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Recipe: chocolate making

Making chocolates was always super fun when I was a kid. Choosing the molds, whether to add colour or flavour. Never mind getting to sample the end product! Actually, it might have been chocolate making that started my chocolate obsession?? (On a side note, my husband recently worked out my weekly chocolate budget… I’m not sure if he was more amazed, disgusted or proud of my clear dedication) Anyway, back to our current chocolate making.

Master D chose to make bears, frogs and tools. We melted about a cup of chocolate for each mold – just in the microwave for about 40 seconds. For our frogs we made choc mint, just by adding some peppermint essence. For our bears we made peanut chocolate with crunchy noodles (yumo, just add a tablespoon of peanut butter and half a cup of crispy noodles) and for the tools Master D decided on white chocolate with green food colouring and rose water essence (odd)!

While we were making them Master D looked at the bench and said (with a fair bit of glee) ‘we’re making a mess mum!’ 🙂 After letting them set for about an hour we had a taste test, although I was apparently only allowed to eat the frogs. Master D chose to eat a hammer first but soon afterwards told me that his tummy was rumbling and could he have another?

Thanks for reading, Kelly

October 18, 2011 by

Recipe: Blueberry Muffins

Master D and I are doing all things ‘B’ this week, including our baking. I’d planned for us to make a banana cake, but before we got to it I realised Master D had eaten all 6 bananas! So, on to Plan B (hee hee, rather appropriate!) – blueberry muffins. They are so quick and easy, as well as super tasty.

You will need:

  • 1 egg
  • 2 cups self raising flour
  • 1 tablespoon custard powder
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 400g blueberries (we used tinned blueberries)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • dash of milk (if needed)

  1. Pop your oven on 180° 
  2. Prepare a 12 hole muffin tray with nonstick spray or similar
  3. Crack your egg into a bowl and lightly beat, add sugar, flour, custard powder
  4. Lightly stir through blueberries (I add the syrup as well – means you get a great flavour and don’t have to add much milk)
  5. Add olive oil and a dash of milk if needed (your mix should be slightly runny, but not as runny as pancakes)
  6. Dollop into your muffin trays
  7. Bake for around 20 minutes

Enjoy! 

We went outside to enjoy ours, the mischievous Wookie dog snaffled one while Master D and I were taking a ‘turn round the yard’ – cheeky.


October 12, 2011 by