Triple Treat

It was my husband's 29th birthday this Monday. On the weekend we went back to North East Victoria, it may sound a bit incestral but our parents only live about half an hour away from each other, this does make it very handy at Christmas time.

It also has it benefits for special occasions likes birthdays. On Friday night we stayed with Ash's parents and his mum made him an orange and hazelnut cake and Saturday night my mum served up Grandma's special recipe chocolate cheescake. To avoid cake overload, when we got home, I cooked up a vanilla slice.

Grandma's cheescake recipe takes a bit of work, but the result is well worth the effort. This time around, mum forgotto buy the chocolate and so instead blended up a packet of tim tam biscuits and added some cocoa. I think it was the best one yet!!!


Grandma's Chocolate Cheescake

1 can evapoarted milk
250g dark chocolate
250g cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbspn gelatin dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water

Put milk and beaters in freezer for 2 hours before hand.
Take cream cheese out of fridge for 1 hour before making.

Melt chocolate in double saucepan.
Add gelatin and water.
Cream the cheese and sugar together.
When milk is really cold whip it seperatley for 5-10 mins.
Quickly stir cooled chocolate into cream cheese and then add to whipped milk.
Pour into crust.

Crust
3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup copha
1 packet chocolate riple or morning coffee biscuits
1 cup coconut

It freezes really well.

Friends and Food

There's been a few times I've gone to blog about something and wished I had have taken a photo of the event I'm writing about. I am a visual person and appreciate the way that images speak clearly and concisely. Anyhow the picture I'd have taken would have been situated in our kitchen/family/dining area. I'm not sure which image would have best somed up the atmosphere or have been the best overall representative of tonight. Perhaps the kids sitting at their small table and chairs enjoying sucking up some noodles, or perhaps a plethora of kids sitting on the rug each trying to add their peg to the tower, being guided and cohersed to co-operate and take turns. One image would surely have had to have hinted at the delicious food shared. The theme of the night was 'tappas' each couple/family bought along a dish to share and it was a celebration of friends and food and for those not pregnant or breastfeeding a wine or beer or two or three!!!
I had a great night, thanks everyone.