I freely admit I am a terrible blogger
but this latest hiatus has been stupidly long. Since my last post I have been
on holiday, done a lot of overtime, had zero baking inspiration and had real
life gang up on me all of which has left me with very little energy to devote to
this place. And it's very hard to find the effort to work on something once
you've gotten out of the habit of doing it! But the inspiration fairy
has struck and now I’m back with a vengeance. I hope.
Now unless you have been living under a
rock for the last year or so you should be aware that this Saturday (23rd
November 2013) marks the 50th Anniversary of the cult classic Doctor
Who. Whovians across the globe have been counting down the days to Saturday for
months now as a special anniversary episode featuring 3 incarnations of the
Doctor (including one previously
unknown) will be broadcast. Now is there a better reason to do some geeky
baking? As a proud Whovian I don’t think so.
But what to bake? Dalek and TARDIS
shaped cakes are too cliché, so I turned to the show itself for inspiration and
there in the episode titled “The Eleventh Hour” was the answer. Fish fingers
and custard.
I won’t bore you with the background to
this combination but if you have no idea what I’m talking about I suggest
watching the clip linked below.
Now in the show the Doctor ate real fish
fingers with custard, I however don’t like fish fingers so I had to bust out my
Fez and do some thinking. And then it came to me, chocolate brownies. And for
once one of my mad cap ideas actually looked like the vision I had in my head,
so I am proud to present a cakey version of an iconic dish.
Adipose approves of this |
Ingredients
Your favourite brownie recipe
Vanilla flavoured frosting
Digestive biscuits
Custard
Your favourite brownie recipe
Vanilla flavoured frosting
Digestive biscuits
Custard
Method
Bake a batch of brownies as per your recipe. I’m pressed for time this week so I cheated and used the Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Brownie mix (which is incredibly tasty). Ideally you want your brownies to be quite firm and not too gooey in the middle. Once baked, leave to cool and when completely cold carefully cut the brownie into thin rectangles. Mine were about 1 inch by 4 inches.
Bake a batch of brownies as per your recipe. I’m pressed for time this week so I cheated and used the Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Brownie mix (which is incredibly tasty). Ideally you want your brownies to be quite firm and not too gooey in the middle. Once baked, leave to cool and when completely cold carefully cut the brownie into thin rectangles. Mine were about 1 inch by 4 inches.
Now using a food processor (or by hand)
crush the biscuits until they look like very fine breadcrumbs (just like when
making a cheesecake). I used about 200g
of biscuits. Pour the biscuit breadcrumbs onto a plate and put aside for the
moment.
With a palette knife, carefully cover
each slice of brownie with the frosting. Make sure it is completely covered including
the bottom of each slice. Then put the brownie onto the breadcrumb plate and cover
it with the biscuit crumbs. Move it around until all the frosting is covered
with biscuit crumbs. Put the finished fish finger on a plate and continue until
you run out of brownies. Any biscuit crumbs you have left over can be stored in
an airtight container for another day (I’m thinking mini cheesecakes would be a
good use for them!)
Now get yourself some custard, sit back and enjoy
your brownie “fish fingers”. I think this recipe would be a great one to make
with children as it is very easy and somewhat messy to do!
If you are feeling brave why not check out The
Geeky Chef and have a go at making real fish fingers. I gather the combination is actually rather nice.
http://www.geekychef.com/2012/11/fish-fingers-and-custard.html
http://www.geekychef.com/2012/11/fish-fingers-and-custard.html
And as a bonus, here is this week’s
episode of Nerdy Nummies in which Ro made adorable Adipose cupcakes! I am going
to have to try this, the Adipose are my favourite aliens.
And if that isn't enough Doctor Who themed goodies for you, head to Lakeland as they currently sell some brilliant Doctor Who themed baking equipment and party ware. I love the chocolate mould!