CHOCCY BROWNIES

Super yummy super chocolatey brownies!

Ingredients:

200 g dark choc

150 g butter/marg

225 g caster sugar

2 tsps vanilla extract

2 large eggs

75 g plain flour

What you need: 

Wooden Spoon

Balloon Whisk 

Small Pan

20 cm square tin( i used two 10 cm tins)

Large Bowl

Step 1 - preheat oven to 180 degrees/gas mark 4. Line tins with grease proof paper.

Step 2 - Break the chocolate up. Put it and the butter into a bowl over gently simmering water. Check the base of the bowl isn't touching the water.

Step 3 - Let the two melt together and then stir them gently until combined.

Step 4 - Take the bowl off the heat and then beat in the sugar and vanilla.

Step 5 - Use the balloon whisk to beat in the eggs.

Step 6 - Add the flour and give the mix a good beating.

Step 7 - Tip the mixture into the tins and cook for 30-35 mins

Step 8 - check the brownies with a cocktail stick, if it comes out almost clean, its done! Leave to cool in the tins for around 20 mins before enjoying!

Hope you enjoy these gooey, choccy, lovely brownies!

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Hey! My name is Ella and I'm 14 years old and I write ellaspantry. Here's 10 random things abut me...

1: I love Florence + the Machine 

2: My favorite show is the IT crowd

3: I have a strange obsession with birdcages, and I have 6 in my room!

4: I love vintage clothes

5: I don't have a favorite colour. I like rainbows :-)

6: I aspire to become a cake decorator

7: Or a journalist

8: my favorite thing to bake is cupcakes

9: for GCSE i wan't to do food tech and music (along with all the other subjects you have to do!)

10: I love every single one of you who are reading this!

I decided to do something a bit different today, hope it was alright! 

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CAKE POPS

How to make...CAKE POPS!!!!

In this blog, i'll show you how to make AND decorate this brilliant new craze.

RECIPE:

6oz marg
6 oz caster sugar
6 oz self raising flour
vanilla extract
3 eggs
100 g white choc
100 g milk/dark choc

WHAT YOU NEED:

Silicone coke pop molds (easy to find and cheap on eBay or in cooking stores)
Large mixing bowl
Wooden Spoon
Scales
Baking Tray
2 Bowls
Cooling rack
Lolly pop sticks( search them on ebay or in cooking stores aswell, super cheap too!)

Step 1 - Beat the marg and sugar together until light and creamy

Step 2 - add your flour and eggs and carefully mix together

Step 3- add a cap full of vanilla extract

Step 4 - heat oven to 180 degrees 

Step 5 - grease both sides of your moulds with marg, then spoon in the mixture 

Step 6 - put the top mould (the one with a hole in it)on top and bake  for 12- 15 mins

(if they aren't quite golden brown when you take of the top, put them back in the oven for a few mins, without the top mould)


Step 7 - carefully pop out your cake pops

Step 8 - once they are cooled, melt your chocolate in the microwave or in a bowl over a pan of boiling water

dip the end of a lolly pop stick into the chocolate and then stick it in a cake pop, then dip the whole cake pop into the chocolate

step 9 - Leave to cool for around 10 mins

 Step 10 - drizzle the other type of chocolate over the top

Step 11- leave to cool in the fridge or buy an open window for around 10 minutes

Step 12 - Wrap in cellophane and tie with a ribbon for a super cute gift ( I gave these to my friend for her birthday!)

Hope you enjoyed this recipe! see you again soon....

love, Ella xxxx

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So SORRY!

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to say how sorry i am for not updating my blog in so long! Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting entry tomorrow though!
Love, Ella xxx