NOT OT - Chocolate Heaven

With reading this recipe for some reason the song I'm in heaven started dancing through the brain cells, now I just have to convert the grams into cups then I will be in chocolate heaven. As for the racing , good luck to you and yours but then with this chocolate running through a system or two, there is no doubt as to who the winners will be.

Dawn, keep in mind that different things weigh different amounts.

250grms of butter will be one cup. not sure bout the chocolate should be 150 grams = about 6ounces, if that helps. i'd do an online google search first. sorry havent had time to find even basic links for favs since puter threw a wobbly here. fwiw, jeanne

"Dawn > With reading this recipe for some reason the song I'm in heaven started

Jeanne, since you are In Charge of all the things we can't find or figure out - we wish you fast and great success in resolving your computer woes. And Sharon: Mississippi Mud recipes usually toss in marshmallows and pecans. If you're going to be decadent, hit it with your best shot. Polly

me 'in charge'???? omg, i dont think i've ever been that nor will i even come close again. i only know the recipe stuff cuz i'm bi-lingual so to speak. raised in usa with imperial measure and lived here for last 30yrs so i can do metric as well, mostly anyhow.

been fiddle'n p> Jeanne, since you are In Charge of all the things we can't find or figure

me 'in charge'???? omg, i dont think i've ever been that nor will i even come close again. i only know the recipe stuff cuz i'm bi-lingual so to speak. raised in usa with imperial measure and lived here for last 30yrs so i can do metric as well, mostly anyhow.

been fiddle'n p> Jeanne, since you are In Charge of all the things we can't find or figure

Has gone straight into my recipe file next to the Chocolate Pavlova which I have been told I 'have' to make for every 'bring a pud' function!

chocolate pav?? can you give us the recipe too, please, Sally. :) cheers from the land that invented Pavlova,

jeanne

"Sally Sw> Has gone straight into my recipe file next to the Chocolate Pavlova which

This is a straightforward copy I put in my recipe file about 2 years ago

- easier than sending you around the Archives which don't seem to work as well as they did! You get Sharon's comments too!

Sharon?s Choc. Pavlova

For the base

6 egg whites 300g caster (superfine) sugar - not the powdered icing sugar 3 tablespoons cocoa powder 1 teaspoon balsamic/red wine vinegar (I use raspberry vinegar which I found in Tassie) 50g dark/white/milk chocolate chopped finely for the topping 500ml whipping cream 500g raspberries 2-3 tablespoons coarsley grated choclate Preheat the oven to 180c/gas mark 4 and line a baking tray with baking paper Beat the egg whites until stiffy peaks form and then beat in the sugar graduallly. Make sure the sugar has dissolved. Lick the beaters. Sprinkle over the cocoa, vinegar, chopped chocolate and then gently fold in everything until it is incorporated. Lick the spoon. Mound onto a baking sheat in a fat circle about 20cm in diameter. Lick the spoon. Now here comes my big tip - smaller and taller is better as the pav will spread during cooking. Trust me, I know this. Place in the oven, then immediately turn the temperature down to 150C/gas mark 2 and cook for one to one and a quarter hours. When it's ready it should look crispy around the edges and on the sides and be dry on top. Poke it with a finger and if it feels "squidgy" you've got it perfect. Eat any scrappy bits that are threatening to fall off. Turn off the oven, open the door slightly and leave it to cool. Turn onto a big flat bottom plate. Whisk the cream till thick and pile it onto the meringue, then scatter over the raspberries. Sprinkle grated chocky over the top of the lot, but not too much. NOW LET THIS BE SAID - if you do not like raspberries use anything else, passionfruit pulp, peaches, pears, grapes, kiwi fruit, strawberries, blackberries - oh for heaven's sake bash up a couple of chocolate bars and use that! The choice is yours. And remember the pav takes on your mood. If you feel miserable and horrible, it will too. Just ask my DSMIL - she baked four to get two usable ones. And she didn't share the unuseable ones so the usable ones weren't perfect. Imagine the squidginess of marshmallow, the crispness of the outside just melting on your tongue while the cream ooozes through...... Made you smile? Good! Now go cook.

LOL - the marshmallows went into the Mars Bar crackles!

The last two pieces of this disappeared into today's lunchboxes. The rest was devoured over Saturday and Sunday. Don't know who was worst - kids or parents. They also loved the mars bar crackles and iced shortbread cookies.

The girls raced well and raced hard. Maddy (DD1) raced in only her second rookie race (she moved up a class about 6 weeks ago) and finished up 11 out of 16 doing great consistent times. Her day was hampered a bit by a downpour of rain during qualifying and having her nose cone dislodged by a hit from a friend (meant she had to go straight in) and her best time wiped out. Oh well. Still very proud of her.

Mikky (DD2) raced hard and did some of her best times and finished 9 out of

1. Looking forward to a lot more from this one.

Well done girls! Adverse weather, and a bump - looking good. As our new Formula 1 hero (Lewis Hamilton) says: 'Never Give Up'. . In message , Sharon Harper writes