While watching Huey's Kitchen last week, he made these Conga Bars . I thought they looked rather easy to make & my hubby is a big fan of slices etc, I thought I would give it a go. The mixture was quite runny, but it cooked up nicely. The chocolate settles to the bottom of the slice, making the nice layered look. They taste pretty good & will make again.
And here is the recipe
Conga Bars
Ingredients 225 gm brown sugar 4 large eggs 250 gm unsalted butter, melted 2 tbsp vanilla essence a pinch of salt 150 gm self-raising flour, sifted 300 gm good quality dark cooking chocolate, chopped cooking oil spray
Method 1. Preheat oven to 180°C fan forced (200°C normal). 2. Beat the sugar and eggs in a large bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. 3. Then add the melted butter, vanilla, salt and flour, continually mixing. 4. Add the chocolate and fold in with a wooden spoon. Then transfer the mixture to a lightly oiled slice tin, smooth the top and give it a bang on the workbench (to remove any air bubbles). Cook in the oven for about 20-30 mins until just set, but still a little soft in the centre. 5. When ready, set aside to cool before slicing into bars.
I found this recipe on My Food Obsession blog over the weekend. I also have this Australian Women's Weekly cookbook, so I thought I would give it a go. It is so yummy, I'm really happy with it & it was so very easy to make!!! Give it a try & let me know what you think :)
Well I am trying to start making a few more cakes & since it was my sisters birthday on wednesday & she is having a BBQ tonight I offered to make a cake for her. She loves chocolate, so I decided on a Chocolate cake. This one is a Four layered chocolate cake with White Choc ganache & dark choc ganache in the layers. Covered with dark chocolate ganache & topped with Maltesers. Mmmm, can't wait to cut into it tonight & will upload some photos of the layers tomorrow. So here it is........
Okay, here is the dodgy photo after it had been cut into.
Here is the recipe that I used to make it. I didn't use the packet mixes, but the option is there for you if you don't want to make the cake batter yourself, lol.
Recipe
2 quantities Homemade chocolate cake (see recipe below) or 2 x 370g packets of chocolate cake mix
600g Dark Chocolate, chopped
1 2/3 cups thickened cream
360g White chocolate, chopped
Bag of Maltesers to decorate
Preheat oven to 180*/160* fan forced. Grease two 20cm round cake pans. Line base & sides with baking paper. Make cake mixture & divide between two pans. Bake for 45mins or until cooked through. Stand in pans for 5 mins & then turn onto wire rack to cool.
Place dark chocolate & one cup of cream into a glass microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium (50%) for 2-3mins, stirring every 30sec with a metal spoon, or until smooth. Transfer ¾ cup of the mixtureto a bowl, refrigerate till thickened. Set aside remaining mixture at room temp.
Place white chocolate & remaining cream in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium (50%) for 1-2 mins, stirring every 30secs. Transfer to bowl & refrigerate till thickened.
Using a serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Place base on board, spread half the white ganache over cake. Top with second layer cake, spread with all refrigerated dark choc ganache. Top with another cake layer, spread the remaining white ganache. Top with last cake half. Spread top & side of cake with the room temp dark chocolate ganache. Decorate with chocolate balls. Serve
Homemade chocolate Cake
125g butter, softened
¾ cup caster sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 ¼ cups Self Raising Flour, sifted
¼ cup cocoa, sifted
½ cup milk
1. Using an electric beater, beat butter & sugar till light & fluffly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in flour, cocoa & milk till combined. Bake in oven.
Just thought I would show the Rainbow cake that I made about a month ago. I just made a buttercake mix up & coloured with food dye. I simply layered the colours, tapped the tin on the bench & baked. The kids just loved it!!!
If anyone else gives it a go, leave a comment with your link, would love to see :)
Here's one I made this arvo... bit of a mix up of a couple recipes
Choc Nut Caramel Cups
80g Butter, melted
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
3/4 cup Plain Flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
100g chopped nuts
200g choc chips
1 tin condensed milk
Combine butter, brown sugar, plain flour & baking soda in a bowl. Either press into a slice tin or into muffin papers in muffin pan. Bake at 170*C for 10mins.
Once out of oven, add your chopped nuts & choc chips into each muffin case or all over slice, pour condensed milk on top of nuts/chocolate. Place back in the oven till golden & bubbly.
