Australian Members - Part II - if you read the first post, you'll get what this is all about.

[ponpon_hehe]

I’m living in loafers half the time - so much easier than tying laces

We should plan some StyFo meetups as an excuse to get dressed and leave the house to drink.

do you mind if I join you when I'm coming back to Sydney for a short holiday?

 

[samtalkstyle]

Never heard of them. Are they close to the city ?Please let me know how it turns out for you once you get them back.

Eastern suburbs. Should be picking them up tomorrow arvo. Will let you know

 

[Mr. Mott]

I’m living in loafers half the time - so much easier than tying laces

We should plan some StyFo meetups as an excuse to get dressed and leave the house to drink.

Sounds like a plan.

 

[California Dreamer]

Sounds like a plan.

Today is "clean the fish tank day", so I'm about as far from SF-approved as it's possible to get. Still, I have become so shameless that I will probably head to Myer later without bothering to change. The Mall is full of bogans anyway, so I should fit right in.

 

[Mr. Mott]

Today is "clean the fish tank day", so I'm about as far from SF-approved as it's possible to get. Still, I have become so shameless that I will probably head to Myer later without bothering to change. The Mall is full of bogans anyway, so I should fit right in.

haha just make sure you wear a pair of ugg boots to complete the outfit. Uggs were invested by a surfer, so I think it’s actually on point attire!

 

[Contango]

Today is "clean the fish tank day", so I'm about as far from SF-approved as it's possible to get. Still, I have become so shameless that I will probably head to Myer later without bothering to change. The Mall is full of bogans anyway, so I should fit right in.

I wondered who still shopped at Myer. Now we know. I would never have picked a StyleForumer to be their remaining customer.

 

[Journeyman]

So, like many others during the past few months, I've been doing quite a bit of "iso-baking", mainly to encourage my kids to take a larger role in the kitchen.

Last weekend, I made this "dark and dreamy" chocolate cake, based on a recipe from a friend. It is extremely rich and decadent, but tastes amazing. Highly recommended for anyone who likes chocolate cake.

The recipe originally called for half-a-cup of whiskey or bourbon, but I substituted decaffeinated espresso coffee so that my kids could eat the cake.

Ingredients:

• Half cup (125mL) brewed coffee
• One-and-a-half cups (330g) caster sugar
• 400g dark (semi-sweet) chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 250g unsalted butter, coarsely chopped
• 5 eggs
• 1 tablespoon Dutch cocoa

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Grease a deep 22cm (9 inch) round pan; line base and inside with baking paper.
3. Stir coffee and caster sugar in small saucepan over medium heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves.
4. Process chocolate until finely chopped. Add coffee; process until smooth.
5. With food processor still going, add butter piece by piece, processing until combined.
6. Add eggs, one at a time, processing until combined. Pour mixture into pan.
7. Place pan in large baking dish; pour enough boiling water into dish to come halfway up side of cake pan.
8. Bake cake for 30 mins or until edge is set; the centre will still be a little soft. Remove pan from dish; cool 10 minutes.
9. Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight until set.
10. Carefully turn cake out of pan onto cake plate; dust with sifted cocoa. Stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

A couple of tips:
- I found that it was much better to leave it in the fridge overnight as it was still very soft and "fudgy" when I cut a slice after four hours.
- If using a round springform pan, then cover the bottom and sides of the pan in alfoil before placing in the water bath in the oven.

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

So. Its come to this. Sharing baking tips on SF.What brave new world we live in.

This is so simple a drunk ferret could could make it.

Flourless Chocolate Cake

250 g salt free butter 250g dark chocolate try something with 70%Coca 150 g grams ground almonds 2/3 of a cup of caser sugar( quick tip buy a couple of vanilla beans and put them in with the sugar leave for a week prior and just keep covering them with sugar) I table spoon of strong black coffee I table spoon of brandy( you could use Cointreau but it will give a different flavour to the cake) Five eggs at room temperature separated and beat whites to stiff peaks.

Butter and flour a 23cm springform cake tin and also cover the base with baking paper.

In a double boiler or heat proof bowl melt and mix chocolate, butter sugar brandy and coffee stir so it mixes in well. Take off heat and allow to cool.

In a large bowl mix almond chocolate mix and egg yolks one at a time. Then add a small amount of egg whites to slacken mixture and then gradually fold mixture. Place in pan and put into a preheated 180c oven for 50 minutes. Cake should be firm to touch let it rest for a few minutes then turn it out.

 

[Mr. Mott]

Does anyone know if Herman Bros & Co. in Sydney are still open?

 

[California Dreamer]

I wondered who still shopped at Myer. Now we know. I would never have picked a StyleForumer to be their remaining customer.

Choices are limited here, and I'm not travelling to Melbourne just to buy a pair of pajamas.

 

[Contango]

Choices are limited here, and I'm not travelling to Melbourne just to buy a pair of pajamas.

Online shopping.

Thank me later.

 

[California Dreamer]

Online shopping.

Thank me later.

Honestly, do you really think I've not tried that? Try not to make yourself look like too much of a prat.

 

[Contango]

Honestly, do you really think I've not tried that? Try not to make yourself look like too much of a prat.

 

[Journeyman]

This is just like the Australian Members' thread of old!

Now we just need DartagnanRed and JimmyHoffa to come in and start arguing about wine fridges.

 

[LonerMatt]

Or Foxy to sell all of the wardrobe he bought 3 months ago.