World Chocolate Day - Wed 7th July.

This month is all about chocolate – Wed 7th being World Chocolate Day! And I’m off to Haighs.

As you know,  I’ve been in research mode as I knuckle down with  A Fey Tales rewrites. I’ve just finished revisiting previous chocolate history research. It all started in 2016, when researching for Doctor Jack. The question was ”Would Henry really eat chocolate cake? Was it available in 1889??‘ You can find the answer here:

• Could Henry Really Eat Chocolate Cake? (August, 2016)


• Latest Chocolate Research (some health benefits of dark chocolate – May 2017)


• Photo Friday: Chocolate at the Heritage Museum (A research trip for a exhibition on chocolate history. 2017. Reposted 2020.)

This time round, I could extend my recipe research to 1920. I already had a hardcover facsimile of The Common-sense Cookery Book (Australia,  1914) –  for the original recipes for ‘crispies’ (Anazc biscuits),  and a paperback reprint of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, for the Devils Food Cake recipe (1902).

I’ve ordered a copy of Mrs. Rorer’s New Cook Book: A Manual of Housekeeping by Sarah Tyson Rorer. (early 1900s) for more contemporary chocolate cake recipes.

Here’s some recipe videos I prepared earlier….

• Dark Chocolate Strawberry Brownies
  
  (and the recipe video on my youTube channel)
  
  


•  Chocolate Mug Cake (Recipe Video on my youTube channel)

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World Chocolate Day - Wed 7th July.