Any notion I had about the inaugural Forever Nigella being a flash in the pan was swept away this month when SIXTY of you were well and truly Seduced by Chocolate for Forever Nigella #2. Without further to-do let’s linger over all our wonderful slinky chocolate smothered entries. You may like to take the phone off the hook (do people still do that?) while you do so…
Nisrine reminded us about the joys of Baci, an Italian hazelnut chocolate along the lines of Ferrero Rocher that has a little note inside with her Baci Ice Cream
http://www.dinnersanddreams.net/2011/02/baci-ice-cream-chocolate-hazelnut.html
Deeba pulled out all the stops to do her tribute to a Not Quite Nigella adaptation of a Nigella classic, Strawberry Meringue Chocolate Cake
http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2011/02/baking-strawberry-meringue-chocolate-layer-cake-forever-nigella-and-not-quite-too.html
Jamie is the first of the trio of ladies who made this Chocolate Orange Cake on the same day, each with their own twist
http://lifesafeast.blogspot.com/2011/01/nigellas-chocolate-orange-cake.html
Meeta added a salted caramel topping to her Chocolate Orange Cake
http://www.whatsforlunchhoney.net/2011/01/chocolate-orange-cake-with-salted.html
And Jeanne was truly spicy to form with this Decadent Spiced Chocolate Orange Cake
http://www.cooksister.com/2011/01/decadent-spiced-chocolate-orange-cake-forever-nigella-indeed.html
Katie crammed loads of oreos into this Intense Chocolate Oreo Loaf
http://feedingboys.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/intense-chocolate-oreo-loaf-cake/
Helen joined the orange choccy cake brigade with her Chocolate Marmalade Cake
http://fussfreeflavours.com/2011/01/chocolate-marmalade-cake/
Ren at Fabulicious Food reworked the Chocolate Cloud Cake with an orange flavour
http://www.renbehan.com/2011/02/phonics-nigellas-chocolate-cloud-cake.html
Antonia shared four great reasons to love Nigella alongside her Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
http://foodgloriousfood-toto.blogspot.com/2011/01/nigellas-chocolate-orange-loaf-cake.html
Adele added espresso to Nigella’s Classic Brownie
http://willworkforbiltong.blogspot.com/2011/01/if-at-all-possible-try-and-have-south.html
Another coffee kick over from Jo at Comfort Bites with these Chocolate Muffins
http://comfortbites.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-2-seduced-by-chocolate.html
Andrea made Churros over at Made With Pink
http://www.madewithpink.com/2011/02/nigella-lawson-churros-chocolate-sauce.html
Louise at Comida y Vida didn’t let being nine months pregnant stop her making Churros either
http://comidayvidauk.blogspot.com/2011/01/chocolate-y-churros.html
Kat, also playing the waiting game for baby to appear gave us this Chocolate Brownie cut into cake slices
http://housewifeconfidential.co.uk/2011/02/seduced-by-chocolate/
Yasmin at Red Panda Bakes discusses the perfect Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookie
http://redpandabakes.blogspot.com/2011/02/chunky-chocolate-chip-cookies.html
US Masala truly seduces with this eggless chocolate mousse
http://usmasala.blogspot.com/2011/01/instant-and-eggless-dark-chocolate.html
Sweet Artichoke gets very creative with Nigella’s Nutella Cake and a few other delights
http://sweetartichoke.com/2011/01/31/nigellas-nutella-cake-le-cake-au-nutella-de-nigella/
Janice at Farmer’s Girl goes for comforting Chocolate Rice Pudding
http://farmersgirl.blogspot.com/2011/02/seduced-by-chocolate.html
Michelle shows off her enviable chocolate stash and bakes this gooey chocolate cake:
http://onandoffmyplate.com/2011/02/06/seduced-by-chocolate-quadruple-chocolate-cake/
Choclette combines pistachio and chocolate for this glossy cake
http://choclogblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/nigellas-chocolate-pistachio-cake.html
Brownieville Girl gives us Dress Up or Downable Chocolate Cake
http://brownievillegirl.blogspot.com/2011/02/lazy-bakers-treat.html
Kelly adapts Nigella’s Boston Cream Pie recipe especially for Valentine’s
http://americancupcakeinlondon.blogspot.com/2011/02/mini-boston-cream-pies.html
Sally at My Custard Pie shows us how much she lurrrrves Chocolate Mousse
http://mycustardpie.com/2011/02/06/how-much-love-can-you-put-into-chocolate-mousse/
Karen at Karen and Nigella makes a Chocolate Brownie Bowl filled with ice cream
http://karenandnigella.blogspot.com/2011/02/world-made-of-chocolate.html
Yours truly turns the Coca Cola cake into Cherry Coke Kugelhopf
https://maisoncupcake.com/cherry-cola-kugelhopf/
Dormouse and the Teapot serves her husband some Devil’s Food Cake topped with violets
http://dormouseandtheteapot.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-february-try-it-out-tuesday.html
Katey made Chocolate Honey Cake with super cute bees to decorate it
http://edinburgheats.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-chocolate-honey-cake.html
Over in Italy, Juls went outside in the garden to enjoy these Chocolate Banana Muffins with added rum – yum!
