Chocolate Apprentice

Fancy Pants Chocolate Bars

I think it was looking at, salivating over and finally tasting those wonderful chocolate bars at The Chocolate Tree, in Edinburgh, that made me want to try creating my own.

Perfectly tempered, glossy but unassuming on one side, when flipped over, they are a pretty picture of jewel-like fruits and roasted nuts.  It must be confessed, the idea of placing these items on the chocolate, rather than suffering again through my late, ham-fisted attempts at enrobing, really strikes my fancy, this week. [Read more…]

The Betty

I am staring at these beautiful chocolate molds. It could be said that I have been helping to make molded chocolate since I was a very small girl.

For as long as I can remember, my Mum made “wee chocolate cups” – a recipe and technique she had learned during World War Two, when her Grandmother managed to secure her some contraband chocolate, and Mum shared it with her friends.  One friend showed them all how to make these, filled with whatever they could concoct from the rations.

Some of my earliest memories are of sitting at the kitchen table on Sunday afternoons, [Read more…]