How to make Birthday (and other celebration) Cakes!

Islandmaid

Just an idea, I picked up some silicon icecube trays at £land, they make great chocolates. Sticking to the nigella theme, her choc brownies are amazing, I use lidls cheap choc and a bit of cocoa powder - yummy... I,m sure whatever you make she will have a fab time x

Prudent

Islandmaid wrote: »

Just an idea, I picked up some silicon icecube trays at £land, they make great chocolates. Sticking to the nigella theme, her choc brownies are amazing, I use lidls cheap choc and a bit of cocoa powder - yummy... I,m sure whatever you make she will have a fab time x

Ah that is a really nifty idea thank you

Are all Nigella recipes in books or do some websites have them?

Islandmaid

Hope this prints ok - from how to be a domestic godess - don,t be tempted to leave ,em in too long they are at their best squidgy - i dont put the nuts in, but thats because my kids don,t like nuts

Ingredients:

Yield:
48
browniesUnits: US | Metric
375 g soft unsalted butter
375 g best quality dark chocolate
6 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
500 g caster sugar
225 g plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
300 g chopped walnuts
Directions:

1
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2
Line your approximatley 33 x 23 x 5 1/2cm brownie pan with foil or baking paper.
3
Melt the butter and chocolate together in a large heavy based saucepan.
4
In a bowl beat the eggs with the sugar and vanilla.
5
Measure the flour into another bowl and add the salt.
6
When the chocolate mixture has melted, let it cool a bit before beating in the eggs and sugar mixture, and then the nuts and flour.
7
Beat to combine and then scrape out of the saucepan into the lined brownie pan.
8
Bake for about 25 minutes.
9
When its's ready, the top should be dried to a paler brown speckle, but the middle still dark and dense and gooey.
10
Keep checking the brownies as they cook; remember that they will continue to cook as they cool

Prudent

Thank you Islandmaid . I just need butter from that list of ingredients, so they will work out a cheap treat and should go down well if we are short of birthday cake.

zippychick

this thread may help - ill merge this later. good luck with it

Zip

Seakay

You can make chocolate curls by shaving the edge of a bar with a vegetable peeler - works best with milk and white as they are softer.