http://en.julskitchen.com/dessert/chocolate-banana-muffins-nigella
Also in Italy, A Taste of My Life scaled down Nigella’s Guinness Cake to come up with these fabulous Chocolate and Guinness Cupcakes
http://muffin81.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-guinnes-cupcakes.html
Rebecca Bakes Cakes has a giggle with these Chocolate Love Buns
http://rebeccabakescakes.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-2-chocolate-love-buns.html
Miri at Peppermill adapts the chocolate pistachio fudge to come up with this splendid Chocolate and Macadamia Fudge
http://peppermill-miri.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-and-macadamia-nut-fudge.html
Sanchita at Nutty Cook made Truffle Adorned Cupcakes
http://www.nuttycook.com/2011/02/valentines-day-part-2.html
Rossella makes a beautiful Chocolate Pear Pudding for her sister
http://machetiseimangiato.com/2011/02/nigellas-chocolate-pear-pudding-and-my-sister/
Anne at I Heart Cupcakes also adapts the Guinness cake recipe to present these Stout Cupcakes
(and a Flourless Chocolate Cake to boot)
http://i-heart-cupcakes.blogspot.com/2011/02/cake-makes-me-stout.html
Yen’s Bakery gives the Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies the Valentine’s treatment with the addition of raspberry flavour.
http://yenbakery.com/?p=358
And Barbara Bakes makes the first heart shaped Rocky Road Crunch Bars I’ve ever seen… and they look mighty fine too!
http://barbarabakes.com/2011/02/valentine-rocky-road-crunch-bars/
Susie at Sticky Pinny adapts the Maltesers Cake from Feast to make these delightful Maltesers Cupcakes
http://stickypinny.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocs-away.html
and then she snook another entry in at the last minute, these hearty Red Velvet Cupcakes
http://stickypinny.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-is-in-air.html
Sarah whips up a Boston Cream Pie and confesses her teenage crush for Peter Duncan
http://scrumptioussally.blogspot.com/2011/02/boston-cream-pie-my-first-nigella-crush.html
Vickii bakes these fabulously Glitzy Chocolate Puddings scattered with Crunchie bars (I am totally craving a Crunchie now I’ve seen this!)
http://vickii-ibakethereforeiam.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-glitzy-chocolate.html
Chaya makes the Flourless Chocolate Cake with Orange
http://bizzybakesb.blogspot.com/2011/02/flourless-chocolate-orange-cake-nigella.html
Sanya celebrates Valentine’s Day with Chocolate Lime Cake with Margarita Cream
http://sanyaliving.com/2011/02/14/chocolate-lime-cake-with-margarita-cream-valentines-day/
Michael at Me, My Food and I makes up for depriving his colleagues of his cooking with the Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
http://michaeltoa.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-orange-loaf-cake.html
Chele debates whether she should start using Twitter whilst musing over White Chocolate and Mint mousse
http://thechocolatepot.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-white-chocolate-and.html
Michele at 5am Foodie taunts us with these simple Chocolate Cupcakes with glossy icing
http://www.5amfoodie.com/2011/02/on-the-best-chocolate-cupcakes-ever/
Helene at I Cook With Butter gets devilishly naughty for Valentine’s with this Devil’s Food Cake
http://icookwithbutter.blogspot.com/2011/02/seduced-by-chocolate.html
Trisha at My Hobbie Lobbie is also tempting us with this Luscious Chocolate Cake
http://myhobbielobbie.blogspot.com/2011/02/luscious-chocolate-cake.html
Edwina at My Mezzaluna has done some pretty Chocolate Topped Cupcakes in striking gingham cupcake wrappers
http://mymezzaluna.com/2011/02/17/forever-nigella-chocolate-topped-cupcakes/
…and as if that’s not enough, she’s also done these gorgeous Budino di Cioccolato Puddings
http://mymezzaluna.com/2011/02/17/forever-nigella-budino-di-cioccolato/chocolate-puddings/
Helen at Half a Pot of Cream joins the devilish temptresses with another Devil’s Food Cake
http://halfapotofcream.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-seduced-by-chocolate.html
Riva of Kaarasaaram – believe it or not, had not cooked Nigella recipes before although she is a MASSIVE fan of the TV shows. She serves up the Chocolate Pavlova from Forever Summer
http://www.kaarasaaram.com/2011/02/chocolate-pavlova-with-raspberries.html
…and Riva also made a Raspberry, Passionfruit and White Chocolate Mousse. I’m sure you join me in welcoming Riva to the cult of Nigella-ness and wish her the best of luck cooking more Nigella recipes.
