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From scratch


By Karen's Kitchen Adventures (Visit website)



Yes, i know i have been missing for a long long time now. What can i say, life doesn't always turn out the way you plan it to. Work to a turn for the better and has kept me really busy. I haven't even had time t bake much.

Some time in October i think, i picked up a pre-mix pack of brownie mix from the grocer's while shopping. I have never used pre-mix packs before for fear that it's taste would not live up to what you'd expect. But since this was from a brand known for producing good chocolates, i thought what the heck...


.... less did i know i was going to be disappointed.

The brownie was easy enough to make, an egg, some water, a little oil as well i think, mix it about and pop it in the oven. The finish product didn't live up to its expectations. The texture was ok, compact and smelled chocolaty. The taste was too cake-ish and hard. The only consolation was that this particular mix had dark chocolate bits in the all through the insides of the brownie. It stayed in the fridge for over a month and ended up in the bin. I didn't even have the heart to bring it to work and feed my mates.. what a wash of money.

But this just goes to show that it always pays to bake from scratch. Will a little effort and patience, you too can be Nigella Lawson. I'm never gonna use another premix pack again.




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