As the chocolate heavy months of February, March and April move into the start of summer, we still have 11 cheerful chocolate recipes for May’s We Should Cocoa. In our house, chocolate never goes out of fashion and it looks as though some of you are with me on this. Come have a look and join us if you dare.
It’s May Day and I have many reasons to feel joyful. The sun is shining, it’s my favourite time of the year and I have 11 cheerful chocolate recipes to share with you all. We’re just back from a couple of days away and despite the copious amount of work that still needs doing to our garden, I really noticed just how pretty it’s looking. I wish you all good baking, good gardening and a very happy month.
If you’d like to join in with next month’s #WeShouldCocoa, scroll down to the bottom of the post and you’ll find the June link-up. If you haven’t joined in before or need a reminder, you can find the guidelines on the We Should Cocoa page.
11 Cheerful Chocolate Recipes
There’s no better place to start than with Angela’s chocolate orange magic cake. Why is it magic? Head over to Only Crumbs Remain to find out.
An irresistible double chocolate pavlova with Nutella cream & Maltesers from Jo’s Kitchen Larder.
These Japanese chocolate truffles from Pebble Soup sound intriguing and just the sort of thing I like to try – pickled sushi ginger, wasabi furikake and yuzu.
When life gets your down, make this easy and irresistible chocolate fondant from Apply to Face Blog
I’ve made a lot of friands over the years and these gluten free chilli chocolate chip friands are possibly my favourite.
Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven. I think I’d like this vegan chocolate peanut butter cake from Caroline Makes for my birthday please.
If you’re after a showstopper try The Baking Explorer’s Amarula, chocolate & caramel cake over at. It sounds and looks amazing.
These pretty dairy-free chocolate cupcakes from Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen are perfect for those with a dairy intolerance.
For a slightly healthier but equally pretty treat, we have vegan sweet potato fudge with cacao nibs from A2K – A Seasonal Veg Table.
Whilst I’m talking pretty, I think this might be the prettiest battenberg I’ve ever seen. It’s a gluten free cherry-chocolate battenberg cake with cherry marzipan from The Gluten Free Alchemist.
Anzac Day has passed me by once again. Every year I mean to bake up some biscuits. Johanna at Green Gourmet Giraffe was not so remiss – ANZAC biscuits with milo and white chocolate.
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Thanks for hosting such a delicious event, though I am not much of a chocolate fan – I do like to join in when I can. This month I have made brownies, I am sharing one of those recipes topped with tayberries.
Lovely, thank you Shaheen. For someone who’s not very keen on chocolate, you do remarkably well 🙂 I’m so glad you join in when you can as your recipes are always so interesting.
I can’t believe I haven’t seen those magic cakes before – that orange one is absolutely stunning! I’ve really missed WSC and playing along… believe it or not I might just have an entry up my sleeve for June!
Woohoo Lucy, it would be fabulous to have you share one of your creative recipes again 😀
Lovely round up Choclette. I do love a good friand -nice to see them make an appearance! And that magic cake has my eye too! x
Thanks Kate. I’ve been meaning to make a magic cake for years, so it was good to get a reminder.
Wow everything looks so good!
It always does and I always so wish I could try everything.
#WeShouldCocoa never disappoints! Wonderful choice of recipes and I agree you just want to try them all. I love the colours on battenberg and who doesn’t love chocolate fondant especially if it looks as perfect as Jen’s!
Well yes exactly Jo. Mind you, your contribution was pretty mouthwatering too 🙂
Great round up Choclette, I absolutely love Kate’s twist on the battenberg and Jo’s pavlova looks amazing, as does Jenny’s chocolate fondant………mmm yum! I have to say too that I’ve never made friands before and you’ve definitely persuaded me to pop them on my to bake list! 🙂
Angela x
Yes, it’s all very mouthwatering Angela. Friands are just the best thing to use up any leftover egg whites – they are super quick and easy to make and delicious too. I really want to make your magic cake now!
So many fascinating and creative recipes here – I really love the amarula cake and that chocolatey pav.
As usual Johanna, I just wish I could try everything and your biscuits sound very tempting too.
Awesome round up, fantastic to see some free from recipes featuring from Charlotte and Kate x
Thanks Rebecca. it’s always good to see some free from recipes – great for ideas. My friands are gluten free too.
I love the colours of the Battenberg.
No entry from me this month, I’m afraid – I haven’t baked for several weeks in an effort to lose some weight before our June holiday. I’ll be running out of blog posts soon!
Oh I missed your entry this month Suelle. I hope the lack of baking helped with losing weight and that you enjoy your holiday. Where are you off to this year?
I’m not sure whether I miss baking or eating the most! We’re off to the NE corner of France – Alsace – for a week of touring and eating.
Well that sounds delightful Suelle. Worth saving yourself now so you don’t need to worry when you’re there.
They all look marvelous! Those dairy free chocolate cupcakes are my absolute favourite.
They do look good don’t they? The cupcakes and everything else.