http://www.kaarasaaram.com/2011/02/raspberry-passion-fruit-white-chocolate.html
Maya of Foodiva has also gotten all moussey with White Chocolate and Passionfruit Mousse
http://foodivakitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-white-chocolate-and.html
Claire at Things We Make has celebrated her husband’s birthday with a sprinkles and candles adorned Best Birthday Cake topped with chocolate and filled with custard
http://thingswemake.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/eds-birthday-cake/
Jayne at Janerly has decorated Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake with pretty pink flowers.
http://jaynerly.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/old-fashioned-chocolate-cake/
Mia of Bright Morning Stars Foodie has made these delightfully gooey heart shaped Intensely Chocolatey Love Brownies with Choco Cherries and Valrhona Cacao Nibs
http://brightmorningstarsfoodie.blogspot.com/2011/02/intensely-chocolaty-gooey-love-brownies.html
Dom at Belleau Kitchen has made Chocolate Banana Walnut Muffins from the new Kitchen book
http://belleaukitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/chocolate-banana-and-walnut-muffins.html
Yummy Chunklet and a guesting non-blogging friend cooked up two chocolate recipes both from Nigella Express: Chocolate Mint Cookies and Mexican Hot Chocolate.
http://yummychunklet.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/forever-nigella-seduced-by-chocolate/
Lana at Bibberche feeds her addiction with Instant Chocolate Mousse
http://bibberche.com/2011/02/nigellas-instant-chocolate-mousse-forever-nigella/
Soulful Creations made Fancy Schmancy Chocolate Cake for the Superbowl
http://soulfulcreations.blogspot.com/2011/02/fancy-schmacy-chocolate-cake.html
Josie at Cumin in the Cupboard sent her husband out especially to buy chocolate for these Budino Di Cioccolato
http://cumininthecupboard.blogspot.com/2011/02/recipe-chocolate-pudding-italian-style.html
Cakes Crumbs and Cooking reminisces about a not entirely successful occasion when she made these Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes for small children… thankfully this time they had a more appreciative audience!
http://cakecrumbsandcooking.blogspot.com/2011/02/forever-nigella-2-seduced-by-chocolate.html
And last but not least, Omone at Omone Love Blog has made Chocolate Pavlova with Raspberries and Pomegranate served with a Coulis
http://omoneloveblog.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/forever-nigella-blogging-challenge.html
So that’s sixty plus entries…. wow I just couldn’t believe how they kept popping into my inbox every day. But there can only be one winner and Dom at Chocablog has been visiting each chocolatey Nigella delight to come up with this month’s winning post:
….It’s….. Mia of Bright Morning Stars Foodie!
Here’s what Dom has to say about Mia’s entry:
“I was looking for something that was indulgent and chocolatey without being too fussy. This looks simple enough that I could make it, but decadent enough that I would want to eat it all myself (don’t expect me to share!). I love the idea of using cacao nibs and cherries together, but it was the gooeyness that won me over. And I really, really want one right now.”
So well done Mia and I’ll be in touch with you to arrange delivery of your Forever Nigella prize.
