Pudding goodness. Involving Ice-cream Sundaes!

 

Date: 18/8/13

Background: Basically, there is this fit Fish and Chip restaurant in Henley-In-Arden. For those in the know it is called “The Finest Catch”. So my Sunday consisted of a lovely date with my lovely girl (Laura), and was treated to fishy’s chippy’s and this FIT ice cream sundae!

What: Hot Chocolate Fudge Sundae

How much?: £3.50

What was Good: For just £3.50 you get a whole heap of vanilla ice cream, absolutely covered in deliciously thick, sweet and decadent hot chocolate fudge sauce, and is topped off with a wafer and chocolate flake! You know me, give me an ice cream sundae and I am pretty dang happy. But fudge sauce is totally and blatantly my favourite sauce of all time. It is thick and sticky, and as it spends quality time with the cold ice cream it gets all chewified and even tastier than before. I was so happy sharing this dessert, I can definitely see why Laura has fallen in love with this place. After all I was pre-warned how sexy and delicious this Sundae was!!!

What was Bad: Errrrrm. Maybe something cakey could be added? To soak up the sauciness. Maybe. But that is just to make this pudding even more tempting than it already is!

Would I have it again?: Yes. I look forward to it

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Nigella Express: Banana Butterscotch Muffins (But Actually Dark Chocolate): [How To Make]

 

Date: 27/6/13

Background: We had some over ripe banana’s left over and so basically I decided rather than bin them or let my housemate have them with custard (I feel unhappy about this) I thought I would make some delicious variations on Nigella’s Banana Butterscotch Muffin recipe. PLUS I haven’t done a ‘How-To-Make’ blog post in ages!

What: Banana and Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients:

• 3 over ripe bananas
• 150mls vegetable oil
• 250g self raising flour
• 100g caster sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 150g dark chocolate chunks (or Nigella suggests butterscotch morsels)
• 2 eggs

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200C
2. Mash the bananas in a bowl
3. Mix together the oil and eggs and combine with the mashed banana
4. Sift the flour, bicarb and baking powder
5. Combine the wet and dry ingredients
6. Break the chocolate into little morsel sized pieces (or used ready made chunks) – I used a broken bar of dark chocolate and this meant a variety of sized chunks within the muffins
7. Add the chocolate to the muffin mix
8. Prepare a muffin tin and line with muffin cases
9. Using a dessert spoon/ice cream scoop, fill the cases with the mix
10. Heat in a preheated oven, 200C for 20mins, or until a cocktail stick/skewer comes out clean

What Was Good: How easy they were to make! I literally made them and baked them in half an hour! So speedy, so easy and If you are careful not much washing up either! And my goodness they tasted delicious! Warm they oozed melted chocolate and the cake was soft, light and fluffy, but if you had enough patience and willpower to let them cool down, and even better, wait over night, they develop their banana flavour even more and are just as tasty! And I bet they are even more versatile! Nigella recommends using butterscotch pieces which I think would be very tasty as well! Another bonus is that you will probably have all the ingredients in the store cupboard anyway! So you can whip them up at a moments notice!

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What Was Bad: Not even a criticism, but I plan on making them again (and again and again) but adding some chopped pecans as well for added flavour and texture! Oh and the mixture when you are making it does not look very appetising… But the finished product is divine

Would I Make Them Again: I am already planning to make them again this week

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Reference: Lawson, N (2009) Nigella Express. Chatto & Windus. I do not stake claims to this recipe I am merely reviewing it