Irish-Cream Mascarpone Truffle & a nomination for BEST FOOD BLOG!

December is a month of celebration, and happens to be a  favourite month of mine. Lots of birthdays, and feasting. A perfect time of year to reflect all that has happen before moving into the New Years. To continue to celebrate, I made these oh! so simple ultra smooth, melt in the mouth IRISH-CREAM MASCARPONE TRUFFLES. They are seriously dark and rich, and a perfect gift to any chocolate lovers out there. Who says celebrating is always about cake?

Last week, I had the pleasure of announcing Vanille Magazine! Thank you for your support and this is certainly a great start to many more amazing articles to come. This week, I have yet another wonderful surprise. FRIENDSEat has nominated Chic & Gorgeous Treats along with several amazing bloggers on a running for good recipe category. If you like, love or enjoy what you see here on my blog, do pop over here to show me some love.

1) Go to http://blog.friendseat.com/vote-best-food-blog-2012/

2) Login with Facebook.

3) Look for Chic & Gorgeous Treats and click on "vote here".

Now, moving on to something sinful that I am dying to share with all of you chocolate lovers out there. I have been insanely addicted to Irish-Cream & Coffee, and instead of  a child friendly truffle, I kicked up a notch making it "extra boozy". This is what us adults [ahemm..] should be indulging in. To make a basic chocolate truffle, I loosely adapted the recipe and directions from here.

Instead of 8-ounces of dark chocolate, I mixed half & half [5-ounces of semi-sweet + 3-ounces of dark chocolate]. Heat the cream, and then pour over the chocolate, stirring continuously until chocolate melts, and thickened. Once chocolate has cooled down slightly, add in 1/4 cup of mascarpone for extra richness, 2 tablespoons of Irish Cream and 2 teaspoons of coffee essence. Coffee always brings out the undertone flavour of a chocolate. This truffle is perfect to use in cupcakes too or better yet, serve it after a dinner with a cup of coffee or tea. The flavours are simple and decadence at it's finest.

It is certainly an amazing adventure so far, and I have a lot plan up my sleeve. Till then, have a wonderful week ahead! 

xx