Ginger Cream Pud!

Amazingly not a muffin today - but a treat none the less. This is my easy-peasy pudding, that looks fantastic and takes no time at all. I first ate this at aunty Jose's house - thanks for the recipe aunty Jo.

You will need:

one packet of ginger nut biscuits

a carton of whipped cream (10 fl oz)

some orange juice (150ml)
some grated chocolate

Dip a biscuit in the orange juice. Remove straight away and 

Spread one side of it with whipped-up whipped cream.

Repeat with all teh biscuits, joining them together into a round, or line as yu go. (You can do any pattern you like, making initials, or even a tower, but a tower falls over quite easily and isn't easy to store in the fridge or serve) 
Cover the outside with the remaining whipped cream
Sprinkle with grated or crumbled chocolate
Pop in the fridge for a little while before serving - this will help the bisuits absorb the liquid and go all mushy - in a good way!

You could try an alcoholic version by replacing all or some of the orange juice with Rum, or something similar - but as I'm driving tonight, I went for the alcohol-free version.  

Enjoy!

Reasons for Rum 'n Raisons

Today is big bake day, my dad is having a house warming and has ordered three dozen muffins to cheer his guests. If I was making ice cream, he'd choose rum and raison, so I figured i'd try and create a muffin in his honour this morning. so while I wait for the hens to lay more eggs for the next batch of muffins, I'll put the recipe up, or I might just get confused as to what went in which recipe!

Soak a cup of raisons in a splosh of rum so they infuse nicely while you make the rest of the recipe
In a large bowl put 375g self raising flour, mixed with 220g muscovado sugar.
In a seperate bowl melt 90g butter, add quarter cup of rum, half a cup of sour cream, 2 large eggs. Mix together
Put the wet ingredients into the dry. Mix together, then add the rum soaked raisons

Good old Sailor Jerry!