Sharabelle bakes

Orange Cake with Chocolate Ganache Iv been recipe testing theppk - Post Punk Kitchen  Chocolate Ganache recipe.  It's from one of my favourite cook books - Vegan Cup cakes take over the world. Id promised the guys at the Pantry Chocolate Cupcakes, which gave me the perfect excuse to make the ganache.   Since I need to watch my sugar due to my IBS (ohh and the little factor that it makes me hyper, not great for my anxiety disorder) there is no way I can eat the whole lot myself.  Rather than cook it in a saucepan as the recipe suggested, I used a double boiler.  I prefer to melt chocolate in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water.  It makes the chocolate less likely to split.  As an added bonus if you have any extra left over you can chill in the fridge and turn the rest into chocolate truffles.  This is a great base recipe that you can easily change. - Add Orange zest, to make chocolate orange Ganach...

Scones with Afternoon tea on today's menu at the Pantry.   Scones are one of my favourite things to make, so it was no hardship making a double batch today for afternoon tea.  I'v made so many over the year's, it's a recipe I can almost make completely on auto pilot.  It was bleeping freezing this morning and stayed that way for the rest of the day. So we stuck to hearty comfort food for the rest of the menu. Home made Mac and cheese or Lasagna with chips (In Scotland chips are pretty much served with everything!!)   Dessert was a home made creamy rice pudding, it was so popular that we sold out.  TIP : Scones and rice pudding are really easy to make dairy free.  They work great by using either soya and coconut.  There also both cheaper to make yourself, rather than buying pre-made dairy free.  The mac and cheese looked great, I  made my own mac and pea's when I got home but it's not...