Chocolate Rum Slice

Oh yum.

And the question from people was consistently, "Did you make this? It looks like you bought it." Snaps for me.

This one was fun to make. Starting with the processing of biscuits, cocoa and butter to make a tasty, salty base. Then the fun of melting down marshmallows, chocolate and rum to pour over the base which became a deliciously smooth centre. Finishing with whipped cream, which seems to have been a favourite ingredient in this recipe book, and shaved chocolate.

The photo really doesn't do it justice.

Enjoyed by new mummy Laurie, Gilly, Ben, Bec, Preston, Chris, Chris, Maxi, and a happy helping myself! Yes, that is a lot of pieces = bonus!

I will definitely make it again and again.

Banana muffins

Not a fan of these muffins.

The recipe may be fine, but my results were unsatisfying.

Firstly I couldn't work out whether to add butter in its normal form or melted; the recipe was slightly ambiguous.

Also, the oven heat must have been way too high, because the poor muffins were black on the outside and not well cooked on the inside. This meant that after having the best ones (the least burnt) fresh, the others tasted almost rancid on following days. Not fun.

Not pretty either, even on this pretty plate I received from a family friend, Grandma Ruth. Such a shame!

So I don't think I'll attempt it again, even though I suspect I may have to fine tune a few aspects to get a nicer result.

It's the first of my experiment recipes that I haven't been impressed with, and really, 3 great ones and 1 not so good, ain't bad odds.

Instead, the next time I have overripe bananas on hand, I will again make my Mum's beautiful banana cake. I love her cake, it's one of my favourite baked goodies that she makes. I have had amazing feedback from friends on it when I've made it, especially with an extra sprinkle of mixed spice!