happy hookers (& chocolate slice!)

my friend pippa is the shiz when it comes to crocheting. like really... the shiz. i swear she barely even has to look at what she is doing, and everything she makes always comes out perfect. every time. she's my beautiful friend that made maddie's star shaped blanket that i love, and which maddie still sleeps under each and every night. adorbs.

my grandma was an avid "hooker" (haha i love it!) and made all of us granchildren a blanket - and yes - of course i still have mine. i couldn't ever part with anything sentimental. you all should know that by now. i kind of feel like i got ripped off though, she died just six weeks before my seventh birthday :( and so i never got to learn the craft - although my oldest cousin dion told me the other day that grandma taught her, so at least one of us has it!

anyway - to the point of this post - pippa has finally decided to share this talent with a bunch of her girlfriends - and i was one of the lucky chosen ones. on monday last week (yes i am well aware that this post has been a long time coming...) we went to pippa's house for "crochet club" - or the happy hookers as pip and i are now affectionately calling it... where pip taught us some of her moves. okay - so the orange "thing" (granny square - yes i know...) above - pip started off for me and then showed me how to continue it, but i am pretty sure with a little more practice (and by little, i mean years and years... har har harrr) i might one day be able to complete a blanket.

maybe.

it was great fun though - and i can't wait for the next one!!

anyway - my contribution to the crochet club is here:

chocolate slice

250g butter

1 cup caster sugar

3 tablespoons cocoa

2 cups desiccated coconut (i used shredded - it was fine!)

2 cups cornflakes

2 cups plain flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

preheat oven to 180 deg celcius

grease a 20x30cm baking tin

melt butter in a saucepan (make sure it's big - there's a lot of stuff going in here!)

take off heat and stir in sugar and cocoa

when sugar is dissolved, stir in coconut and cornflakes

stir in flour, baking powder and vanilla

stir well until completely mixed

press all firmly into a tin and then bake for 20mins

when cool ice with chocolate icing

(1 cup icing sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, 1 tablespoon butter, add water and mix until smooth)

yummmmm!