Chocolate Log Blog Highlights: Three Years On
Can you believe it? I certainly can’t. Chocolate Log Blog is three years old today! For this, my third blogiversary, I wanted to take a highlight from each month of the last year. This proved to be much harder than I’d anticipated – there were a number of significant events worthy of inclusion, but I made myself stick to only one – cue applause. Read on to find the Chocolate Log Blog highlights from our second year.
Thank you so much to all the wonderful folk who follow my blog, leave comments, bear with me, visit and join in the We Should Cocoa challenges. I really couldn’t do it without you. Much as I started this blog as inspiration to make me bake a more diverse range of chocolate goodies, it has morphed into something else. I really don’t think I’d have come nearly as far as I have if it hadn’t been for all of you.
Chocolate Log Blog Highlights
So, here’s what you’ve all been waiting for – my Chocolate Log Blog Highlights. I’ve picked out one highlight from each month of the previous year. Though I have to say, it was hard to pick only one. Here they are:
February 2011
I was really excited by the quality and quantity of entries for the We Should Cocoa tea challenge. And this month’s was extra exciting as I was able to offer the brilliant prize of a box of Matcha Chocolat tea chocolates.
March 2011
Having fun playing with some of the words associated with my blog on this wordle cloud.
April 2011
A smily rolo cake I made for a friend’s 3rd birthday.
May 2011
Baking with my first ever goose egg.
June 2011
A triple chocolate matcha cake for a dear friend’s birthday.
July 2011
Weather and time permitted a miracle tea party down at our plot.
August 2011
My first time joining in with Celia’s wonderful In My Kitchen series.
September 2011
Another friend’s birthday and a 2nd and more successful attempt at piping with these chocolate and ginger cupcakes.
October 2011
My mega baking bonanza session for a friend’s all weekend house party. This orange and earl grey cake was one of many.
November 2011
A weekend of food blogger meet ups with Vanessa’s Lets Make Christmas in London and Annie Ko’s Bite n Write in Birmingham.
December 2011
One of several Christmas Hampers I made. A true labour of love.
January 2012
Not much of a picture, but I was inordinately proud of these top tea cakes. They’re the most delicious tea cakes I’ve ever eaten.
February 2012
Hooray and just in time for the double celebration of my blogiversary and Valentine’s Day, I won this amazingly huge box of chocolates from Simply Food. And I haven’t touched a one yet!
The hazelnut chocolate cake truffles that I made for CT in anticipation of this post will just have to feature on another day.
Congrats on your Third Year of blogging Choclette. We started blogging in the same year a month of each other. I missed my bloggy birthday as I was distracted with the moving, maybe next year I will remember. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your blog grow and the chocolate inspiration you provide.
I hadn’t realised we were as close as that Shaheen. Goodness, you have done so well. Sorry you missed your blog’s birthday, but you have a few things to celebrate – not least, I noticed you had over 1000 followers – fantastic!
happy blog anniversary, belated though! Wishes for many more chocolate years 🙂
Ahhh, thank you Ananda 🙂
Congratulations on your anniversary! Huge applause on that round-up of last year’s highlights. Love your chocolate creations, combinations and cheerful blog! Cheers to another year and biting into these heart boxed chocs.
Thanks for your lovely comment and good wishes Jill. Really liked the idea of a cheerful blog – must remember to keep it so 😉
Happy Anniversary to your blog,.. wow! these are really mouth watering 🙂
Thank you.
Happy Bloganniversary all loook amazing and delicious!!
Thank you Gloria
Congratulations on three years! What an achievement. And so many memories there. Great re-cap!
Thank you 🙂
Happy BLOGGOVERSARY! That green tea chocolate roll looks extremely delicious.
Thanks Angie – as I remember it, it was 😉
Kate thank you very much. Both mine and CT’s waistlines are proof that those chocolate treats just keep coming 😉
HAPPY BLOGGOVERSARY! What a wonderful achievement to create such a delicious chocolate treats week after week for three years us all to admire and desire! With very best wishes for the next three years!
Three years is excellent – you’re a vintage blogger. (I mean that in a nice way). I’m looking forward to what might appear in the next year.
Phil thank you, I’ll take that as a compliment.
A very Happy Chocoblogoversary to an inspirational blogger. Congratulations and looking forward to many more years of posts and wonderful recipes.
Thank you Sheelagh, that’s such a lovely thing to say. Much appreciated.
Congratulations on an incredible year! Here’s to the next three, and many more beyond 🙂
Thank you Little Loaf and thank you so much for returning to my blog and leaving such great comments – it’s very much appreciated.
Many congrats on your blog anniversary , heresishing you mamny more wonderful post next year. Glad you enjoyed the chocolates.:)Happy valentines day.
