Everyone knows that January is a crappy month to start a diet. Sure, it’s all kale smoothies on New Year’s Day but with leftover Christmas treats winking at you from the back of the cupboard it’s all too easy to fall off the bandwagon mid-month and spend until February chastising yourself for it. Here typeth the voice of experience!
Received a last minute dinner invite and need something sweet to bring the host? I’ve got you covered faster than you can slick on a second coat of mascara.
I’ve adapted this recipe from the domestic goddess herself but unlike Nigella, I didn’t have any double cream to hand so I substituted some nut milk instead. I can confirm it still tastes delicious. I also picked up a chocolate chip brioche loaf from Aldi which made the task much faster too but you can use whatever brioche you can lay your hands on.
When I think back to my childhood Christmases I remember the knitted stocking that would hang empty on the end of my bed on Christmas Eve and come morning would be filled with satsumas, gold chocolate coins, little trinkets and, if there was space, a Terry’s Chocolate Orange.
The days of stockings on the end of the bed are long since gone but there’s still something undeniably festive about the marriage of chocolate and orange – especially if it’s encased in crumb! If you’ve a fondness for a Terry’s at this time of year you will love this cake.
As the festive season looms ever larger we’re all going to need to keep our energy up to carry us through the upcoming glut of mulled wine, Christmas parties and anger-inducing gift buying.
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