Crumbs to Crunch

It is no secret that at Crumbs to Crunch do love their afternoon tea , so you can imagine my joy when I came across a chocolate afternoon tea. Chococo is a brightly coloured chocolate café just a stone's throw from Winchester Cathedral. Here you cannot simply ask for a hot chocolate. Oh no, you need to consider several factors - the percentage of cocoa, where the cocoa beans are sourced as well as extra syrups. I was feeling particularly extravagant so I ordered the chocolate afternoon tea. My hot chocolate was of the Madagascan variety, 70% cocoa flaked chocolate. This luscious drink was rich and creamy yet not too sweet nor bitter. It even came with a little chocolate. Instead of your average scone, I received a warm scone dotted with melted chocolate chips, smothered in thick dulce de leche and clotted cream.  The chocolate afternoon tea was a decadent delight. However, this amount of chocolate is not for the faint-hearted, only chocoholics need apply!  ...

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside... The Literary Lady and I did a little day trip to Brighton. We were quite deflated when we were met with high force gales and lashing rain. Not exactly ideal for a beach day. However, we are British and like so many of our countrymen, we soldiered on regardless because what do you expect from the Great British Summer?  In fact it turned out to be a lovely day. We navigated the warren of streets that is The Lanes and took refuge in the aptly named That Little Teashop In The Lanes . You cannot find a more traditional teashop from the floral china to the waitresses dressed in little hats an aprons. As well as all the cake classics like Victoria Sponge, they had also rustled up a raspberry and elderflower cake.  Elderflower is one of the flavours of the summer. I recently made some elderflower cordial so I was intrigued to taste it in cake form. At first all I could taste was the raspberry but then the elderflower suddenl...