Alfajores are a traditional Latin American delicacy made up of dulce de leche sandwiched between two shortbread-like biscuits and dusted with icing sugar. Also popular in Spain, I’m surprised I never came across them when travelling the country last summer, with my first experience of Amisqi‘s alfajores being at this year’s Chocolate Festival in London . This […]
Alfajores
This week’s sweet treats: 08.04.13
What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly roundup of the sweetest treats we’ve eaten this week. Here’s 5 of our favourites….. This week’s sweet treats (clockwise from top left): Light and soft carrot and walnut cake from Frieda’s Tearoom, Bournemouth Beautifully presented apple and cinnamon muffin, rhubarb crumble tart, mille feuille and a red velvet […]
Southbank Chocolate Festival 2013
London’s bi-annual Chocolate Festival is one of my favourite events of the year, mainly because it involves chocolate and partly because it gives me a chance to say hello to lots of lovely independent businesses, which I rarely get to meet in person. A number of activities such as chocolate demonstrations and cookery workshops take […]