FUDGE!

I was invited to go to the drive-in the other night. Which of course meant that snacks were a necessity. After a little bit of pondering I decided that it was in fact time for me to try and make Nutella fudge. I had seen the recipe a while ago and now the opportunity to make this fudge had presented itself, and I was not going to let it slip through my fingers. So Nutella fudge it was.

The recipe told me to put the fudge in a 20 x 20 dish, but I didn't have one so I used this slightly bigger one instead which meant that the fudge was a bit thinner than it was meant to be. Also the original recipe was called Nutella fudge with sea salt, but I know that not every one is into that whole chocolate and salt mixture thing, so I decided to only sprinkle the salt over half of my fudge.

The fudge was so delicious that I was glad that I had about ten people to share it with. Otherwise I am sure I would have eaten it all on my own, and turned into a giant piece of Nutella fudge, or something like that.

Nutella Fudge Recipe

I got it from this clever site.

cake. on a stick.

Apparently cake on a stick, or cake pops, are the new red velvet cupcake. Or something scandalous like that. So I  decided that it was time for me to catch up with the current baking trends, because I don't want to be 'so last season'. After much research, I did it, I made these pops. Cake on a stick; how much more convenient can it get. I now understand what all the fuss is about, you can now eat cake on the go, while; driving, shopping, doing your nails, watching t.v., dancing, or whatever suits your fancy.

The cake crumbs

Buttercream frosting

Hardening on parchment paper

Cake on a stick, how I love you

Vanilla Cake Pops Recipe

This recipe makes about 30-40 pops depending on how big you roll them.

Ingredients:

I used my favourite vanilla cake recipe, from here. (But you can use whatever cake recipe you like.)

Buttercream frosting from here. (I substituted the lemon juice for 1 t. vanilla essence.)

400g Chocolate

Sticks

Sprinkles

Method:

1. Bake cake according to instructions.

2. Allow the cake to cool completely.

3. Crumble cake into crumbs in a bowl.

4. Make the buttercream frosting. Mix in the buttercream frosting into the crumbs. At this point i decided it was time to get my hands dirty and mixed the buttercream in using my hands. It is slightly messy, but works well.

5. Roll the cake into small balls. You can decide how big you want to make your pops.

6. Insert the stick into a ball. Don't push it too far in because it will go all the way through, or it won't be secure. Place on parchment paper.

7. Refrigerate for a few hours, until hard and chilled.

8. Melt the chocolate using a double boiler.

9. Dip each pop into the melted chocolate. I used a spoon to help me to get the whole pop covered in chocolate.

10. I placed the sprinkles into a small bowl that I dipped the chocolate pop into while it was still melted.

11. Place on parchment paper. Allow to harden.