• Procrastibake: Brownies and Biscuits

    It’s that time in the year again, when essays are starting to roll around and seminar prep has become a repetitive cycle. Here at Impact we’re yearning for some home baked goods, and if you are too, then you’re in for a treat. Malteser Brownies Ingredients: 180g butter 200g...
  • Album Review: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep for You Are Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

    Aside from the Edward Cullen-esque album title, The 1975’s second album, I Like It When You Sleep for You Are Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, is a satisfactory follow up to their debut self titled album. Tracks ‘Somebody Else’ and ‘Please Be Naked’ keep up with the same ethereal sounds...
  • Caramel Swirled Double Chocolate Tart Recipe

    Rich, sweet and chocolately, this dessert isn’t for the faint-hearted or those lacking a sweet-tooth. Combining a crunchy biscuit base, white chocolate centre, lashings of milk chocolate topping, and finished off with a generous drizzle of caramel, this tart is the perfect remedy for essay stress.   Ingredients For...
  • No Need to Bake Mug Cake

    When you’ve got those late-night cake and hot-chocolate cravings, but its too much effort to get your pots and pans out, the glorious mug-cake is going to be your new best friend. With a few ingredients, a microwave and a couple of minutes, you’ll have dreamy, spongy chocolate cake without the hassle....
  • PROCRASTIBAKE: GOOEY CHOCOLATE CAKE

    Oh so simple, but oh so effective – this gloopy, rich chocolate cake is the perfect remedy for long days in front of the books. INGREDIENTS 1 cup buttermilk   (or add 1-2 teaspoons of lemon juice to milk ) 1 cup vegetable oil 2 eggs 2 cups flour 2 cups granulated...
  • “A Retro Sweet Restoration” – The Treat Kitchen

    All of our Willy Wonka dreams can come true as the high street is now BURSTING with traditional confectioners enticing us into tasting old favourites such as lemon sherbets and rhubarb and custards. Flying saucers and drumstick lollipops line the tills at Topshop,  retro packaged sweets can be purchased from Barrats...
  • Myth vs Fact – Does Chocolate Really Give You Spots?

    I was just a kid enjoying a chocolate spread and scrambled egg sandwich when my cousins told me that they had given up chocolate. As an eleven year old, the idea of attempting to cancel chocolate out of life was the most preposterous and horrifying thing that anyone could ever...