My KitCHEn Experiments

Egg crates have always struck me as a good chocolate mould. Whenever I go and get those 6pcs box I always think that I should keep it but never did until yesterday. My friend had invited me to go have lunch with her as my post birthday treat (first week into march - I had my birthday two weeks ago - and am still getting birthday treats! ain't it great!?). I wanted to give her something as a treat too and finally made caramel filled chocolate jewels using plastic egg crates - I washed them real good first of course! I can't give the exact recipe for these as I just eyeballed it. But all you need is chocolate melted with a bit of shortening and whatever filling you want, the caramel I melted on a double boiler with gradual additions of milk until I achieved the desired consistency.  pour the melted chocolate into the mold and spread up to the sides keep in the fridge for a few minutes to set  melt the caramel as well  then pour the caramel into the center  completely cove

I can not believed I have survived a year of baking without a proper set of measuring spoons. I had lost the 1 tbsp and 1 tsp of the set and I have been getting along by the use of conversion. Today is one such day that I decided to make a cake and assembled all the ingredients only to remember I haven't got a proper measuring spoon - so convert away I did. The cake turned out very very moist - maybe I had made a wrong calculation about the liquids in the recipe for Cappuccino Bundt Cake . It may not be perfect but hey it's still edible! I had a surplus of caramels, so I melted that with a few tablespoons of milk and drizzled it over the cooled cake. Then remembering how the caramel tasted good with chocolate from the last time I made Caramel apples, I decided to melt some chocolate and drizzle it on the cake too. You'd have thought at stop there but no! - I added some glaze to! caramel, chocolate and sugar glazed choco cake, something for the sweet tooth indeed!

I love Tempo magazine! my recipe for cake balls is featured in their dishes for dummies section! awesome! wanted to start a mini business and sell these babies - anyone wants to order??!!!