A lovely memory for the end of Chocolate Month...

OLD-FASHIONED CHOC CHIP COOKIES

125g softened butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 cups self-raising flour, sifted

3/4 cup choc chips

1. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl

2. Add the eggs, flour and choc chips

3. Mix with a wooden spoon until combined and a little sticky

4. Roll dough into small balls and place on a greased and lined baking tray. Press dough gently with back of a spoon

5. Bake in 180degree oven for 15 minutes (160degree fan forced)

**Notes

- I used 3/4 cup choc chips, but the recipe would work with any amount. If I'd only had 1/2 a cup, or the remnants of a packet, then I just would've used that :)

- Initially, it looks like way too much flour - stick with it, it all combines nicely in the end

- Makes between 24 - 28 cookies. Depends how much mixture you have to 'test' before you bake!

- Recipe by my old next door neighbour, Jessie. She was like a grandma to us when we were growing up and I loved going next door for some homemade choc chip biscuits and shortbread.

Chocolate Month is yummy...

CHOCOLATE SINFUL WONDERFUL CAKE

1 packet chocolate cake mix

2 packets chocolate instant pudding

1 packet chocolate chips

2 eggs (I have 2 recipes for this cake. One says 2 eggs, the other says 4! See how you go!)

1/2 cup oil

1 cup water

1. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until well combined.

2. Bake in 180 degree oven for:

** Cake                   45 mins

** Muffins              about 20 mins

** Mini muffins     14 mins

*Notes

- Only use a ring tin. Don't use a regular cake tin - it will never cook in the middle!

- You may wish to dust with icing sugar and serve with cream, because it tastes nice.

- Warm it up a little if eating it for dessert.

- This is a dense, moist cake. Keep it in an airtight container.

- BIG thanks to my lovely friends, Courtney James and Sherry Green for providing this delicious recipe. (We won't mention it's creation in 1996!!!)

Chocolate Month continues...

MAGIC SLICE

1 pkt Malt-o-Milk biscuits (less 6 biscuits)

170g melted butter

½ pkt choc chips

1 tin sweetened condensed milk

1 cup coconut

1. Grease and line a 20cm x 30cm slice tin.

2. Process biscuits until fine, then combine with melted butter in a medium bowl.

3. Press this mixture into tin firmly.

4. Sprinkle choc chips evenly over that, followed by the coconut.

5. Pour over the condensed milk.

6. Put in 180°C oven for about 25 minutes

7. Turn tin around after 10 minutes or so,  so that it browns evenly

*Notes

 - If you can wait, cut the slice the next day as it is very crumbly and goes everywhere. That being said, it is soooo nice when it’s still warm!

 - Store in an airtight container.

Happy Birthday

Happy 30th Birthday to the Taste Tester! So far we have gone out for a delicious breakfast (goats fetta, mmmm) and have enjoyed some birthday cake (made by me of course!). Tonight we're off to see 'How to Train Your Dragon' and tomorrow is the big party! Hope you have a lovely birthday TT xoxo

Chocolate Mousse

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

125g cream cheese

½ cup sugar

1 egg

250g dark or milk chocolate

600ml thickened cream, lightly whipped

1. Beat the cream cheese, sugar and egg together until smooth.

2. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, or in the microwave (about 1 minute bursts)

3. Add the melted chocolate to the cream cheese mixture and stir through until well combined.

4. Chill until required.

5. Try and resist eating the whole thing in one go!

*Notes

 -
This is the best chocolate mousse you will ever have.

- It is gluten-free.

- I also make a Toblerone version of this – just use 250g Toblerone instead of plain chocolate and then grate some over the top when serving.

- Recipe taken from a Cadbury cooking book that says 'Teatime Treats'. My sister photocopied it for me, so I can't reference much more than that!

 MALTEASER SLICE

A note about Malteaser Slice and other recipes on this blog. Most are not mine, instead they are taken from cookbooks, magazines, friends, family, tv etc. I'll do my best to reference recipes that aren't mine and that I shouldn't take credit for! That being said, this delicious recipe comes to you from:
'Kid's Cake Favourites' by the Women's Weekly. It's a great book with lots of yummy recipes that are easy to make. Enjoy!

Miss Delicious :o)

March is Chocolate Month!

All recipes in March will feature the awesomeness that is CHOCOLATE!

Being a lover of all things chocolatey however, I feel that Chocolate Month could come around pretty often. Here is the recipe that 'started it all' :o)......

MALTEASER SLICE

250g Chocolate Ripple Biscuits
280g bag Malteasers
100g butter, chopped coarsely
1/2 cup condensed milk
400g milk chocolate, chopped coarsely
1 tbspn vegetable oil

1. Grease 20cm x 30cm rectangular pan; line base and sides with baking paper, extending 5cm over sides.

2. Process 200g of the biscuits until fine, chop remaining biscuits coarsely.

3. Reserve 40 malteasers, coarsely chop 1 cup of the remaining balls. You'll have a few left over!

4. Stir butter and condensed milk in a small saucepan over low heat until smooth.

5. Combine all biscuits and chopped malteasers in a bowl and stir in butter mixture. Press mixture in pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

6. Stir chocolate and oil in a heatproof bowl over a medium saucepan of boiling water until smooth. Spread over biscuit base. Top with reserved malteasers. Refrigerate for about an hour before cutting.

*Notes:

- Makes about 40 squares, depending on how far apart you spread the malteasers (and how big you want your pieces!)
- Store in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. We didn't store ours in the fridge, and when we went to eat it, it was qute soft and made a lot of crumbs. Still delicious though :) It also didn't last 4 days......!
- I only had sunflower oil when I made this, but it still worked fine
- I found it really hard to lift the baking paper and slice out when it was ready to cut. Next time, I'll grease the tin extra good.

Welcome!

Hello!

Follwing the 'success' of the Malteaser Slice recipe I posted to Facebook last week and the lovely response to my Recipe of the Week idea, I decided to share more recipes with my friends and family.
So here it is.... my very own (and first!) blog! So technological.... :)
I'll post a new recipe each Friday and try to include a picture if possible.
There have already been a few requests for recipes, so please suggest any you'd like!
Thank-you for visiting and I hope you enjoy the delicious things you can make.

Miss Delicious xo