Well-Done Mondaes to Fridaes

Name: Well-Done Mondaes to Fridaes
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes about 1 cup sauce
Ingredients: ⅓ cup golden syrup or light corn syrup; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; over-the-top decorations, such as wafers, paper umbrella, morello cherries; 3½ ounces dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids, broken into small pieces; crumbled meringues or cookies; strawberries, sliced bananas or other favorite fruit; ⅓ cup heavy cream; 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; ice cream decorations, such as:; a pinch salt; whipped cream (this is a bit over the top but if they deserve it, then so be it!); ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
1 cup

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Madhouse Cookbook

By Jo Pratt

Published 2013

About

If there is ever a time when you want to say “well done’—whether it is for a good grade at school, doing well at a sport, cleaning up a bedroom or just for good behavior—an indulgent sundae is the best way to say it. Well, it works in my house.

Ingredients

For the Hot Chocolate Fudge Sauce

3½ ounces dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids, broken into small pieces
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder<

Method

To make the fudge sauce, put the chocolate and cocoa powder in a large heatproof bowl. Rest the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, so the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Stir occasionally until the chocolate melts. (Alternatively, you can do this in the microwave in 5-second bursts on Thaw or Low.) Remove the bowl from the heat and stir in all the re