Bubhub Bakeoff #8

[cheezelkat]

Congrats to jasminesmum for winning round 7!

She has chosen a very yummy recipe for this round - very suitable for Christmas!

Chocolate Christmas Trees - http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/ARTICLE.aspx?id=43776




Serving size: Serves 10 or more
Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes


Makes approximately 45
INGREDIENTS

250g packet plain sweet biscuits, crushed
1 cup desiccated coconut
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 tablespoon honey (optional)
395g can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup white or dark melts
Coconut, sprinkles, silver and gold cachous, for decoration


METHOD

Combine biscuits, coconut, baking cocoa, honey and sweetened condensed milk in a large bowl, mix well.

Shape teaspoonfuls of chocolate mixture into cones, refrigerate until firm.

Drizzle top of cones with melted white or dark chocolate melts, decorate as desired, allow chocolate to set.

Store in airtight container in refrigerator.

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Post photos on the thread (if you need help with this PM me) and entries close next Sunday. Goodluck! :chef:

[phineas]

Hey CK - I want to join in! (If I'm welcome :o )
What do you do...make it then take a photo and the best one wins or something?

ETA: Ok I just looked at the Bakeoff #7 thread! Yummy cookies!!! Melo's lookd really good, and Jasminesmum - loved how hers were all cracked on the top iykwim *drool*

[MummyCharmzy]

ok I'm in on this one tho wont be around for the vote :)

[sugar n spice]

hmm i might make them on the wkend if i have time, so tired due to my pregnancy.

oh and what are silver and gold cachous?

[Bubble*Crazy]

The cachous are the little round balls - you find them in the baking section - usually with the 100's and 1000's and other decorating bits & pieces.

I'm going to try & have a go as well - time depending!

Is it this Sunday it closes (the 10th December)? :confused:

[Melo]

I'm going to be out, we leave for Perth on Friday and I wont have internet connection down there :( :crying: :( :crying: and then when I get back i'm going to have a new bub to look after!

[Bubble*Crazy]

then when I get back i'm going to have a new bub to look after!

How exciting Mel .. I s'pose we can forgive you ;) - good luck with it all!

[Melo]

Hehe thanks BC :D.

[cheezelkat]

aww Melo I will miss you :crying: :( but new bub is :smiliedance:

It will end the 17th December to give everyone plenty of time!

[Briannabear]

The link doesnt work! :no:
Sounds like fun!

[cheezelkat]

phineas (and anyone else) - feel free to jump in! Just upload a picture of your creation and we all vote. The winner chooses the next recipe.

Briannabear, the link is working for me :confused:

[MummyCharmzy]

the link worked fine for me also

[Wondermum]

They look really good and easy enough... might give it a whirl if I get some time and see how they turn out :xmas:

[sugar n spice]

i might try them on the wkend, forgot to take the ingredient shopping list with me when i went food shopping so forgot a few of the items. look easy enough though.

the link has worked fine for me aswell:tree:

[Briannabear]

The link is working for me now too - dont know what happened before! :confused: :D

[jasminesmum]

These are mine. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k282/jasminesmum/kids2006001.jpg


I tried very hard to make mine into trees. They just wouldn't stay in that shape.
I put my biscuits into my blender and wizzed them up. I think they were too fine. Maybe I should of just crushed them with a rolling pin.
Oh and another thing, the chocolate sets REALLY quickly so I would do them one at a time and put your decorations on as soon as the chocolate goes on.

Was very messy but fun. My ds enjoyed helping me.
He took them to school for his break-up party and everyone loved them.

[sugar n spice]

i cant wait to bake mine

jasminesmum they look yummmy and thanks for the tips

[Bubble*Crazy]

They look good Jasminesmum ... I've got my ingredients, just need to make time now!

ps - thanks for the tips!

[sugar n spice]

mine are in the fridge but i will decorate them tomorrow. mixture tastes nice but very hard to mould into trees, mine are more like clumps.

i think if i was to do it again i wouldnt use the honey as i think honey and condensed milk made it too sticky. Hope they look better when i decorate them.

[phineas]

jasmines mum they look yummo!!!

i won't be making mine till the end of next week as i have uni exams the start of this week (oh yay - not) but will have th epiccie up before sun the 17th!

[cheezelkat]

I'll be making mine this week but will be avoiding trees. I'll just roll into balls I think!

BTW, I also won't be adding the honey as under 12 monthers might be eating them - I'm sure the recipe will work without it because I have a similar one for chocolate balls.

[jasminesmum]

I'll be making mine this week but will be avoiding trees. I'll just roll into balls I think!

BTW, I also won't be adding the honey as under 12 monthers might be eating them - I'm sure the recipe will work without it because I have a similar one for chocolate balls.

I left the honey out too. Its defiantely sweet enough without it.

[sugar n spice]

ok mine look really bad and those words are straight out of dh mouth but that hasnt stopped him eating them, they are so yummy. very hard to roll into balls though so as my sister said and she loved them there christmas clumps lol:laughing:

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k204/sheldon_jan/foodandsheldononpotty004.jpg

[phineas]

sugar n spice - they look pretty damn good to me!
has anyone successfully shaped them into trees yet or is it just impossible? :p

[Wondermum]

I had great fun making these esp the decorating part!!!

