Posts by Lisa Bone
13
May
5 Reasons Why Baking is Good for your Mental Health
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This week is mental health awareness week, and over the years, we have grown to talk about mental health more than we have ever done before. Whatever your family role, gender, occupation, age - mental...
10
May
Who Invented Chocolate?
The history of chocolate can be traced back as far as the ancient Mayans and Aztecs in Mexico, both of which are classed as some of the greatest ancient civilizations that have ever been discovered! Within the Aztec culture, cacao...
30
Apr
How Chocolate is Made
Have you ever wondered where it comes from and how chocolate is made? That delicious sweet product we love to eat in so many formats? Filled with caramel, flavoured with chilli flakes or peppermint oil, wrapped around nuts, toffee and...
26
Apr
Q&A with our Founder, Linda
Our founder of Choc Affair, Linda, discovered her love of making chocolate back in 2006, when she created our hot chocolate stirrers. Since then, the company has grown immensely; and after just launching our new branding, we thought it would...
16
Apr
Different Names for Palm Oil
Recognising palm oil in the products that we consume isn’t as easy as we might think. The obvious would be to look for the word ‘palm’ - and of course, we aren’t wrong to do that, but that’s not the...
14
Apr
What is sustainable palm oil?
According to The Oxford Dictionary, the definition of sustainability is the ‘avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance’.
We understand this to mean balancing our needs with the resources available to us, whilst protecting...
09
Apr
Coconut, Vanilla & Chocolate Layer Cake Recipe
This simple cake recipe has been adapted to create a truly flavoursome treat with a real wow factor! Perfect for spring, the freshness in this cake really is reminiscent of Easter time. Click “continue reading” to view the recipe.
09
Apr
Palm Oil Alternatives in the Chocolate Industry
Palm oil has been used as an alternative to cocoa butter for many years in the chocolate industry, allowing larger chocolate manufacturers to create products by replacing the more expensive ingredient of cocoa butter, with a less expensive alternative.
In light...