National Chocolate week!

[Jayb]

Yumm  8-14 October 2012
Not so good I've already missed a day!

[Jayb]

[goodlife]

Oh...do I have to...really? 
Well.. it is and as caramel wafer was already mentioned on other post..I might try that 'recipe'.. Does that qualify as 'chockie'?..it has got teeny weeny chocolaty coating on.

[daveyboi]

At least big tins of chocs are only £4 in Tesco at the moment ..... just right for choccy week 

[Jayb]

In that case it's hard to say no 

[antipodes]

At last, a "week" worth following!
Last week I made a recipe from Dan Lepard in the Guardian (I love his recipes), it was a chocolate cake made with "curd cheese" (basically any type of fresh cheese like fresh goats chese, fresh curds etc) It was absolutely delicious and had no trace of cheesiness but was tasty and moist.
nom nom nom, might be time for a retake....

[gazza1960]

Oh joy of joys,let me rush off to the Diabetics corner of Boots and enthuse my sugar fix with a bar of their medicinal pooooo wrapped in attractive foil posing as chocolate..........OK Gaz...lets not  !!!!!!!lets enjoy a few pieces of Full fat Caramac instead......yum!!!!! only a few mind.....

[Jayb]

You've got me interested Antipodes, I've looked up the recipe if anyone else fancies a go http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/21/baking-fresh-curd-cheese-recipes

Aww Gaz, I feel a bit guilty now I had half a Green and Blacks bar yesterday .... so good 

[antipodes]

You've got me interested Antipodes, I've looked up the recipe if anyone else fancies a go http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/21/baking-fresh-curd-cheese-recipes

Honestly jayb it was delicious. I used "faisselle" which is a kind of fairly wet curd cheese that is unsalted. But I think a mild fresh goat cheese could really work too. I kept the cake in the fridge and it lasted a week too!
Dan Lepard has brill recipes for bread too - god, I wonder if he's married! LOL!  He makes one that uses stout as the liquid - it was delicious.

[Jayb]

Lol - sold  But I'll need to get some cheese for it, I'll do it at the weekend, which leaves me what to make today for a choccie fix?
Cheers, I'm off to google his bread recipies.