If you haven’t heard yet, a further reminder Forever Nigella #3 has started already. This time our theme is Italian and you can find out all the information in the announcement post here. I’m getting into a habit of announcing one theme the day after the previous one closes with the previous round up published ASAP so you can get going on the next month’s theme without hanging about!
Whew! I never imagined this would be SO popular nor SO quickly. I will be handing over the baton to new hosts from Forever Nigella #4 onwards so if you’re interested in playing Forever Nigella hostess and you’ve not let me know already please drop me an email to sarahATmaisoncupcakeDOTcom Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who took part and I hope to see lots of you again for Forever Nigella #3 Ciao Italia!
aforkfulofspaghetti says
‘Great Big Massive…’ You weren’t kidding, were you? 😉 Yes, please, to all of these. With cream. Ta.
Krithi says
Wow… Oh sooo chocolatey roundup…. Great job!!
http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says
What a lot of entries.
How long did that take you to post?
Looking forward to Italy!
Barbara Bakes says
What an intoxicating roundup. Congratulations Mia! Well done everyone!
deeba says
I’ve pulled the phone off the wall for this Sarah…amazing round up & well won Mia. I’d love some of that gooey goodness too!
Deepa says
Gosh! I have so many things I want to try from the roundup.
The chocolate oreo cake is on my list first.
Karen says
Someone please stop me from eating my laptop!!! I am out of chocolate and in a real bind here… Fabulous assortment of recipes. They are all winners!
Dominic says
good lord we’re a fabulous bunch ‘aint we?… so many, bet you’re chuffed to bits, it’s a great challenge so well done… can’t wait to start my Italia ideas! xxx
Sweet Artichoke says
Oh My! so many temptations! They all look delicious! Thanks for choosing such an inspiring theme 🙂
Antonia says
Wow – what an incredible feast of chocolateyness. They all look totally delicious – such wonderful photos too (I’m ashamed of my dark, swiftly-shot effort!). Looking forward to the next round and already have my stack of Nigella books on the kitchen table for inspiration.
Lucy says
Hi Sarah, what an amazing round-up! Sorry I didn’t quite get around to it this month (I did post about it though). Will get back on track for FN3. Did I mention I was keen on hosting too? x
Choclette says
Blimey Sarah, I’ll know where to come if I ever run out of chocolate ideas 😉 Interesting how often orange cropped up – it’s such a classic pairing, but such a good one. Thanks for doing this.
Sally - My Custard Pie says
I was inspired, tempted and slightly exhausted by the time I looked at all these entries…..How must you have felt? What an amazing round up. Such an incredibly high standard (and lovely to see other Dubai bloggers joining in too). Thanks Sarah.
Summer says
My heart skips a beat…no 2 , im so overwhelmed and excited that am still tingling all over….this is totally wonderful!
Dom , thannxx a ton , i am loving reading ur thoughts(no , i am sure u dont want to know how many times i did:-) ), and u have company , V ,who i baked these for , refused to share or give them to anyone , ever…
Thannxxx a ton Sarah for bringing us this wonderful world of Forever Nigella!!!
Sign off while doing the happy feet dance , must write to Dom too!
Summer says
Am still going thru all these chocolate delights, well Sarah , u sure are going to have more than double next month, thats for sure!
I sure would lovee to host sometime too!
And u have put up a lovely round up , with a heart felt thought for every body!
Helene - I cook with butter says
Woaw, so many good recipes!
Thanks for making me discover lots of fabulous blogs!
Cant wait for the Italian dish. Might have to write a couple of posts as I cant really decide what I want to cook/bake 😉
Su-yin says
Brilliant round up, Sarah. I’m sorry I haven’t gotten around to participating yet, work has been so busy! Fingers croseed I’ll make it for this one. 🙂
Chele says
Flippin heck!!! And I thought doing a We Should Cocoa round up was bad enough but 60 different submissions, that is a fantastic job! I was going to say who would of thought there were so many different chocolate recipes … but then it is Nigella lol
Lana says
Is there anything more fun than looking through so many beautiful chocolate concoctions? Great round up! Brava, Mia, well deserved (who does not love easy, fast, and gooey?
Janice says
Wow Sarah – popular challenge! Brilliant choccie treats!
Violet @ Easy Recipes Free says
What a great chocolate round up. This is an art of cooking. I love chocolate and can’t wait to try some of these wonderful recipes. My personal favorites are chocolate rice pudding and chocolate and macadamia fudge. They look delicious!