Prep time:

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Total time:

Serves: 6

150g Unsalted Butter, softened

50g Icing Sugar

1 Free-Range Egg

200g Plain Flour

50g Cocoa

225g Dark Chocolate, roughly chopped

2 Free-Range Eggs

150ml Double Cream

100ml Milk

300g Dulce de Leche

Here at Wealden Times we’re delighted to be sharing some sneaky snippets of exciting Cocolicious news! Soon you’ll be able to enjoy goodies like these, but made for you by Lucinda and her team, at the first Cocolicious Pâtisserie Café, which will be opening in Cranbrook this spring

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  • pictures: David Merewether

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