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This chocolatey no-bake treat is an absolute cinch to make and will bring friends, family and children so much joy. I like to include a couple of handfuls of mini sugared eggs – no need for precise measures here. You can swap these for anything you like: dried fruit, nuts, mini marshmallows, bashed up chocolate bars… Adding a little oil to the marbled, chocolatey topping keeps it nice and soft. If you don’t like the taste of coconut oil, use sunflower oil instead.     Ingredients For the tiffin: 150g salted butter 1 ½ tbs caster sugar 2 tbs golden...

New Year, New You! What better way to turn over a new leaf than by starting the day with a nutritious breakfast? Baked oats are packed full of healthy ingredients and will keep you feeling full up until lunchtime. Simply stir together and bake! The ingredients below provide enough mixture to fill a Tala small enamel roaster. Quarter the mixture to fill two Tala ramekins. One ramekin provides a good single serving. Experiment with different fresh or frozen fruits and add spices or chopped chocolate to taste!   Ingredients 200g porridge oats 1 ¼ tsp baking powder 4 free-range eggs...

Black Forest Gateau makes a lovely no-fuss dinner party dessert in the winter months. You can make the sponges in advance, wrap in cling film and freeze until needed. When it comes to defrosting them, leave to reach room temperature, then unwrap, or the condensation will make them soggy. Then simply layer the cakes with the whipped cream, jam and fruit an hour or two before you are ready to serve dessert.   The deep black cocoa powder is optional but imparts a lovely dark colour – you can replace this with normal cocoa powder if you prefer.    ...

If you are a baker that is as obsessed as we are with the powerful combination of marshmallow, chocolate, biscuit and MORE chocolate then you are going to love these cupcakes! The icing is a delicious home-made marshmallow fluff and the chocolate ganache filling is half-milk chocolate and half-dark chocolate, making it extra-specially delicious. For this recipe, you are really going to need two pieces of Tala equipment: the Cooks’ Blow Torch (for the delicious, smokey bonfire-scorched frosting) and the Cupcake Corer (for the luscious chocolate ganache core). Please note that the marshmallow fluff frosting contains partially cooked egg whites. Anyone with health concerns,...

Hand  pies,  turn-overs,  pasties...whatever  you  call  these  delicious  little pastries,  they  taste  delicious  and  are  incredibly  easy  to  make.  A  mixture of lard  and  butter  makes  for  a  wonderfully  golden  and  flaky  pastry.  If  you are running  short  of  time,  fill  with  jam  or  shop-bought  pie  filling  –  just make sure  you  allow  them  to  cool  slightly  before  tucking in as the insides can get very hot indeed!     Ingredients: 250g plain flour 50g lard, cut into pieces 50g  butter, cut into pieces 3  tbs cold water 1  egg,beaten Demerara sugar 1  apple, peeled and chopped into little pieces...