INTRO A one-of-a-kind festive collaboration featuring flowers

FOOD & DRINK

SNAPSHOTS OF CARDIFF’S FOOD SCENE

Is this fir real? Images of original Forbesfield designs have been embedded into Cocoa Therapy’s dark chocolate tiles

EDIBLE FLORALS

Forget collaboration, this right here is a collision. Two local business founders – Beth Forbes-Simpson of floral design and styling studio Forbesfield, and Vicky McDonald of chocolatiers Cocoa Therapy, both based in Barry – have come together to create something beautiful. Here they tell us about their floral edibles which feature flora and foliage designs on high-quality chocolate slabs.

How have these creations been developed? It’s a magical process shrouded in mystery! We can only say that there’s lots of chocolate and beautiful flowers involved.

Oh come on, give us a hint as to how it’s done… At its most simple, the collection is a range of ridiculously delicious solid chocolate tiles laden with edible flowers. The edible flowers are not illustrated – they are images of original Forbesfield designs – which are embedded into the dark, Venezuelan chocolate tiles made by Cocoa Therapy.

Where can we find them? They are retailing through the Forbesfield online shop, and we will be doing a pop-up at Cocoa Therapy on 10 December, so pop in and say hello. For more: www.forbesfield.co.uk and www.cocoatherapy.co.uk