Choc Chip Slice

Here is the other recipe that I baked on the weekend.  I love to make slices as I find them quick & easy to make for Kev & the kids lunches.  Anyway, you can find the recipe here  

Choc Chip Slice Recipe  I love that website :)

Here is a photo of the finished product :)

Till next time, happy baking ;)

Jesse

Chocolate Raspberry Brownies

Well have finally started to find some of my baking things in the mountains of boxes that are swamping the house from the move.  I've been itching to get back into baking some goodies!! I don't have my pantry fully stocked yet, so had to find a recipe using the ingredients I knew I had.  Did a google search & found this blog

PERFECT.  Nice & easy to make.  Its in the oven atm but will post a picture & let you know how it tastes tomorrow :)

Jess

Yankee Crunch Slice

I made this slice the other day, one of our family favourites that I got from my mum.  Very quick & easy to make.  Didn't get a chance to get a photo as it was eaten within 24hrs of making it, lol.  Hope you enjoy it.

YANKEE CRUNCH

¼ to ½ cup butter or marg

¾ cup either white or brown sugar

Melt together on stove. Take off heat & add:

1 tablespoon Cocoa

1 cup Self-raising Flour

½ cup coconut

Mix well.  Turn out into slice tin & bake for 20-25mins.  Ice whilst warm to hot.

Icing:

1 cup icing sugar

½ cup coconut

1 teaspoon butter or marg

1 tablespoon cocoa

Combine together with a little hot water… spread over slice.

Conga Bars

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.

Choc Cherry Macaroon Slice

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 :)

Okay, here's a pic of the end product

And here is the recipe

Makes 16

Ingredients

• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 100g  dark eating chocolate, grated coarsely
• 1/4 cup plain flour, sifted
• 1 1/3 cups of shredded coconut
• 3/4 cup red glacé cherries
• 50g  dark eating chocolate, melted

Method

1. Preheat oven to 150c and line a 19cm x 29cm slice pan with baking paper.
2. In a large bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric beater until soft peaks form; gradually add sugar, beating until dissolved between additions.
3. Fold in the grated chocolate, flour, coconut and cherries.
4. Spread the mixture into the lined pan and bake for 45 minutes.  Cool in pan.
5. Drizzle the cooled slice with the melted chocolate and refrigerate until set before cutting.

Sister's Birthday Cake

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.