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Nigella’s Rocky Road Crunch Bars

Posted by: jen on: January 19, 2009

A different take on the normal rocky road, this recipe features biscuits which gives it the crunch. A great and quick dessert if you don’t feel like baking.
 
 
 
Nigella’s Rocky Road Crunch Bars

125 grams butter (softened)
300 grams best quality dark chocolate (broken into pieces)
3 tablespoons golden syrup
200 grams biscuits (i used Oreo’s)
100 grams mini marshmallows
2 teaspoons icing sugar [...]

Walnut Brownie

Posted by: jen on: December 4, 2008

Still on my search for the perfect the brownie….
Walnut Brownie
Ingredients

115 grams unsalted butter
115 grams bitter chocolate
115 grams dark chocolate
200 grams brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
40 grams plain flour
150 grams coarsely chopped walnuts

Method

pre-heat the oven to 160C
Line the base and sides of a 20cm square tin and line with baking paper
Melt the butter [...]

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An almost as good alternative to the Monaco Bar

Posted by: jen on: November 23, 2008

***STOP PRESS***
I think i have found it. An almost as good alternative to the Monaco Bar.
It’s made by The Authenic Ice Cream Company and it’s called the Ice Cream Sandwhich.
From memory, the Monaco Bar was a little bigger, but the texture is as i remember it. The chocolate “bread” is soft (not like some other [...]

Oreo cheesecake

Posted by: jen on: November 12, 2008

I often make cheesecakes so i’m surprised i haven’t posted a recipe yet. The best thing about most cheesecake recipes is that you can just change the main ingredient to whatever takes your fancy. As usual, i was feeling peckish for something sweet so after scouring my cupboard for some inpiration, i stumbled across a [...]

Mad about cupcakes

Posted by: jen on: November 6, 2008

My obsession with cupcakes is growing by the day. I’m not sure why i love them so much. Maybe it’s my obsession with all things small. Lately, i’ve been searching all things cupcake. As i trawl through thousands of sites featuring cupcakes i’m finding myself totally inspired by all the amazing, creative creations out there. I’ve got hundreds of pics [...]

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Nigella’s Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Posted by: jen on: November 5, 2008

I am so surprised i haven’t blogged a Nigella recipe yet. She is my idol and why i got into baking in the first place. Ever since we subscribed to Foxtel i became hooked to the food channel and that is where i first realised how awesome she is. I had always known and heard how great [...]

Melting Moments

Posted by: jen on: November 3, 2008

When it comes to biscuits, nothing belts a melting moment. A good melting moment literally does, melt in your mouth. Once the biscuit melts, you’re left with the sweet and soft filling, also melting on your tongue creating dance waves across your taste buds.
When it comes to eating my own creations, i’m usually quite good [...]

To say i had fun at this class is an understatement. In fact, when it was over, i really didn’t want to leave! Our class today was a small one of 3. It was supposed to be 5 but 2 failed to show up. Oh well, more attention for us
Walking into the store i [...]

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Caramel Slice

Posted by: jen on: October 24, 2008

This Caramel Slice recipe has to be one of the easiest recipes ever. I always have a can of condensed milk in the pantry so whenever i’m feeling like a sugar hit i just whip these up. The only thing i don’t like about this is that there is a lot of waiting around for [...]

Triple chocolate brownies

Posted by: jen on: October 24, 2008

I can’t count the amount of times i’ve made brownies. Each time i make them, i want to perfect it even further. My first brownies were rather ordinary. It looked like a good brownie but when you bite into it didn’t sing in your mouth like it’s supposed to. Yesterday, i came across this recipe [...]

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