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Top of the Chocs

It’s well worth re-visiting our FOOD archives since we made the switch to our all-new super fancy website layout. You can now browse all our recipes easily with endless scroll, Pinterest style!

To make things even easier, we’ve compiled our best ever chocolate recipes for you today – it’s one for all the chocoholics out there!

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Lucy Feagins

A decadent sweet treat from Cassandra Morris of Fig & Salt. Recipe here. Black flat plate by Shiko. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files.

Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches with Raspberry Cream. Recipe here. Artesania De Galicia snake jug from Safari Living and Tyler Hays small plate from BDDW. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files.

Another showstopper from Cassandra Morris of Fig & Salt: Mud Cake with frosting crushed meringue and fresh berries. Recipe here. Marigolds linen throw as tablecloth from Safari Living and Tyler Hays small  plate from BDDW. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files.

‘Pana-Bon’ Appetit. AKA raw, vegan ice cream sandwich, from Amber Roche, Head Chef at Pana Chocolate! Recipe here. HAY Field board, HAY Paper Porcelain teacup and saucer, and HAY Paper Porcelain plate all from CULT. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.

Chocolate Almond Cake with Roasted Rhubarb. A serve of this delicious cake by Julia Busuttil Nishimura of Ostro. Recipe here. Ceramic Plate and Oslo Copper Pink Tableware Spoon from Third Drawer Down. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.

The key ingredient! Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.

Orange and Hazelnut Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting. Another decadent choc dessert from Cassandra Morris of Fig and Salt. Recipe here. Milk white bread plate from Mud and small white plate (to right) from Astier de Villatte. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files.

Orange and Hazelnut Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting. (First) serve for one. Recipe here. Gold Cutipol cutlery from Francalia. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files.

Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake. Jade Bentley of Monsieur Truffe‘s delish dessert. Recipe here. Photo – Sean Fennessy, Styling / Production – Lucy Feagins / The Design Files.

Bean to Bar-tini. AKA Chocolate Martini, another sweet treat by Jade Bentley of Monsieur Truffe. Served with choc-dipped mandarin segments, with a light dusting of sea salt flakes! Recipe here. Photo – Sean Fennessy, Styling / Production – Lucy Feagins / The Design Files.

Bean to Bar-tini. Those chocolate-dipped orange and mandarin morsels, with a light dusting of sea salt flakes! The perfect condiment for Jade’s luscious chocolate martini. Recipe here. Photo – Sean Fennessy, Styling / Production – Lucy Feagins / The Design Files.

Carob Halva Smoothie. Lola Berry‘s Carob Halva Smoothie. Recipe here. Photo – Annette O’Brien.

Chocolate Brownies with Milk Gianduja. The BEST brownies by Jade Bentley of Monsieur Truffe. Recipe here. Photo – Sean Fennessy, Styling / Production – Lucy Feagins / The Design Files.

Raw Chocolate Cinnamon Mousse. Amber Roche at Pana Chocolate‘s take on the favourite comes complete with cacao chia crisps, date crisp, candied nut shard and pear chip. Recipe here. HAY paper porcelain plate from CULT, and copper tip spoon from Cibi. Styling – Lucy Feagins, styling assistant – Nat Turnbull, photo – Eve Wilson.

Today we’ve pulled together our TOP CHOC recipes from the TDF food archives, including a selection of delectably indulgent home-baked treats by Cassandra Morris of Fig and Salt, Julia Busuttil Nishimura of Ostro, Amber Roche at Pana Chocolate, Jade Bentley of Monsieur Truffe, and Lola Berry.

In no particular order, our favourite choc-inspired recipes include:

 · Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches with Raspberry Cream from Cassandra Morris of Fig and Salt – revisit the original recipe here.

 · Chocolate Almond cake with roasted rhubarb by Julia Busuttil Nishimura of Ostro – recipe here.

 · Pana Chocolate‘s raw take on chocolate mousse, with cacao chia crisps, date crisp, candied nut shard and pear chips – recipe here.

 · The BEST chocolate brownies by Jade Bentley of Monsieur Truffe – recipe here.

 · Lola Berry‘s Carob Halva banana smoothie . As satisfying as a slice of cake, and somehow less guilt-inducing? – recipe here.

 · Jade Bentley’s Bean-to-Bartini, AKA Chocolate Martini, served with choc-dipped mandarin segments is simply OUTSTANDING – recipe here.

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