This triple-chocolate cookie dough cake is the ultimate comfort food! It’s so good that it’s guaranteed to make your day and even week, so much better!

SERVES 8 // COOK TIME 40 min

INGREDIENTS
150 g flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
110 g butter
85 g brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
50 g milk-chocolate chips
50 g dark-chocolate chips
50 g white-chocolate chips

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease an ovenproof dish.
2. In one bowl, combine flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda.
3. In another bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add the vanilla essence and egg.
4. Fold the flour mixture and all the chocolate chips into the butter mixture.
5. Transfer the batter to the dish and smooth out the top. Bake for 25–30 minutes, until golden and crispy round the edges but still slightly gooey inside.
6. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving with ice cream.

Recipes & styling: Ameree Vercueil
Photography: Andreas Eiselen

Dreaming of a creamy, ultra-smooth classic cheesecake recipe, paired with a red-velvet crust? Then look no further than this simply decadent red-velvet cheesecake recipe.

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Chocolate chips, Oreo, cookie dough, gooey brownie centre… These brownie bars check all the boxes for ultimate chocolate treat!

SERVES 12 // COOKING TIME 55 min

INGREDIENTS
250 g unsalted butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla essence
2½ cups flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
176 g pack Oreos
½ box brownie mix, prepared as per packet instructions

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180°C and line a deep 30 × 20 cm baking tin with baking paper.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, followed by the vanilla, and mix lightly. Add the flour, bicarb and salt, and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips.
3. Press dough into the baking tin. Bake for 25 minutes.
4. Arrange the Oreos on top of the baked base in a single layer. Spread the brownie batter on top.
5. Bake for 20 minutes, until the top looks slightly underbaked, but the edges are golden brown.
6. Allow the brownie to cool for a while, then turn out of the tin and cut into 12 bars.

Recipe & styling: Amerae Vercueil
Photography: Andreas Eiselen // HMimages.co.za

These cookies ‘n’ cream bars are just as delicious, but a little bit on the healthier side if you’re worried about a sugar overload!

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Can’t choose between your favourite desserts? You don’t have to! Let your imagination take hold with this delicious giant cookie cake.

SERVES 12 // COOKING TIME 45 min

INGREDIENTS
180 g unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 cups flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease a cake tin.
2. In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla until well combined. In another bowl, mix flour, bicarb and salt. Add the dry to the wet ingredients, and mix gently until dough is thick and sticky. Fold in ¾ cup chocolate chips.
3. Transfer the dough to the cake tin, smoothing the top with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips.
4. Bake for 25 minutes, until the cake is golden brown around the edges. Then cover with foil and bake for a further 10 minutes.

Recipe & styling: Amerae Vercueil
Photography: Andreas Eiselen // HMimages.co.za

Keen for more gigantic mixed desserts? You have to try our lemon and poppyseed trifle!

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