Episode 31 - Chocolate and salted caramel traybake and Shells the best shape for safety

Welcome, my name is Pene and I live in the S.E. of England with my husband Pete and four chickens. After my retirement, working for the NHS as a counsellor, I decided to do Penelope’s Chinwag.
It’s a chatty vlog about crafting, a fascinating fact about the natural world, maybe a chat with Mum or Pete and a story or poem. In episode 12 I introduced Transactional Analysis, a model of counselling that is very practical and helpful. I finish with a short film usually taken when I’m out walking round our 'block'.

00:00-08:51. Introduction and crafting
08:51-10:48. Fascinating Fact - Shells, the best shape for safety
10:48-17:19. Chatting with mum about her job in a bookies.
17:19-33:18 Chocolate and salted caramel traybake
33:18-40:20 Transactional Analysis - Games
40:20- 47:02 Film - a walk into town and our usual birds

Recipe for Chocolate and Salted caramel traybake - Waitrose recipe
225g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra to grease
200g Light Brown Soft Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
70g dark chocolate, melted
150ml buttermilk - I use a squeeze of lemon into milk and leave for 10 minutes
225g self-raising flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g cocoa powder
½ tsp fine salt

TOPPING
200g Cooks’ Ingredients Salted Caramel Icing - I used salted caramel sauce
30g dark chocolate, melted - I finished the bar.

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180˚C, gas mark 4; lightly grease a 33cm x 22cm cake tin and line with baking parchment. Mine took just under 20 minutes to cook

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