Welcome to my stop on the Chocolate Fudge saves the Sugar Dog Book
Tour. I have a review of the book for you, but first let's check in with the author, Robbie Cheadle, who has a recipe to share with you. Then we can find out about the book, and check out my review.
How to make a meringue cake with fresh cream and fruit
How to make meringue
Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
Beat 4 egg whites in a mixer with ¼ teaspoon salt for 4 minutes on a medium speed. Gradually add 125 ml granulated white sugar. Increase speed to high and gradually add 190 ml icing sugar until stiff glossy peaks form.
Cover the baking tray with a layer of wax paper.
Insert the meringue into a piping bag (or a small plastic bag with one corner snipped off) and pipe into a circular shape.
Bake in the oven for 3 hours until the top is a light golden grown and the meringue is hard. Switch off oven and leave overnight.
The above recipe makes the third layer (second from the top) of the meringue cake pictured below.
Use 6 eggs, ¼ teaspoon salt, 190 ml granulated white sugar and 285 ml icing sugar for the second layer.
Use 8 eggs, ½ teaspoon salt, 250 ml granulated white sugar and 380 ml icing sugar for the bottom layer.
Use 2 eggs, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 62.5 ml granulated white sugar and 95 ml icing sugar for the top layer.
Prior to assembling the cake, cut up the fruit of your choice into slices. I used raspberries, sliced kiwi fruit and melon for my cake.
Whip 500 ml of whipping cream until stiff.
Just before serving, sandwich the cake together using in the cream and decorating with the fruit.
Chocolate Fudge saves the Sugar Dog
Blurb
Sir Chocolate and Lady Sweet’s son, Chocolate Fudge, sees one of Lord Humbug’s dogs struggling to stay afloat in the hot chocolate pond.
Can Chocolate Fudge save the sugar dog from drowning?
Includes lovely new recipes.
Purchase links
Paperback: https://tslbooks.uk/product/chocolate-fudge-saves-the-sugar-dog/
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Fudge-Saves-Sugar-Dog/dp/1914245547
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My review:
Rating: five out of five stars
This is a really cute little story. The world and characters all being made out of edible items is fun and creative, and the rhyming story is adorable. I also really love the addition of the recipes in the book. What a delightful way to encourage children to enjoy food and cooking.
*NOTE: I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This fact has in no way influenced either my opinion of the book or the contents of this review, and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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Author CV – Roberta/Robbie Cheadle
Robbie Cheadle is a South African children's author and poet with ten children’s books and two poetry books.
The eight Sir Chocolate children's picture books, co-authored by Robbie and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of delicious cakes and cake decorations. Each book also includes simple recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult supervision.
Robbie has also published two books for older children which incorporate recipes that are relevant to the storylines.
Robbie has two adult novels in the paranormal historical and supernatural fantasy genres published under the name Roberta Eaton Cheadle. She also has short stories, in the horror and paranormal genre, and poems included in several anthologies.
Robbie writes two monthly posts for https://writingtoberead.com called Growing Bookworms and Treasuring Poetry and one monthly post, under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle, called Dark Origins: African Myths and Legends.
Robbie has a blog, https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/ where she shares book reviews, recipes, author interviews, and poetry.
Follow Robbie Cheadle at:
Website
https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/
Blog
https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/bakeandwrite
Check out all the other awesome posts for this tour...
Mon. Feb. 28th
Opening Post: https://writingtoberead.com/2022/02/28/welcome-to-the-wordcrafter-chocolate-fudge-saves-the-sugar-dog-book-blog-tour/
Review & Author generated content – Showers of Blessings: https://theshowersofblessings.com/2022/02/27/blog-tour-chocolate-fudge-saves-the-sugar-dog-by-robbie-and-michael-cheadle/
Tues. March 1st
Writing to be Read – Review & Michael Interview: https://writingtoberead.com/2022/03/01/day-2-of-the-wordcrafter-chocolate-fudge-saves-the-sugar-dog-book-blog-tour-author-interview-my-review-2/
Wed. March 2nd
Review & Interview – This is my Truth Now https://thisismytruthnow.com/2022/03/02/blog-tour-chocolate-fudge-saves-the-sugar-dog-by-robbie-cheadle-w-review-interview
Thurs. March 3rd
Writing to be Read: https://writingtoberead.com/2022/03/03/day-4-of-the-wordcrafter-chocolate-fudge-saves-the-sugar-dog-book-blog-tour-review-by-d-l-mullen/
Undawnted – Review: http://www.undawnted.com/2022/03/wordcrafter-chocolate-fudge-saves-sugar.html
24 comments:
HI Tori, thank you so much for this lovely post and review. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the recipe and the great review of Robbie and Michael's wonderful book.
Robbie:
My pleasure. It was a fun read.
Darlene:
You're very welcome. Thanks for stopping by.
I often make some thing like this for Easter. Meringue is so light and it's so simple to do. It's hard to mess up!
Jeanie:
Yes, it's a fun and quick to make dessert recipe.
A lovely review, Congratulations on the new book, Robbie and Michael plus the delicious recipe :)
Carol:
Thanks for stopping by. Glad you enjoyed the post.
Congratulations to Robbie and Michael on another excellent review!
Wonderful review, Tori - congrats to Robbie! With his love of cooking, my youngest son would have been all over these books when he was younger.
Hi Victoria, What a great review for Robbie and Michael's book. That meringue looks fantastic! Toni x
Tori, you've done a lovely job on this post and such a favorable review! Thanks for hosting. :)
Robbie, congratulations on a wonderful tour and a delightful book. This tour has been a lot of fun.
Toni, Teri, Elizabeth, Carol and Jeanne, Thank you all for visiting this last tour stop and for your support of Robbie and Michael and their lovely new children's book. There is still time to visit any of the other stops that you missed, too. :)
Elizabeth:
It's well deserved. And thanks for stopping by.
Teri:
Thanks. And, yes, he would have.
Toni:
Thanks. And thanks for stopping by.
Kaye:
I'm glad you enjoyed the post and my review. It was my pleasure to host Robbie and bring some well-deserved attention to one of her amazing books.
Robbie writes, bakes, rastles (sp?) numbers--what can't she do?
Jacqui:
I know... She's incredibly talented, isn't she?
And, by the way, thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for sharing another great review of Robbie and Michael's adorable book. I'm still waiting for my copy.
~Lauren
Lauren:
Thanks for stopping by. Hope you get your copy soon, and enjoy it as much as I did.
A wonderful review, Victoria. Many congrats to our talented friend Robbie.
Diana:
Thanks for stopping by, and I'm glad you liked the review.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful review, Victoria! xx Michael
Michael:
It's my pleasure. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
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