The Sugar Bar

» Currently browsing: chocolate


Chocolate Non-Bake Cheesecake with Gingerbiscuit Crust and Raspberry Coulis

» by diva May 5th, 2008 at 9:41 pm » Comments (24)

It’s quite difficult to find that perfect cheesecake since quite a lot of people are rather anal or picky about their cheese. When it comes to cheesecake, I’m even more fussy. What I mean by that really is that I love to eat it, that’s a given. But that I always associate really good cheesecake […]



Almond-Peanut & Biscuit Filled Chocolate Cupcakes with Matcha Frosting

» by diva April 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pm » Comments (13)

Warning: these cupcakes are well LUSH!
Going over the top? It did occur to me that that might happen, but I wanted to recreate the Japanese dorayaki. Sweet flat pancakes with a sweet paste filling, ranging from red bean to green tea to peanut, these pancakes were the love of my life in high school. Easy […]



Marmorkuchen - as I like to call it or Tiger Cake!

» by diva April 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm » Comments (8)

Marmorkuchen (a traditional Austrian cake) has various names and is conventionally known in different parts of the world as Marble Cake or Tiger Cake (also Tiikerikakku in Finland) for reasons quite obvious to the eye. To me, marmorkuchen is my dream tiger cake. One, I was dreaming about it last night strange to say and […]



Best Moist Chocolate Cupcakes & Naked Buttercream

» by diva April 19th, 2008 at 12:57 pm » Comments (8)

I am a wally brain. The white buttercream you see was originally meant to be cinnamon flavoured, but idiot that I was - I’d forgotten about it completely only at the moment I’d piped it onto the cupcakes! But it turned out good because it kept things simple. The next disappointment was the almost-unnecessary addition […]