Date and Walnut Scones

I feel quite blessed for the friends I have at work. Besides being incredibly generous with hard work, knowledge and patience; we also love to eat and and we've shared many morning teas together.

These are the scones I made for G's Bon Voyage morning tea. We also had sausage rolls, party pies, cheese scones, ginger biscuits, biscotti, mudcake and pizza. A lovely tribute to our Queen Domestic Goddess who is departing on her big European Adventure.

Ultimate Brownie Recipe

Best brownie recipe to date. Too good not to share...

Melt 250 g of unsalted butter in a saucepan and add 400 g of sugar and 50 g of cocoa powder. Cool mixture. Beat in 5 extra large free range eggs, one at a time. Sift 150 g of plain flour mixed with 1/2 tsp of baking powder. Fold into wet mixture. Chop up 175 g of good quality dark chocolate and 75 g walnuts. Add to mix. Grease and line a square cake tin (about 25cm x 25cm). Bake at 160 C fan forced oven for 25 minutes. If you have a ridiculous Smeg oven like I do, drop the temp to 140 C or you wont get the rich gooey texture. Yields 24 squares.

Warning: Very Rich!!!!!!