Thank you for your kind comment and thank you also for my wonderful chocolate win which really helped to celebrate the day.
Well done and i’m sorry if this comment appears twice…blogger just rejected my comment!! Congrats on your fantastic three year old blog that has become such a wonderful choc and baking resource for lots of people worldwide. Your writing, baking and pics brighten up my day.
Kate, what a lovely thing to say, thank you. Blogger comments have been a right pain in the proverbial in recent months – not really sure what to do about it.
Congratulations Choclette – I’m looking forward to the next three years!
Thanks BVG – we’ll see who can out compete each other on the brownie front 😉
Happy blogoversary! And many happy returns of the day.
Thanks Foodycat
happy blogiversary Choc! Now get cracking with that box of chocolates from Simply Food 🙂
Ahh, CityHippy, you know what? I took your advice 😉
Many Happy returns of the blogbirthday xxx
Thanks Fiona
Happy 3rd! I love that little trip down memory lane too – lots done … lots more up your sleeve I bet.
Thanks Gillian – there is just SO much to do 😉
Happy Anniversary to you blog! The blogsphere would be much poorer without it, although possible somewhat thinner!
Ha ha, thank Janet – this had me giggling for ages!
Happy blogiversary my dear!!
xx Kat xx
Thank you Kat
Congratulations and thank you for writing such a fab blog! Here’s to the next three years!
Charlotte
@gofreecakes
Thank you Charlotte and thank you too for always saying such nice things – it definitely helps 🙂
Happy Blogiversary. Now I want a goose egg.
Thank you. Do try and find a goose egg if you can – they are fun.
Happy Blogaversary, Choclette!! Thanks for the lovely stroll down memory lane – it reminded me that I’m STILL excited about your goose egg! 🙂
Ha ha, thank you Celia. It reminded me that I’m still excited about the goose egg. Will hopefully be able to get some more this year.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the BEST CHOCOLATE blog around and to a lovely, warm and wonderful chocolatey person!
Karen
Thank you Karen – warm and lovely is how I’m feeling after reading your generous comment. Thank you for being such a regular visitor to my blog.
Happy 3rd Blogiversary Choclette!
You are such an inspiration with your never ending supply of fantastic chocolate creations and I hope to still be going strong myself after 3 years! x
Laura, my goodness, it’s hard to think of this still going in another three years, but at the rate my list of things to make is growing, it may well be. Thank you for your lovely comment and your ongoing support.
Congratulations, and what a way to celebrate with such a fab collection of posts. Happy blogiversary!
Thank you for your kind comment Susie and thank you also for following 🙂
congrats choclette – that year round up is so impressive because there are so many interesting things you have done – as well as great recipes – wishing you many more choc-ful posts (ha ha)
Thank you for being such a strong supporter of my blog Johanna. I really do appreciat it, especially as I’ve been so bad lately at visiting your fantastic blog.
Happy blog anniversary! You continue to amaze and delight me with your never ending chocolate inspired posts. Keep em coming! 🙂
Katie, thank you very much. I will do my very best 😉
Congratulations on a lovely blog – three years wow.
Thanks Jennifer, it does feel a bit like wow!
Happy Blogiversary!!
Thank you Jayne
Happy 3rd blogiversary! I love your blog full with choco delights & amazing recipes. Talking about recipe, I’m really tempted to try your Triple chocolate Matcha cake! Looks really yummy! Have a lovely day! 🙂
Thank you very much for your lovely comment. It’s much appreciated. Do let me know if you make the matcha cake, I’ve had positive feedback from others who have attempted it.
Happy 3rd blogiversary! 🙂
Thank you Kavey
Aw happy birthday chocolate log blog. I love you and here is to many more years of chocolate loveliness and maybe one day that other blog that you have in you with all the savoury delights that you conjure with. xxxx
Kath, you did make me smile – smile with pleasure and then I had a good giggle over my 2nd (don’t think I can mange that too) blog. Thank you.
Congrats to the best chocolate blog in town! Three years is AMAZING!! You are amazing and happy blogaversary!!
Dear Dom, thank you so much and for sticking around so long too 🙂
Happy Blogiversary – a worthy set of highlights indeed!
Suelle, thank you, but I feel like a real Mrs Doughty now 😉
Happy 3rd birthday! Here’s to many more!
Thank you Hannah.
Congratulations on 3 wonderful years and for creating a place we all enjoy so much and love to visit..and for making yourself known to me and becoming someone I would like to think of as a friend…
Here’s to many more years of creativity. xxxxx *chinking of champagne glasses*
I readily drink to that Susan. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and you are a friend indeed.