Obsession

So I got me an Ebelskiver pan :) For those of you as blank as I was, basically I was perusing the Williams-Sonoma website since I WAS going to be going to NY but never made it. But my friend was lovely enough to buy one and bring it back for me. Google it. Youtube it. Ebelskivers are basically pancakes (with a touch more egg white) which you can fill with things like nutella or jam. I used the recipe that came with the pan but observe. First go, they look pretty cute although a lot easier to get round rather than pancake shaped if you don't fill them. Lots of tips online on how to turn - I used wooden chopsticks. Easy peasy. Although if you do fill them, the jam can go a bit weird and turn it purple :)

So I have a week off work and this is what I do with it. The great big cake experiment. There's this anniversary thing for the forums I frequent and so needed to try. The above is a chocolate mousse cake from "Cakes to Celebrate Love and Life" with some large amendments. Below is the amended versions with some notations. The main aspect would be that it requires a lot more chocolate to make the band but they didn't give that much in the line of instructions for that. Chocolate cake Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1 3/4 cup plain flour 3/4 cup cocoa 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp salt 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup boiling water Method: 1. Gas Mark 4 2. Grease an 8 inch cake tin with a removable base. 3. Mix all the dry ingredients together. 4. Add the wet ingredients aside from the boiling water 5. Mix and then stir in the boiling water till blended. It will be ridiculously wet. 6. Pour into the pan and bake