Is there anything better than a melt-in-the-middle chocolate lava cake? Well, how about one with a gooey white chocolate centre that’s easy to whip up in no time at all? Still on the fence? I’m definitely going to win you over when I show you photos The cake itself is made with very little flour…
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Jaffa Cake Layer Cake
I’ve got something a little bit special today – definitely not a cake you can throw together in an hour or so. But, if you are after a bake which is guaranteed to make people smile, then you are going to want to check out my Jaffa Cake Layer Cake! This cake is a whole…
Ferrero Rocher Pavlova
Don’t love Christmas pudding as much as I do? Then I’ve so got you covered with this showstopping Ferrero Rocher pavlova. It’s the (second) best way to round off your Christmas day feast. Or why not serve up as part of your New Year’s Eve banquet? Throw some cake sparklers in the top and this…
Apple Sultana Oatmeal Cookies
The clocks have gone back, the heating is on, and the sun is setting before I’ve even left the office. Holidays are coming! But before this blog gets completely overcome with festive cheer and cranberries, there’s just enough time for a few more weeks of autumn. And a bit more apple. These cookies are super…
Toffee Apple Crumble
And the crumble-binge continues. This is my last one this autumn, I promise. And why not go out with a bang? This toffee apple crumble is the absolute best dessert to come home to after watching the Bonfire Night fireworks. This recipe almost reads like a typical apple crumble, but with the key addition of…
Soft Pretzels
Oh my gosh, I’ve had a terrible week. I don’t know whether I’ve slipped a disc or whatever, but I’ve been channelling Rachel from that episode of Friends where Ross has to help her do her makeup. World’s worst back 2k16. And baking does not make it better at all. The things I go through…
Blackberry Apple Crumble Muffins
I’ve basically had a headache for 10 days now (thanks a lot stress), so apologies for the lack of new recipes. It hasn’t been for a lack of baking – I’ve got recipes and photos coming out of my ears, but concentrating for long enough to actually sit down and write something has been a…
Cherry Blueberry Crumble
We’re kicking off Autumn here on What Charlotte Baked with a good old fashioned crumble. But, I wanted to do something a smidge different (of course) and so instead of traditional apples, this crumble is filled with sweet juicy cherries and tangy blueberries. Maybe it’s the most American crumble of all. Does America even do…
Churros with Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce
This week on the Great British Bake Off we were faced with, quite possibly, the weirdest challenge of all time – batter week. Yep, all the bakes this week involved various forms of batter, including filled Yorkshire puddings, weird lacy pancakes, and traditional Spanish churros. I pretty much hate anything made from batter. The word ‘batter’…
Double Chocolate Muffins
The queen of baked goods, double chocolate muffins are the first to get eaten in the office kitchen. Followed closely by the donuts, of course. But there’s really no need to go out and buy them when they are this easy to make! You know me by now – I like to add as much…
Champagne Truffle Ice Cream
I’ve been making a whole load of ice cream lately – there was this lemon ripple ice cream from a few weeks ago, as well as the pistachio ice cream that apparently never actually made it to the blog. Maybe it was just too tasty? Or maybe I just didn’t have the light or time…
Pizza Share Bread
Bread week? Bring it. Bread week is always a weird one on The Great British Bake Off. Sometimes really great bakers can find bread just too difficult a challenge, and then end up going home. That’s why I’ve chosen something nice and easy for this week’s bake off challenge. I love bread, even though it…
Chocolate Orange Viennese Whirls
How is it the second week of The Great British Bake Off already? And how much do you love Val? She needs to stay in that tent for as long as possible. I totally would have made ice cream iced biscuits too. So yeah, last night brought us biscuit week. And today I’m bringing you…
Almond Raspberry Drizzle Cake
The Great British Bake Off was back on UK television on Wednesday, and to celebrate everyone’s favourite 11 weeks of the year, every week I am going to be baking something inspired by the previous week’s theme. And to kick things off, here comes Cake Week. The signature challenge set by Paul and Mary was…
Mojito Ice Lollies
After killing it with my Peach Raspberry Ice Lollies a few weeks ago, I thought it only fitting to give my specially imported ice lolly moulds another go. And this time I went boozy. I’m pretty sure Mojitos are everyone’s favourite cocktail. They went down a storm at our recent wedding after all. And you are…
Double Chocolate Millionaire’s Shortbread
Millionaire’s shortbread is one of my all-time favourites. How could I possibly make it better? As always, the answer turned out to be more chocolate. This is a triple whammy of perfection. On the bottom, you’ve got a soft and crumbly chocolate shortbread base. Incredibly simple and quick to make, with plenty of cocoa to…
Lemon Ripple Ice Cream
… that doesn’t really look all that ripply. Apologies. I put plenty of sprinkles on it though, does that count? The supposed ripples in this homemade lemon ice cream come in the form of lots of tangy lemon curd. My lemon curd came from a jar, but bonus points if you make your own. I’ve…
White Chocolate Strawberry Cookies
Strawberries and cream! In a cookie! I’ve genuinely spent the last week trying (and failing) to get this white chocolate strawberry cookie recipe right. I really wanted to make a slice and bake cookie, but getting the balance between too sweet, too spready, and too yucky turned out to be a lot harder than expected. …
Peach Raspberry Ice Lollies
Summer is here at last! Well, at least for the weekend anyway. Is there any better way to enjoy the weekend than by spending it in our tiny little kitchen, slaving away over a stand-mixer, and making the world’s most hideous tasting chocolate cake? Yes, most definitely. On the plus side, I did manage to…
Chocolate Lime Bars
So, I managed to drag myself away from trying to track down Pikachu, and spent Sunday afternoon cooking up these hulk-green chocolate lime bars. I might have gone a little OTT on the food colouring. Let that be a lesson to you. There are a tonne of limes in our fridge at the moment, due to…
Chocolate Waffles
I gave Katie a waffle maker as a wedding present. It might seem unromantic, but at some point the humble waffle became a symbol of the future we were going to share together. We’d imagine the house we would own, the gorgeous kitchen we would create, and the ridiculously over the top breakfasts we would…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
I’m finally posting a new recipe! Gold star for me! Seriously, I’ve been such a bad baking blogger lately. Last time I promised I would try and post once a week, and that was about a month ago… It turns out that being less than six weeks away from your incredibly DIY’d wedding, having a partner…
Cherry Chocolate Hot Cross Buns
There’s only four sleeps until the most chocolatey day of the year is upon us, and so I thought I’d turn the one remaining non-chocolatey Easter treat into something a lot more… well… chocolatey. Introducing Cherry Chocolate Hot Cross Buns. Or maybe Choc Cross Buns? I don’t even know if Hot Cross Buns are a…
The Best Chocolate Cupcakes
Everyone has their staple chocolate cupcake recipe, and this is mine. The best chocolate cupcakes you will ever make. What’s so great about them? I like to think their greatness is three-fold: Firstly, they are made from melted chocolate rather than cocoa. This does mean the ingredients you will need for these are a little…