So what do you do when you get some time to relax? For the consumate blogger it's a chance to catch up on some blog planning and get baking in the kitchen. This afternoon I made chocolate for the first time ever. It's dead easy. You need cocoa butter, cocoa powder, some sweetener (I used Sweet Freedom which is a fruit and carob sweetener) and vanilla essence or any … [Read more...]
Can you buy nut and dairy free cocoa powder?
Cocoa powder is just that, cocoa powder isn't it? Well maybe not. It nearly always contains sugar; finding one without sugar is impossible. They also probably contain skimmed milk powder if sold as a hot chocolate powder drink and on more careful examination, most contain a 'may contain' milk or nuts warning. But what does that mean? If the recipe is freefrom milk and nuts … [Read more...]