Sweet Meringues

Today I made Meringues they where really tasty and tasted exactly like store bought ones, wish I could say the same for how ours looked. The ingredients are simple as there's only 3 ingredients. Here they are:

Ingredients:

4 egg whites

115g caster sugar

115g icing sugar

That's all the ingredients, here's the method:

Method:

Step 1

Separate the egg whites from the yolk.

Step 2

Whisk egg whites until they're light and fluffy and form peeks.

Step 3

Add caster sugar slowly whilst whisking.

Step 4 

Fold in icing sugar.

Step 5

Place dollops on  grease proof paper.

Step 6

Put in oven for an hour and a half at 100 Degrees

That's it, after that your're done. It's a easy and simple meringue I hope you'll like the taste of them. Here's how ours turned out they don't look good but the taste amazing:

A Lemon Cheese Cake

Me and my mum made a cheesecake today the recipe is my family's favourite. I'm going to tell you how how to make it now. Here's the ingredients:

Ingredients:

A pack of biscuits of your choice

Around 50g of butter

250g of cream cheese

Half a pint of double cream

Small can of condensed milk  

Lemon juice to taste

Now to tell you the method:

Number 1:

Crush biscuits 

Number 2:

Melt butter in  a pan and add the crushed biscuits

Number 3:

Cover the bottom of your dish and press down to make it firm

Number 4:

Put in fridge to chill

Number 5:

In a separate bowl beat cream cheese till soft

Number 6:

Slowly add the cream and condensed milk

Number 7:

Stir in lemon juice

Number 8:

Pour mixture on top of the biscuit base 

Number 9:

Place in fridge to set

That's how you make a lemon cheesecake hope you understood it and will be able to make it. It's a super easy recipe that's why my mum and Nan like it so much! You can add fruit to the top if you like, here's a picture of how ours turned out:

Here's a picture of my Nan's handwritten recipe:

Making a Chocolate Tart

Today I started making a chocolate tart it was fun and exciting, in the end it looked fantastic. I hope yours turns out like mine. Now i'm going to tell you the ingredients-

Ingredients:

350g ready prepared shortcrust pastry.

4 table spoons of marmalade.

200g milk chocolate broken into pieces.

2 large eggs beaten.

50g caster sugar.

150ml double cream. 

Coco powder for dusting.

Now that's done i'm going to teach you how to make it step by step-

Step 1:

Preheat the oven to 190 celseus. Then using a rolling pin, roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use it to line the flan tin. Put it in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Step 2: 

Prick the base with a fork, line with baking paper and fill with a weight or scrunched up aluminuim foil. Place on a baking tray and bake on the top shelf of the oven for 15 minutes.

Step 3:

Remove the paper and weight from the case and return it to the oven  for a further 5 minutes until golden whilst the pastry is still warm, spread the base with the marmalade.

Step 4: 

Reduce the oven to 160 celeseus. Melt the chocolate in a heat proof bowl, over a saucepan of simmering water, whilst stirring. Allow to cool slightly.

Step 5:

Place the eggs and sugar into a mixing bowl and whisk until pale and fluffy, pour into the chocolate mixture and stir until combined.

Step 6: 

Stir in the cream and pour the mixture into the tart case. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the tart is set.

Step 7: 

Remove the tart from the oven, it will continue to set as it cools. Dust with coco powder if you wish.

That's how you make a chocolate tart, this a picture of my finished final product-