Chocolate

• 21 The perfect choice for chocoholics
  If you were unaware, this week, 10-16th October 2011 marks a fairly significant event in the calendar of any sweet-toothed foodie. It's National Chocolate Week and if that's not a good enough excuse...

• 22 Kitchen tip – tempering chocolate
  Ever wondered when you melt chocolate and set it why it goes grainy or white marks appear? It’s because chocolate, in a solid state when you buy it is tempered. This means that liquid chocolate...

• 23 Chocolate cake
  Ingredients (Makes 1, serves 8) 200g/7oz dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces 250g/9oz cooked beetroot (not in vinegar) drained and puréed 200g/7oz plain...

• 24 Malted chocolate shakes
  Ingredients (makes 2) 1 large tub of good quality chocolate ice cream (500ml) 250mls milk 4 tbs malt powder 10 chocolate chip cookies Method Place all the ingredients in a blender...

• 25 Chocolate marble cake with chocolate icing
  Ingredients (serves 8) 125g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing 170g self-raising flour ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp salt 200g caster sugar ...

• 26 Salted caramel shortbread
  Ingredients (Makes 16 squares) 125g/4½oz plain flour 60g/2½oz cornflour 60g/2½oz icing sugar 125g/4½oz unsalted butter, chilled and cut into cubes For...

• 27 Chocolate beetroot cake
  Ingredients (Serves 8-10) 250g/9oz cooked beetroot (fresh or vacuum-packed), chopped 1 tsp vanilla extract 200ml/7fl oz sunflower oil 3 eggs, beaten 175g/6oz organic self-raising...

• 28 Love to eat
  Valentine’s Day is upon us again – and what better way to show someone you love them than by cooking a delicious meal for them at home – far better than fighting for attention in a packed...

• 29 Hot chocolate and raspberry shake
  Ingredients (Serves 2) 600ml semi skimmed milk 2 tbsp drinking chocolate 3 tbsp medium oatmeal 100g raspberries Method Place the milk, drinking chocolate and oatmeal in a saucepan...

• 30 Luscious Lollies
  INGREDIENTS 200g/7oz Carnation Condensed Milk Light 275g/10oz fresh fruit such as strawberries, rinsed and hulled 100ml/4fl oz fruit juice – a red coloured juice...

• 31 Gregg Wallace's chocolate mousse tartlets
  Ingredients (makes 6) 125 g (4 oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting 50 g (2 oz) butter, chilled and diced 25 g (1 oz) caster sugar 1 small egg, beaten icing sugar, for dusting For...

• 32 Eat, drink and be lovely
  Although it may seem the done thing to dine-out on Valentine’s Day, bucking the trend and cooking at home can be as good a show of affection as anything. More so, in fact, given the extra effort...

• 33 Eat, drink and be lovely
  Although it may seem the done thing to dine-out on Valentine’s Day, bucking the trend and cooking at home can be as good a show of affection as anything. More so, in fact, given the extra effort...

• 34 Fab foodie Valentine's Day gifts for your loved one
  We’ve only just got over the Christmas shopping and now it’s Valentine’s Day! To help you through the gift-buying minefield we’ve picked the top of the foodie pressies to give your...

• 35 Eat, drink and be chocolatey
  In celebration of Chocolate Week and all things good for the soul, here are a couple of fantastic recipes to inspire you – go for both at the same time for a chocolate overload! This Kuapa Kooko...

• 36 Nationwide choc fest rolls out for sixth year
  Of all the food weeks throughout the year the one we all probably look forward to most is Chocolate Week, held annually on October 12-18. The UK now has some of the best chocolatiers in the world producing...

• 37 Cutting the cake
  Ever wondered how they get perfect slices of iced chocolate cakes in restaurants? The secret is a hot, sharp knife. Choose your best one with a long blade and get it really hot by dipping it into a...

• 38 Celebrate Independence day with an all-American shake
  American Independence day arrives on 4 July and it seems the perfect excuse to crank out some food from across the pond. In honour of our US cousins, who have taken diner style food to an art-form,...

• 39 Outdoor farm fun for the kids this half term
  If you're looking for a fun outdoorsy activity to keep the kids amused this May half term, Cadbury's might just have the very thing. The chocolate giant has organised a travelling family fun day, which...

• 40 Mark World Fairtrade Day with a chocolate treat
  As it's World Fairtrade Day this Saturday we thought we'd bring you a devilishly delicious chocolate treat in the form of this soufflé. The recipe uses Fairtrade coffee, Fairtrade chocolate and...