We've been at our new flat for a little over two months now, without any attempts at baking anything. Well, with the help of my sis, today became an Epic Baking Day.
#1. Lemon Meringue Ice Cream Cake
The base is a layer of Madeira cake and on top, goes a mixture of crème fraiche and meringue.
"Swirls" of lemon curd are also intermingled in with the topping. Although my "swirls" look deceptively like "blobs"...
This then goes into the freezer for four hours, so we'll return to the dessert later...
#2. Chocolate Chip Cookies
I've made this recipe before, and I know it to be a good one - it's a Millie's cookies one from BBC.
They make really tasty, gooey cookies, stuffed full of choc chips.
The recipe suggests it makes 12, but we managed to get 40 out of it!
Delicious with a glass of milk - there are definitely not 40 left now!
#3. Toad in the Hole
A dish for dinner that we all have enjoyed, but none have cooked before.
It was another BBC recipe for this one, although with a few substitutions, including dijon mustard for mustard powder and marjoram and oregano for thyme.
After leaving it in the oven to bubble way for a while... Ta-da! Hom nom nom!
And now, back to #1 after four hours of freezing...
Oooh yeah!
And inside, swirls of lemon and frozen meringue ice cream
All three were very tasty (even if I say so myself!) although I would make a few notes for making them again: -
1. Could be made with other flavours, like pineapple curd or maybe berry compote. The base tended to separate from the topping - I wonder if brushing a layer of lemon curd on the cake layer first would help hold it together?
2. If you were to double the quantities... You'd get double the number of cookies...
3. The batter really stuck to the base of the dish. Maybe buttering the base would help prevent this? And certainly a more linear arrangement of sausages would make it easier to cut up!
All in all, a successful day!
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