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Chocolate and Hazelnut Macarons

Amazing Chocolate and Hazelnut French Macarons that are made with ground hazelnuts and filled with a Nutella ganache. With my step by step photo guide, you’ll be able to make these delicious, chewy meringue cookies too!

Chocolate and Hazelnut Macarons with Step By Step Photo Guide by Giraffes Can Bake - French Macarons made with ground hazelnuts and filled with a nutella ganache

After my many, many struggles with making macarons, I now really enjoy making them! With all the rules you’re supposed to follow and all the scary stories lots of people will tell you about the horror of macaronage, they can seem very daunting. But once you’ve learned all the tips and tricks and, most importantly, figured out what works for you – you’ll be able to impress everybody with your awesome macarons! In this post I not only have a delicious Chocolate and Hazelnut Macaron recipe for you, but I’m sharing all the tricks I’ve picked up along my journey of learning to make these misunderstood cookies with you – including photos for those of you who are more visual like me! As you might imagine, this is gonna be a long one – but once we’re done, I’m hoping you’ll feel much more confident in macaron making – no matter your baking experience! So hold on to your butts, let’s get started!

Chocolate and Hazelnut Macarons with Step By Step Photo Guide by Giraffes Can Bake - French Macarons made with ground hazelnuts and filled with a nutella ganache

 

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Caramelised White Chocolate and Macadamia Ice Cream

A deliciously decadent caramelised white chocolate no churn ice cream with lots of toasted macadamia nuts. The perfect dessert this summer!

Caramelised White Chocolate and Macadamia Ice Cream by Giraffes Can Bake - Decadent caramelised white chocolate stirred into a no churn homemade ice with toasted macadamias. The perfect dessert this summer

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Ah, another week and what d’ya know? I’m running behind again! With how often I run behind I might as well call it on schedule! I usually write my Friday post on Thursday and, well, it got to Thursday night and I hadn’t even started editing the photos for the post, oops! And now it’s Monday – still, better late than never, right?

Caramelised White Chocolate and Macadamia Ice Cream by Giraffes Can Bake - Decadent caramelised white chocolate stirred into a no churn homemade ice with toasted macadamias. The perfect dessert this summer

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Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Brownies

Delicious and fudgy chocolate orange brownies with a chocolate orange cheesecake top layer! Perfectly chocolately with that creamy cheesecake layer that melts into the brownie! 

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Brownies by Giraffes Can Bake - Delicious, fudgy chocolate orange brownies with a chocolate orange cheesecake layer

 Chocolate Oranges are my Achilles heel, my weak spot! I don’t buy them often because I can sit and eat an entire one before I even realise I’ve opened it! But when they’re on sale I can’t help but grab one or two, and I’ve been very good and had three in my kitchen for a few months – waiting to be baked with – and I didn’t sneak a taste at all! I’m very proud of myself. I don’t know what took me so long to bake with them, I did have them hidden away too so I wouldn’t tempt myself, so they weren’t at the front of my mind.

Chocolate Orange Cheesecake Brownies by Giraffes Can Bake - Delicious, fudgy chocolate orange brownies with a chocolate orange cheesecake layer

 

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No Bake Strawberry and Chocolate Boozy Tart

A rich, decadent chocolate tart with fresh strawberries, boozy strawberry jam and an oreo crust. So easy to make, this No Bake Strawberry and Chocolate Boozy Tart is the perfect dessert to serve on a nice summer’s day!

No Bake Strawberry and Chocolate Boozy Tart - decadent chocolate and boozy strawberry filling with fresh strawberries and an oreo crust. The perfect dessert to serve on a summer's day

 I think it’s fairly obvious that I love to bake! I definitely get the appeal of a no bake dessert, they’re usually easy to prepare and it’s great to not have to turn the oven on when it’s hot out – plus, they can be delicious! But, I usually prefer the baked alternative – there’s just usually an extra depth of flavour you can’t seem to replicate in a “no bake” version. Cheesecake is the best example of this, while no bake cheesecakes can indeed be yummy, you’ll never beat a baked one as far as I’m concerned. So why, you ask, do I have a no bake dessert for you today? For the same reasons they’re so popular, it’s really easy to whip up, with the day’s heating up you don’t want the oven on all the time and it is amazingly tasty!

No Bake Strawberry and Chocolate Boozy Tart - decadent chocolate and boozy strawberry filling with fresh strawberries and an oreo crust. The perfect dessert to serve on a summer's day

 

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Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes

Moist chocolate cupcakes with a sweet coconut filling and fluffy coconut frosting! It’s like a Bounty/Mound bar in cupcake form!

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Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes - a Bounty/Mound bar in cupcake form!

So, Avengers: Age of Ultron was released in the UK this week. I went to the midnight premier on Wednesday night because I’m a nerd like that and I hate waiting! I’m not going to give you any spoilers don’t worry, I know it’s not released in the US until next week. I was a bit underwhelmed by it though if I’m being honest, but there were lots of awesome parts. All I’ll say though is I’m so glad that was Joss Whedon’s last MCU movie, I love his TV work but he cannot write Marvel, he ruins it! Bring on the Russos and Civil War (although I’m still mad that they’re doing that!). Who else has seen it? Or is planning on seeing it? Do let me know your thoughts! 

Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes - a Bounty/Mound bar in cupcake form!

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