Rocky Road Chocolate Bar

This scrumptious offering was a lovely birthday gift from my friend Emma. It came via the Country Living Fair in Glasgow from Chocolati, an Ayr based company. It had cherries (top marks), marshmallows and lovely chocolate so it tasted great - apart from the coconut. So sorry, marks off for the coconut. (Don't like coconut, has no place in Rocky Road in my opinion). Have I said enough about coconut do you think? 

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More Versions of Nigella's Recipe

These little bite size pieces of Nigella's recipe were served up at Woolly Tuesday, the knitting club held at Newton Stewart Library. Lorraine Baxter makes them but tweaks the recipe depending on what she's got in the store cupboard so sometimes she will include nuts and CHERRIES. She's got my vote then. Rule one of Rocky Road is always include cherries. 

Kirstie's Christmas Spectacular

Invited myself round to Kirstie McKie's house to sample her Rocky Road (and to see her new Cocker Spaniel puppy Hooper) over the Festive season. I tried very hard to get a photograph of Hooper with the Rocky Road but he was incapable of keeping still so they were all badly blurred. The Rocky Road, made to Nigella's fabby recipe, was great (though I did miss a bit of fruit - sorry Kirstie). Anyway, Kirstie makes cakes (on top of her own demanding job) for her brother's eaterie in Glasgow. Cafe Pop can be found on the Great Western Road near the junction with Byres Road. It's worth a visit and not just for Kirstie's cakes. I also sampled a wonderful ginger cake while watching the dog whizz round the house.