Toad In The Hole

Tonight I'm going to attempt to make toad in the hole for dinner!

Heres the recipe

8 Sausages
1 Large Chopped Onion
2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
3/4 Cup of Plain Flour
1 1/2 Cups of Milk
2 Eggs
Salt and Pepper
1 Teaspoon of Chopped Parsley

Gravy - to serve

Preparation Time: About 5 minutes
Cooking Time: About 35 minutes

SERVES 4

Method

1. Whisk together the eggs, flour, milk, and seasoning, beating out any little lumps of flour. The consistency should be about that of ordinary double cream, but no thinner. Rest for 15 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
3. Put the olive oil in a roasting tin and leave it in the oven until it is smoking.
4. Carefully place the sausages into the roasting tin with tongs then add the chopped onion and cook for 10 minutes turning the sausages after 5 minutes.
5. Pour in the batter around the sausages and onions - it will sizzle softly in the hot fat.
6. Transfer the tin back into the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until puffed and golden. Serve with mashed potato and onion gravy. 

Turned out very tasty will make this again :)

Chocolate Cake

Serves: 10
2 eggs
200g (7oz) caster sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
250g (9oz) vegetable oil
50g (2oz) cocoa powder
125ml (4 fl oz) buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
275g (10oz) plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
 250ml (8 fl oz) boiling water
 175g (6 oz) plain chocolate chips
 

 Buttercream Chocolate Icing:
125g (4¼oz) butter, softened
125g (4¼oz) icing sugar
50g (2 oz) cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon strong brewed coffee

Preparation method
Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 25 mins
1.
In a large mixing bowl, add the following ingredients one at a time, beating well after each addition: eggs, caster sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, oil, 50g cocoa, buttermilk and vanilla.
2.
Sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt; add to the sugar and egg mixture. Blend well and fold in the boiling water.
3.
Place batter in two greased and floured 20cm round cake tins. Divide the chocolate chips in half and sprinkle them over each pan. Bake at 180 degrees C (gas mark 4) for 25 minutes. Cool.
4.
To make the icing: Begin by beating together 125g butter, icing sugar and 50g cocoa; add 1 teaspoon vanilla, milk and coffee. Beat until very smooth. Add more icing sugar until you obtain the consistency you want. Spread on cooled cake.
 

Ice cream for breakfast

                                                        Yummy!

Baking Weekend

What a wet and miserable start to my weekend off only one thing for it - Ice cream for breakfast! After indulging in my chocolate ice cream treat i felt so much better!! Today i will be baking a chocolate cake for my mum and my grandma and if i have time i shall be making Viennese biscuits, also going to see a friend tonight after her trip from Germany so hopefully i will get to try a few more cocktails for the first time :) I shall post pics and recipes and results soon have a good weekend everyone :)

See you next tuesday

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