A disaster that turned out ok!

Burlesque_Babe

We're having nibbles in the office today as three of us are moving office next week. I decided to do the fork cookies and the carrot cake from the OS recipe index.

The cookies were fine, but the cake 'evolved' :rolleyes:

the recipe said it had walnuts in, but Tesco Express had no walnuts, so I substituted sultanas.

Cooked it, but I'd forgotten to grease the tin and when I turned it out, it had stuck at the bottom so the bottom quarter stuck to the tin! :eek:

Disaster was staring me in the face, so I decided to chop the cake into big chunks, I hurtled round to the corner shop for the cheapest chocolate available (got 2 big bars of Cadbury fruit and nut for 77p each on special offer!)

Melted the chocolate and added the chunks of cake. It turned into a bit of a mushy mess but I persevered. I spread it on a thin bake tray and shoved it in the fridge. I'd already made the carrot cake 'icing', so when it all set I spread it over it (still looked a bit of a mess! :eek: ) and then cut it into squares and popped them into a tub.

They are lovely! They just need a name now, because carrot and sultana nut chocolate cake squares doesn't quite roll off the tongue!!

Lucie_2

Women - we're just so resourceful.............

It'll get christened "disaster cake" in my kitchen

fluffynit

They sound divine keren29...a lovely treat!

You need to think of a name for them for when you make them again.

I made "Auntie Florence's Dog Biscuits" yesterday..not quite sure why they are called that, basically it's tiffin with a layer of melted choc, then cooled in fridge.

The cake name derived from my childhood with my sibling and just stuck..so think of a good name for your concoction for years to come!

fluffynit

Burlesque_Babe

I think Carrot Mush Squares will be the title!

they went down a storm in the office - they were really nice!

beachbeth

You are so resourceful! Think I'd have just thrown it in the bin and cried about the mess!

jaybee

beachbeth wrote:

You are so resourceful! Think I'd have just thrown it in the bin and cried about the mess!

Me too! I think I've got the best fed waste disposal unit in the world.:eek:

Sometimes, just sometimes, though, disasters make legends.

I made a legendary Mississippi Mud Pie one which was soooo welded to the plate that I had to throw the plate away as well:mad: