A Bit Too Much Adventure

Hello!

Yesterday was just one of those days! My brother, his wife and one of my nephew's, James, decided to go to the Newcastle Metro Centre and I decided to tag along!

We had big plans for the day and it was supposed to be super relaxed... Not quite the way it turned out. No. We broke down. We could see the "Welcome to Newcastle Upon Tyne" sign and then the car started to judder along the road. We pulled into a lay-by to try and figure out the problem but, after figuring out we didn't have any breakdown cover, we spoke to a mechanic and decided it was going to be just as well to chug it along to the Metro Centre.

We eventually got there, and there was definitely no way we were ruining the rest of our day by constantly worrying about!

Lunch at Pizza Hut then led to a good shop - and we came away with a lot of Primark bags... Actually, I didn't get that much, just a top and some socks (I live on the edge, obviously) but no one else skimped on the clothes.

I spent a lot of my time drooling when we went into Paperchase, I couldn't help it! I managed to stop myself from buying anything though - I did see a notebook I already own in the sale though, I didn't look to see how much it was; I didn't  want to depress myself over how much I could have saved!

Once we managed to get hold of the RAC we treated ourselves to a nice little Starbucks and a Krispy Kreme each. Yummy! Did you know Newcastle has a drive thru Starbucks?! Not that we could use it seen as the car had decided to go into hibernation, but still! They should have more drive thru Starbucks!

Anyway, the lovely RAC man came and fixed the car and we were back on a very slow and extremely cautious journey home - we didn't want to cause the little car to want to take a break again!

It was a very giggly journey home thanks to Jj! He's going through his copy-cat phase, needless to say when his mama coughed he copied, we all laughed and, because he thought it was funny, he didn't stop, which just made us laugh more!

There was no better way to end my day than a bath, an episode of Suits and a piece of Malteser cake.

All in all, although a little bit more adventurous than we were hoping for, it was a great, little day out!

Katie x

The Best Chocolate-y Pudding Ever!

Hello!

I spent yesterday evening making Malteser Cake - the best chocolate-pudding-snack-thing you will ever taste. I promise you, if you like chocolate as much as I do, this is the thing for you.

It may be extremely fattening but it's worth it seen as it's the best thing you will ever taste!

Here is my recipe, in case you would like to recreate it!

Makes 18 pieces

You will need:

4oz Butter

4oz Plain milk chocolate

9oz Crushed digestive biscuits

8oz Maltesers

4 Dessert spoons of golden syrup

For the topping:

270g Cadbury's dairy milk chocolate

(It doesn't necessarily have to be Cadbury's but I use a better chocolate for the topping because I think it's a bit nicer than using the value chocolate that I use in the actual mixture)

Plus:
1 Large tray OR 2 square silicone trays

1.

Chop the Maltesers in half (being extremely careful not to chop your fingers too, I've found they don't add much to enhance the taste).

2.

Melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup together, in a bowl over a pan of boiling water.

3.

When the ingredients has all melted and is a smooth mixture, take off the heat.

4.

Add the crushed digestive biscuits to the mixture and mix well, until all of the biscuits are covered by the mixture.

5.

Add the chopped maltesers and mix them in, doing this as quickly as possible so there is less time for the chocolate on the Maltesers to melt.

6.

Spoon the mixture into a tin or a silicone tray (like the one shown in the picture below), making sure the mixture is spread evenly.

7.

Melt the Cadbury's milk chocolate.

8.

Spread the melted chocolate evenly over the Malteser cake base.

9.

Put in the fridge to set. I recommend at least 3-4 hours before you try to eat it, although it may be tempting it will be worth the wait.

10.

After the cake has set it needs to be cut. Due to the fact it's mainly made up of chocolate, it can be difficult to cut so I have a little tip for you. Take the cake out of the fridge about 20-30 minutes before you want to cut it. This gives it time to soften a little but not too much and will make it easier to cut (I normally cut it into 9 square pieces per tray).

And there you have it! There is your Malteser cake! Try not to eat it all at once...

Katie x