Initially I thought I would run into some trouble trying to shape them into trees, so I did a little thinking and *PING* 'ice cream cones' to mold them into their tree shape! Once I made the mixture it seemed to mold well just by hand... so I made a few by hand, some with ice cream cones - so they have the wafer cone on the outside and the last few I had peeled the cone off and decorated.

Sooo here is the finished product... Gwwd they taste yummy!!!! Should have taken a shot of DH and DS1 face... Christmas has come early :laughing:

:wizard:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/Jessath/Bubhubbakeoff004.jpg

:wizard:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/Jessath/Bubhubbakeoff006.jpg

:wizard:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/Jessath/Bubhubbakeoff005.jpg

[bronny-jane]

wondermum.....thank you, my kids just saw your pictures, and were saying "i want this i want this".......were they hard to make

[cheezelkat]

OMG wondermum :laughing: I ran crying to DP about how wonderful yours are and theres no way I can beat that!

[MummyCharmzy]

they look great wondermum! :D


I will try to add my attempt today as I only have two children at home :)

[Wondermum]

wondermum.....thank you, my kids just saw your pictures, and were saying "i want this i want this".......were they hard to make

Oh no B-J.... you're gonna have to make them now :D

No, they weren't too hard at all and I loved the no baking part! Just take your frustrations out on the bickies B-J :laughing: and throw in the other ingredients, stuff into the cones, and then comes the best part.... decorate with choc melts and whatever else - coconut, hundreds of thousands, choc bits... wha-laa :wizard: You may not need the cones - I actually didn't as the mixture was the right texture to shape but I started stuffing the cones before I attempted to do them by hand. They taste really nice with the wafer around the chocolate cookie mix tho.


OMG wondermum I ran crying to DP about how wonderful yours are and theres no way I can beat that!

Just use ice-cream cones :D


Thanks MummyCharmzy

[sugar n spice]

wondermum they look awesome. what a smart idea, wished i thought of that

[sugar n spice]

do you think there ok to eat 1 1/2 - 2 days later?

[MummyCharmzy]

yup theyd be fine

I've done mine uploading shortly :)

[phineas]

Wondermum - ooo yummy!!! They look excellent!!!

Ok haven't made mine yet, will be making them on saturday, will post the pics then too.... don't you all go finishing before me :shame: :)

[Cupcake]

I made some(not for the bake off) & the secret is to put the mix in the fridge for a little bit, it then molds so easy(just need some firm hands) you could do a swan shape if you really wanted to:D
They are yummy but I did my dash with them & will never eat one ever again:laughing:

*Edited to add~If you pop them on baking paper in blobs then pop them in the fridge, they will be easier to mould again once they have set a little*

[Bubble*Crazy]

Here's my entry - sorry I couldn't decide between all the photos!

White choc #1 (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/tammy2238/100_4299.jpg)

White choc #2 (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/tammy2238/100_4300.jpg)

White choc #3 (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/tammy2238/100_4307.jpg)

Dark choc (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/tammy2238/100_4312.jpg)

Mixed Up (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/tammy2238/100_4308.jpg)




I must say I am very proud of myself! :xmas: :chef: :D !!!

[sugar n spice]

hi they look yummy. i was wondering what biscuits everyone chose to use. i used chocolate ripple biscuits

[Bubble*Crazy]

I just used milk arrowroot.

[cheezelkat]

Milk arrowroot too

[Cupcake]

I used Malt O Milk(i think thats what they are called)

[MummyCharmzy]

I used milk coffee in mine :D My cam isnt letting me upload for some reason tho so hopefully i can figure it out tonight as tomorrow my computer gets packed as we move first thing friday!

[Wondermum]

I used marie bickies in mine :D

[Pobblebonk]

When do we vote?

[Bubble*Crazy]

Entries don't close till Monday 17th Dec

[phineas]

I just made mine :smiliedance: -

But I haven't put the chocolate on yet, they are in the fridge setting. I *think* they are going to stay in their tree shape. Will take pic soon ad post tomorrow

How did everyone crush their biscuits? (I used NICE btw)
I did mine with a potato masher because I didn't know what else to use :o
I need one of those granite/marble/stone grinder things....:detective:

[cheezelkat]

First batch I used a rolling pin and bashed.

Second I food processed.

I actually prefer the rolling pin method - its nice to get big chunks of bikky in them.

[Wondermum]

How did everyone crush their biscuits? (I used NICE btw)


I put mine in the food processer blitzed about half of them finely then the remainder I crushed by hand.

[sugar n spice]

i mashed mine with a wooden spoon. may not have looked very good but my sister wants the reciepe:thumbsup:

[phineas]

I made them! :smiliedance: I actually got them into tree-like shapes too! But other than that they don't look too brilliant - I think they needed some colour!
I will post the pic later tonite!
Oh, they are really yummy too :D


ETA: pics!!! (they are a bit boring!)

pic1 - white choc!!! (http://www.dropshots.com/photos/217399/20061215/174845.jpg)

pic2 - milk choc!!! (http://www.dropshots.com/photos/217399/20061215/175001.jpg)

[Wondermum]

:yelclap: phineas, they look good!!!!

[Wondermum]

It will end the 17th December to give everyone plenty of time!

Tis the 19th December :reindeer: