I am really not a chocolate person, I rarely crave it and when I do than it is mostly in form of a cake, something like NigellaLawson’s Chocolate Cheesecake with Sour Cream or this Moist Chocolate Gateau or Cake with Chocolate Cream Filling
You can leave plain, frost with buttercream, ganache , fancy the whole show up. A good covering of buttercream prepares the base for both cakes to be fondant adhered
(This recipe is adapted from NigellaLawson's "Feast"). This basic chocolate cake can be dressed up in any way you want by icing it with any flavour of buttercream and using a variety of chocolate candies or even fresh fruit
Frost cooled cupcakes with buttercream, top with prepared bacon crumbles. For the icing. Frost cooled cupcakes with buttercream, top with prepared bacon crumbles
Wanna cook or bake like Donna Hay, Barefoot Contessa, Jamie Oliver, Masterchef, Martha Stewart, Delia Smith, Curtis Stone, NigellaLawson, Ree Drummond and Bill Granger