Fail

 

It was the Queens Birthday long weekend and we have had the British weather to help celebrate it.

Very cold and miserable all weekend except for Saturday morning.  We headed up the coast on Sunday to visit family and spent Monday indoors hibernating.

So I tried to make this yummy Eclair Slice that I found on Pinterest.  It belongs to The girl who ate Everything!

Well I’m really sorry to this lovely lady who made this as I FAILED.  First the pastry didn’t turn out right.  I don’t think I got the butter right for the mixture.

Then when I made the filling the mixer decided to go faster then I had intended and I had vanilla pudding all over the bench lol.

If it wasn’t for the whip cream that I managed to get right or the pouring chocolate, store bought, I think it would be horrible.

Ah well I will just have to give it a go again.  Have you had an epic fail when making something yummy?

What’s on the menu tomorrow!

 

Lol no I haven’t made it yet but I will be for tomorrow nights dessert!  Doesn’t it look divine.  My girl’s think so!

You can find it at The Girl Who Ate Everything!

Will post tomorrow night!

Link Party Likes #24

 

Lots of goodies to be found amongst the Link parties last week.  Here are a just a few of the ones that I liked:

1. I have a few more cushions to make around the house so couldn’t resist this blog post by Southern Lovely. I love it when someone thinks outside the box and there are some beautiful place mats out there, you know the one’s you don’t want to by cos you don’t want to make it dirty.
2. Where can I get me some of this Washi Tape.  I have noticed a few posts around using this stuff but I have never seen it in the craft shops.  Ginger Snap Crafts has a great tutorial on how to use washi tape to make this checkboard clipboard.
3. And if I can’t find the washi tape in the shops I can always head on over to Nifty Thrifty Things to make my own.
4. Miss G has decided that she is no longer a dress kind of girl and needs to wear a skirt everyday so I think I might have to make this lovely skirt over at The Life of Jennifer Dawn.
5. Themed birthday parties are a very big thing with the kids so what do you do with the table cloth that you bought especially for the party after it’s finished.  Well why not make an art smock out of it.  You can find the tutorial over at Vixen Made.
6. When picking up some library books the other week the Librarian mentioned that she does Quilling and was thinking of holding some classes in the library at the end of the year.  I have dabbled in paper toll before but never quilling and thought it was a great idea.  So it was lovely to see this butterfly picture over at Wesens-Art after just having this conversation.
7. Homespun with Love has a great post on how you can have a herb garden in your own home. I’m thinking about putting some herbs in hanging pots, especially the ones that don’t like a lot of sunlight.
8. And Just 2 Birds has got me in the mood for the weekend.  It’s our 8th wedding anniversary next week and we are heading out for dinner at our favourite restaurant Cactus Jacks and catching a movie.  Can’t wait!!

So there you have it, some more great posts and blogs that you can head on over and checkout.

Happy Surfing.

Tim Tam Slice

After making some Tim Tam Cakepop's for hubby and the kid's I got to thinking about good old slices.

I didn't have any lollipop sticks

What if you where to make to lots of different Tim Tam mixture and layer it on top of each other then add a bit of melted chocolate on top to make it a slice. Hmmmmmm..

So I had to try it!


should remember to take a picture before it all gets eaten!!!

What you need:

1 x packet of chocolate Tim Tam's
1 x packet of white choc Tim Tam's
16og cream cheese softened
chocolate buttons for the topping

So what I did first was to place the choc Tim Tam's in the food processor with 80g (3 tbsp) of cream cheese and processed till well mixed:



What mixture looks like when it comes together



Now for the dish I used a small rectangle sandwich plate and placed some baking paper on top.  Then I spread out the mixture so that it was even all over:


Now to do the same again for the white Tim Tam's using the other 80g (3 tbsp) of cream cheese but first put the bottom of the slice in the fridge to give it a change to harden:

Spread the white Tim Tam mixture over the top of the base:

Place in the fridge while you melt your chocolate.  Sorry I didn't measure how much I used but I have a 375g bag of choc buttons that was already opened and used half so I think it was about 150g.

I melted my chocolate in the microwave at 25 sec intervals as to not burn the chocolate, but you can place it over a pot of boiling water.

Now just to spread the melted chocolate over the top and place it back in the fridge to harden, then cut and serve:



It is very yummy!!

Hubby has requested a choc mint version.  He just loves mint slice so I will have to have a good luck at the mint biscuits next week!  Will let you know how it goes!

Have a great day!!!