***Review***Ohana Best Friend Breakfast

If you're thinking of booking the Ohana Best Friend Breakfast at Disney's Polynesian Resort, do it!

We went and absolutely loved it, here are our best bits:

1. The setting is beautiful- huge windows with views across the Seven Seas Lagoon and Cinderella's Castle.

2. The food is served family style, and is brought to you on a big skillet which looks so impressive when it arrives. Plus, it's all you can eat so they'll just keep bringing more when you're running low!

3. There wasn't anything on the menu we didn't like. From the pineapple bread we were given on arrival, to the tropical juice, never ending coffee pot (my personal favourite!) eggs, ham, Mickey waffles, it all tasted so good. The kids also requested hot chocolates which our server was happy to bring them. There isn't a set children's menu, they just eat whatever they like from the skillet, which worked great for us as we have a fussy eater so this meant he could pick and choose whatever he liked.

4. Cameron (4) and Lucy-Rose (2) loved the character interactions. They got to meet Mickey, Pluto, Lilo & Stitch and joined in a little parade with them.

5. This dining experience us $44 per adult and $20 per child (infants free)

We went as a family of four, but there were plenty of couples, groups of friends, large parties, so this really is a dining experience for everyone. After breakfast we took the monorail to the Magic Kingdom, it's easy to get from this resort to the parks, making it a great place to start your day.

Baking with Mickey

I've had my collection of Disney Cakes & Sweets Magazine for a while now; yes, they finally created a magazine that combines two of my favourite things, Disney AND Baking! Pour me a freshly brewed coffee while I browse magical recipes, and I really am in heaven.

So I thought I'd start at the beginning and try out a recipe from Issue 1, and seeing as I'm a bit of a brownie connoisseur (or at least, eat A LOT of them) it only seemed right that I put Bullseye's best-ever brownies to the test. 

The recipe includes raspberries, and I have to admit I was sceptical as I don't usually like fruity brownies, but these were the perfect blend of chocolatey gooeyness with a raspberry tang that is ridiculously good. 

BULLSEYE'S BEST-EVER BROWNIES

200g butter, plus extra for greasing 
200g dark chocolate
3 eggs
300g caster sugar
1tsp vanilla extract
125g plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
75g walnuts
125g raspberries or blueberries (I used raspberries)

1. Preheat the oven to 180c. Grease and line a 34 x 20cm baking tin with baking parchment. 

2. Break chocolate in to small pieces and melt it with the butter in a bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water.

3. Put the eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and whisk together until thick and creamy. Stir in the melted chocolate mixture and then sift in the flour and salt and add the nuts. Fold in the raspberries very carefully so that the fruit doesn't break up too much.

4. Scrape the mixture in to the prepared tin and bake for about 25 minutes. The top should be cracked but the inside should have a fudgy texture. Start to test at around 20 minutes as all ovens vary; use a cocktail stick or skewer and insert in in the centre - a few moist crumbs should adhere to the skewer when the brownies are done. Leave to cool in the tin for 20 minutes before cutting in to squares. Store, wrapped in baking parchment, in an airtight tin. 

These taste so good served warm with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of salted caramel sauce. (Special shout out to The Very Lovely Sauce Company's Salted Caramel Sauce, trust me you'll thank me for it once you've tried it!) 

Now, go and bake these yourself, they are way too good not to try!