This weeks theme was preparing the pud......however as most of my family aren't Christmas Pudding lovers I decided to make an alternative Christmas themed dessert using my Kenwood Chef Titanium . This Chocolate Orange Cheesecake is no bake and so easy that even my husband could make it.....I think! I used the Kenwood Chef Processor attachment to blitz the biscuits and then the standard bowl and paddle attachment to mix the cream cheese and chocolate together. I've used a combination of dark and milk chocolate but if this is for adults only I would probably use all dark chocolate. Don't forget to have a look at what Karen at Lavender and Lovage , Sian at Fishfingers for Tea, Becs at Lay The Table and Eliza at The Recipe Blog have created this week too. No Bake Cheesecake Dessert Yield: 10 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image No Bake Chocolate Orange Cheesecake


Kenwood Christmas Menu - Chocolate Chestnut Squares

I'm one lucky blogger. Kenwood kindly chose Jam and Clotted Cream to take part in their Christmas Menu Blogger campaign. This meant I got sent a very big early Christmas present - a brand spanking new Kenwood Chef Titanium . A big thank-you to Kenwood. Over the coming four weeks I, along with Karen at  Lavender and Lovage , Sian at Fishfingers for Tea, Becs at  Lay The Table  and Eliza at The Recipe Blog will be creating festive recipes using the Kenwood Chef under the following themes: Week 1 - Getting Ready (favourite recipes for delicious wintry treats in the run up to Christmas). Week 2 - Preparing the Pud (recipe for an extra special Christmas dessert) Week 3 - All the Trimmings (recipes for accompaniments to the big Christmas feast) Week 4 - The Main Event (I'm planning a vegetarian centrepiece) This weeks recipe is a festive chocolately square using chestnuts and dried cranberries to give an extra special Chrismassy spin. The bonus with these squares is


Chocolate Spotty Traybake for Pudsey

A quick and easy chocolate traybake for Children in Need. Chocolate Traybake Baking Yield: 20 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Chocolate Spotty Traybake Chocolate Spotty Traybake for Children in Need prep time: 20 mins cook time: 35 mins total time: 55 mins ingredients: 250g  Butter 300g  Golden Caster Sugar 1TSP  Vanilla Extract 3 Large  Eggs, beaten 200g  Self Raising Flour 50g  Cocoa Powder 100g  Milk Chocolate Drops FOR TOPPING 85g  Butter 85g  Caster Sugar 200g  Condensed Milk 50g  Milk Chocolate Drops 20  White Chocolate Buttons instructions Step 1: Butter and line a traybake or small roasting tin, about 20 x 30cm. Heat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4.  Step 2: Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan, cool for 5 mins, add sugar, vanilla and eggs, then beat until smooth with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour, cocoa and ¼ tsp salt. Stir in the milk chocolate drops and bake for 35 mins until risen all ove


Banana Blondies

An easy Banana Blondie recipe. A perfect after school snack with a glass of cold milk.


Chocolate Clementine Brownie Cake

Chocolate Brownie Cake Cake Baking Yield: 12 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Chocolate Clementine Brownie Cake A chocolate clementine brownie cake prep time: 15 mins cook time: 30 mins total time: 45 mins ingredients: 100g  Butter 175g  Golden Caster Sugar 75g  Light Brown Sugar 100g  Dark Chocolate 1 TBSP  Golden Syrup 2  Eggs, beaten 100g  Plain Flour 1/2 TSP  Baking Powder 2 Heaped TBSP  Cocoa Powder 2  Clementines, zested instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°c and line a 20cm tin with baking paper. Step 2: In a pan melt the butter, sugars, chocolate and syrup together. Set aside for a minute. Step 3: Beat the eggs then add to the slightly cooled mixture along with the rest of the ingredients. Step 4: Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing.


Honey and Peanut Butter Flapjacks

An easy Honey and Peanut Butter Flapjack recipe. Full of goodness and perfect for breakfasts on the go.


