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I've made lots of small meringues and meringue toppings, but this is the first time I've made a pav. As it was Father's Day, and Bob's favourite fruit are blackcurrants, I decided to make him a treat. The cream didn't whip as thickly as double cream, but it turned out fine. This is the recipe I used, but I didn't swirl the blackcurrants throught the cream. Think I used more fruit too! http://www.blackcurrantfoundation.co.uk/recipes_pavlova.html

 chocolate I fancied doing some baking this afternoon and having found a bar of 70% chocolate in the cupboard, decided to make a chocolate cake. I tried a recipe from a book I've had for many years, but never used. It's Jane Pettigrew's 'Teatime - a complete collection of traditional recipes'. This is her 'Moist chocolate cake', but to be honest, I prefer my old Victoria sandwich recipe. We both found this cake rather dry, despite its buttercream filling. If I try it again, I'll use less flour.                                           Didn't decide to blog about it till I'd cut us each a slice, and I'd had another one! The recipe: 100g plain chocolate 150g butter of soft margarine 150g caster sugar 3 medium eggs 15ml [1 tbspn] milk 225g sr flour ...

Having packed all my cookery books into boxes ready for the move, I'm having to improvise my cooking. Decided to only unpack one box which has my favourite books in it. Bought some turkey escalopes today, so decided to serve them with roasted veg. Breaded them with some of my home-made bread crumbs. Have missed out on veg. eating whilst on our UK visit, so made up for it tonight. Used carrots, courgettes, shallots and sweet potatoes and some rosemary from the garden. We really enjoyed it. Looks rather blurred! Haven't had any alcohol, honest!