Chocolate Loaf Cake

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/35001/perfect-chocolate-loaf-cake.aspx

Rose Red Velvet Mini Muffins

Cream together: 

60 g Sunflower Spread

120 g Sugar

then mix in: 

1 tsp red gel food colouring

1 tsp Rose extract

1 tsp Vanilla extract 

1 egg or egg replacer

Add and mix:

155g flour

2 tbs cocoa powder

140 ml yogurt

1/2 tsp white vineger

Pre-heat the oven to 180 C and bake for 10-15 min until cooked. 

Top with cream cheese frosting or eat on their own

Violet Chocolates

150 g dark cooking chocolate

1 tsp sunflower spread

15 large Parma Violet sweets

Crystalised violet petals

(if you have Violet Liqueur add a couple of drops too)

Melt the chocolate and stir in the tsp of sunflower spread.

Crush the Parma Violets and add 2/3 of them to the chocolate and mix.

Put the chocolate into small paper cases and decorate with the remaining crushed Parma Violets and crystlized violet petals.

                                                       Allow to cool until solid.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/20/lamington-scrolls-australian-recipes-baking?INTCMP=SRCH

Sadly I have no time to bake this week as we are moving house, but spotted the receipe above in the paper and thought it looked amazing. I can't wait to try making them :-)

Chocolate and Basil Shortbread

 Weigh out: 

 4 oz of flour

1oz ground almonds

2 oz dark Muscavado sugar

1 oz cocoa

4 oz Sunflower spread

a handful of chopped fresh basil

 Rub the sunflower spread into the dry ingrediants

Add a little water to bind the mixture

Roll out and cut out into shapes

Bake in a a hot oven for 14-16 minutes

Chocolate with Salt & Pistachios

Melt 150 g of cooking plain cooking chocolate in a microwave oven
- it takes about 2 min

Stir in 1 tsp of sunflower spread and a tsp of Rose or orange extract/oil.

Place the mixture in small paper cases

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Sprinkle some salt and pistachios over the top

Allow to cool