Courgette, Herb and Rice Filo Pie & Nigella!

I've been AWOL - sorry! Its not that I haven't been cooking, I have, but with everyone going back to school/nursery and me going back to work after the holidays I just haven't had any spare time to blog. We are back into the groove now though so I promise to have some new recipes (and competitions) on the blog for you shortly, I suspect with Nigellissima inspiration. Well, I couldn't have an incomplete Nigella cookbook collection could I..... The recipe here is not a Nigella recipe, but instead has it's origins at River Cottage. I've tinkered as usual and varied the herbs that Hugh used. It's filling, hearty and hubby didn't even notice the lack of meat! Rice Filo Pie Yield: 6 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Courgette, Herb and Rice Filo Pie Courgette, Herb and Rice Filo Pie prep time: 10 mins cook time: 45 mins total time: 55 mins ingredients: 500g  Courgettes, grated 75g  Long grain rice 1 sma


Tuna Balls with Spicy Tomato Spaghetti

These tuna balls make a nice change from the usual beef meatballs I make. Lighter with a lemony freshness they are perfect for a warm summers evening. You can make the meatballs the day before and store in the fridge so all you have to do when you get home from work is quickly fry the meatballs, cook the spaghetti and heat up a jar of tomato and chilli pasta sauce. A quick, easy and delicious family meal. Tuna Meatballs Pasta Yield: 4 Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Tuna Balls with Tomato Spaghetti Tuna Meatballs with Tomato Spaghetti prep time: 20 mins cook time: 20 mins total time: 40 mins ingredients: 3 x 160g tins  Tuna in brine Half  Lemon, zested 75g  Breadcrumbs 2  Eggs, beaten 1/2 TSP  Dried Chilli Flakes Jar of  Tomato and Chilli Pasta Sauce 100g  Mature Cheddar, grated 3 TBSP  Creme Fraiche 400g  Spaghetti Small handful  Basil leaves, to serve instructions Step 1: Mix the drained tuna, lemon zest, brea


My Ultimate Chocolate Cake

This is my ultimate chocolate cake. A great universal cake for birthdays and parties. Decorate how you wish - smarties would be good for kids. Chocolate Cake Cake Baking Yield: 10 slices Author: Beth Sachs Print Recipe With Image Without Image Ultimate Chocolate Cake A indulgent chocolate cake recipe prep time: 15 mins cook time: 40 mins total time: 55 mins ingredients: For the cake 50g  Cocoa Powder 175g  Self Raising Powder 225g  Caster Sugar 4  Eggs, beaten 225g  Butter For the icing:  100g  Dark Chocolate (70% cocoa) 200g  Butter, softenend 200g  Icing Sugar, sifted instructions Step 1: Preheat oven to 180°c and line and grease a deep 20cm springform cake tin. Step 2: Sieve together the cocoa and flour into a bowl and set aside. Step 3: In a standing mixer (or by hand) cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy then gradually beat in the eggs. Finally fold in the flour and cocoa and combine gently. Pour into tin and bake for 40 minutes. Step 4: Turn the


Butterscotch Cookies

I've been meaning to post these cookies for a few weeks now but the chaos that is the summer holidays has  got in the way of my blogging a bit. Thanks to my lovely Mother and Father though I have an afternoon of peace and quiet (I doubt they are having such a relaxed time) and am busily catching up with emails and blog commitments. Now...these Butterscotch Cookies are super sweet - the kind of sticky sweet that leaves you rushing to clean your teeth afterwards, but also dangerously moreish too (one or two aren't going to do much harm). I can also reveal, after a bit of experimentation, they make ideal cookies for ice cream cookie sandwich's - it has to be plain vanilla though. They keep for about 3 days in a sealed container, but they wont last that long. print recipe Butterscotch Cookies by Beth Sachs August-8-2012 A sweet treat and the perfect vehicle for ice cream! Ingredients 100g Butter 100g Dark Muscavado Sugar 2 TBSP Golden Syrup