Confectionary for bloke?

Rikki

jobbingmusician wrote:

Ooooooooooo - that would explain the stickiness then.......:o

You missed him whipping earlier then.:rolleyes:

lizzyb1812

OK MBE if you're not too precious about your truffles being perfectly round, how about ones shaped like rugby balls?

2 teaspoons, one mug of very hot water. Teaspoons into mug to heat up - shake one spoon dry and scoop up a rounded teaspoon of mixture. Shake other teaspoon dry and scoop the mixture off the first teaspoon, trying to round off the top. Use first teaspoon to push mixture off second spoon and onto saucer of icing sugar (left over from chocolate cake) Roll mini rugby ball in icing sugar then use spoon to gently lift it onto clean saucer.

Stand back, admire, and repeat

lizzyb

Toxic_Lemon

mrbadexample wrote:

Ok...this isn't working! I have chilled my hands and attempted to roll my balls in them, but it's too sticky and just covers my hands in truffle mixture. Any tips on how I can do this?

How about I put the mixture in the freezer for a bit?

Use 2 teaspoons or forks to shape and then drop into cocoa or whatever your rolling them in. Job done.

jobbingmusician

I have a feeling MBE might like rugby ball shaped ones

jobbingmusician

Rikki wrote:

You missed him whipping earlier then.:rolleyes:

I actually thought he was multi-tasking (forgot for a moment he was a bloke and therefore incapable :cool: )

mrbadexample

This is a flippin' nightmare! I've done 7 so far. You have to chill your hands, [STRIKE]dust[/STRIKE] cover them with icing sugar, roll (very quickly) and put back into the fridge! You can only do two before you have to wash your hands and start over! :mad:

Toxic_Lemon

mrbadexample wrote:

This is a flippin' nightmare! I've done 7 so far. You have to chill your hands, [STRIKE]dust[/STRIKE] cover them with icing sugar, roll (very quickly) and put back into the fridge! You can only do two before you have to wash your hands and start over! :mad:

Stop being a wuss! Get stuck in there. You'll be wanting hand-cream next! God forbid you ever try to make pastry or batter something. Now THAT'S messy! :rolleyes:

Twinny99

Toxic_Lemon wrote:

Stop being a wuss! Get stuck in there. You'll be wanting hand-cream next! God forbid you ever try to make pastry or batter something. Now THAT'S messy! :rolleyes:

Mr BE has made pastry - his pie with the little blackbird thing in the middle to let the steam out looked amazing!!:T

skintlass

Toxic_Lemon wrote:

Stop being a wuss! Get stuck in there. You'll be wanting hand-cream next! God forbid you ever try to make pastry or batter something. Now THAT'S messy! :rolleyes:

Ooh you are sharp aren't you? Nothing wrong with blokes using handcream its when they start using foundation that I worry Mr BE it does sound like a bit of a chore but just think how proud you'll be when they're all done :j

skintlass

All this talking about truffles has made me want sweeties and the only ones I have in the house are in some retro sweet boxes I made as pressies after reading another OS thread, better wrap them up before my willpower disintegrates