Chocolate Slice

Kate whipped up this yummy slice last night. Here is the recipe if you would like to give it a whirl too!

Chocolate Slice

1 Cup Weetbix, crushed
1 Cup self-raising flour
3/4 Cup sugar
1 Cup desiccated coconut
2 Tbsp baking cocoa
150g margarine, melted

chocolate icing

2 Tbsp baking cocoa
1 1/2 Cups icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp margarine, softened
1-2 Tbsp hot water

1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line a 20cm x 30cm baking tray.
2. Combine weetbix, flour, sugar, coconut and baking cocoa in a bowl.
3. Add margarine and combine until all ingredients are moist.
4. Press into prepared baking tray and flatten using the back of a spoon.
5. Bake 10-15minutes and allow to cool in tray for 5 minutes.
6. To make icing, sift baking cocoa and icing sugar. Add vanilla, margarine and enough water to form a spreadable consistency. Beat until well combined.
7. When slice is cool, pour chocolate icing over the top and leave to set.
8. Cut into pieces.

ENJOY!

Little Things

1. Sweet smelling Jasmine
2. Marcus peeping out
3. Gordon watching the guinea pigs
4.Nothing beats homegrown
5. There has been alot of flipping since we got a new mat
6. Cuddles with Gordon
7. Fancy stuff
8 .Ella waiting for the chooks to go in

Favourite View

Even though we live in suburbia in a single story house, I still have some favourite windows I love to look out. One of those is from the spare bedroom. If I look past the house across the road, I can see the beautiful hills. On a clear day, they remind me a bit of back home, in Havelock North, where my Granny lived and we would visit her for lunch each Sunday. She, like us, lived at the foot of the hills but was surrounded by their beauty.

Out the Back ...

We have been getting 3 eggs a day lately. Our Orpington is not far off laying again, after a heavy moult, and Happy Feet, one of the Hy-Lines is now getting all new feathers underneath, so I'm guessing she won't be too far behind.

We had our first lime off the tree, still plenty of lemons and passionfruit. Tomatoes are coming along. Tons of cherry toms, kale and beans.

And I was happy to see the first of the Jasmine open today that we planted over the trellis. The smell is divine.

Abby Lee Dance Company

My girls' were very lucky to be able to attend this fabulous event yesterday of Abby Lee and her girls' tour of Australia. It was at the Crown, here in Perth and around 1300 girls and boys attended to get a glimpse/touch of their favourite tv stars. We lined up about 1:45pm (the class started late around 4:30pm) and arrived home around 9:15pm shattered. Ella said it was her best day ever!

Ella - Dance

Over the holidays, Ella had her turn to bring home the trophy that her jazz troupe won at the last lot of competitions. They all received a small trophy each as well.

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