COOOOOOOKIES!!

Well here goes for my first request - make star shaped cookies for Roberts birthday. Well this was one of the easiest things ever - if the recipes were all a bit nuts. Any normal choc chip recipe will do, might have to look around to find one that doesn't have molases and other random things in it, but they do exist!

This is a fun recipe - chuck everythnin an mix it all up.  Not quite doughy enough to need to knead it, but still should be stiff enough to roll out and all that.  First though - once it's made into dough, it needs chilled, so wrap it up in cling film and chuck it in the fridge for a half hour or somethin. 

So, once that's chilled etc go on an cover the whooe worktop you'll be usin in flour so it doesn't stick.  Cover the rolling pin, and the cutters in flour too, makes it all a lot easier!  Once it's rolled out, cut out the shapes(in this case stars) as close to each other as possible, keeping the wastage as little as poss! I used different sizes and piled them on top of each other and cut small stars out of the big ones.  Be creative as you like - go for it!  Once theyre all cut out an ready chuck some smarties or whatever else on top you want cooked.  Can leave it til afterwards and use icing to put things on if you don't want them cooked.  If you don't take the cookies out at just the right time - the smarties all lose their colour so keep an eye on them.

Hope you enjoy!

Sarah x x

  

Dr Who Extraveganza part 2

The Dalek!

Well this one was a lot quicker to make.  There are no inbetween pictures so you'll just have to use your imagination for these ones.  Started with the same 2 cakes and then came the tricky bit.  How the heck do we make this Dalek shaped?!  

Basically, we decided on just butchering it all untill it looked slightly dalek shaped.  The head took the longest - but gave us lots to munch while we decorated!

Melted the chocolate ans spread it all around the cake, gettin it everywhere.  Totally forgot that once it set, the chocolate would be stuck to the plate and therefore the cake totally stuck under all the chocolate - oh well it was fun to get out!  So while the choc is still wet, start shovin all the matchsticks and malteasers and other things on/in.  We used marshmallows stuck on matchmakers for the arms and gave up with anything on the head etc.  Next time!!

So once it's all set - enjoy!   The choc is brill, and we could have eaten the whole thing!  And tbh, I did pretty much! 

Our beautiful cakes!

Sarah x x