Chocolate Finger & Maltesers Birthday Cake

I decided I would make a birthday cake for my Mum's birthday tomorrow. This is how it turned out - 

Although Mum said only a little cake - I turned out to be massive! Enough to feed an army - hehe! Basically, it is a chocolate & beetroot cake in both layers smothered with a chocolate butter cream to stick chocolate fingers on and the ribbon holds them in place, then finally adding chocolate maltesers on top!

Cherry & Chocolate Brownies

So after trying the chocolate & cherry brownies using the Sainsbury's recipe, I decided to make some more cherry & chocolate brownies as they were so tasty when I made them previously - with added chocolate chips and fudge pieces too... They were very yummy - the fudge went soft and chewy. 

This time I also used fresh chicken eggs I was given by one of my friends. 

I would definitely make these brownies again but I think I would add even more chocolate chips and more fudge this time too. I also made some chocolate brownies, using the same recipes but without the cherries and they were delicious and chewy too - a big hit!

Cherry & Chocolate Brownies

Due to all of the cherries that had grown on our cherry tree - I decided to try Sainsbury's recipe for Cherry & Chocolate Brownies which turned out really yummy! I did change the recipe a - I changed the amount of cherries to more but I left the rest the same. 

Cookie Monster Cupcakes

I made some vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing coloured blue, then coated in desiccated coconut (dyed blue with food colouring); with white chocolate buttons, milk chocolate chip for eyes - I also then cut a slit in the icing adding a cookie in the 'slit' of icing. 

Homemade Chocolate Bourbons

As it is the school holiday, I made some Chocolate Bourbons. I made chocolate biscuits and filled with a thick chocolate buttercream. They were very nice, but I think they need to be refrigerated next time for the buttercream to harden as it all squished out - but they were delish, even if I do say so myself (as well as being very messy!)

Chocolate & Beetroot Cake Hedgehogs

As it is half term and I have really wanted to try making a cake hedgehog for a while, I just had to have a go... 

They turned out well I thought for a first attempt - I would definitely make them again, but next time I do, I need to make sure I make 3 times the recipe of Chocolate buttercream so the buttons sit in better. 

Everyone who had a slice said it was very tasty and I thought it was very tasty too! I would definitely make again! (I also named them, on the left is Henry and on the right is Harriet!)

'Wilton' Chocolate Chip Softies

 These are Wilton Chocolate Chip Softies and I got the recipe from their website.

These are much like cookies but are baked in a Whoopie Pie tin and taste a cross between a cookie and a cake filled with Chocolate Chips.

Parsnip & Maple Syrup Cake

This is a Parsnip & Maple Syrup cake. The cake has ingredients such as parsnips, an apple, maple syrup and it should contain pecans, but I forgot to add them! Oops!

I was very nice and the two sponges are sandwiched together with Maple Syrup icing.  

This cake was made for my sixth assessment in my Cooking & Baking 101 class I am taking.