brownies & brilliant news!

first and foremost - apologies for the silence, it has been a crazy few days! as this title suggests i've got some really good news, but let us begin with the brownies. tuesday afternoon i got on the train back home and attended a job registration wednesday (fingers crossed for that!). following the interview i went to sainsburys and raided the chocolate and baking departments in order to bake some of my famous brownies. (to the extent that one message in my birthday card this year simply read, "bake more brownies"!). unfortunately because i was on a tight time schedule i had to take them back on the train whilst they were still warm so they did end up a bit crumbled, however they still tasted as good as usual. although i hate to give away the secret for my primary form of bribery in life, here is the recipe i use: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1223/bestever-brownies. i think the trick is being really gentle when folding the ingredients together, which is very therapeutic but not good if you are in a hurry! but i did have time to take a few photos along the way (left my camera at uni so they are phone quality, sorry).

these two show the chocolate and butter being melted together over a saucepan of hot water (known as a bain-marie). i love how indulgent this looks!

this shows the brownie mixture after it has all been folded together - it is some of the best raw cake mix ever!

so now onto the main purpose of these brownies: bribery! as i mentioned a new society is being started at university - BakeSoc! the elections were friday and i used these as leverage to get my friends to come along and vote (thanks again guys!). it seemed to pay off as i won! so i am now events co-ordinator for BakeSoc - i am so excited and we're just starting to throw around ideas for freshers week. i cannot wait to see this thing to take off! i passed around the brownies to the other people attending the election and they seemed to enjoy them to. the leftovers i took to saturday's great british pre-lash (we're such a classy group of students!). they are pictured below on the table (ahem, ironing board) with some of the other nibbles. i received great (and slightly drunken) reviews for them - it is so great to hear people appreciate your baking! and they were all gone by the end of the night so i can't ask for better than that!

 well i think that brings you up to date, i'm off to fill in countless more job forms (yay).

love,
nen
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