Super unhealthy but yummy...kiberryoffee?

Last Monday was a friend's birthday. As a dedicated sugar addict, he asked me to make him a banoffee as a birthday cake, but instead of bananas, he wanted raspberries and kiwis. I hate to admit it, but it was so so good. My next challenge is to figure out a way to make it without the heart attack warning. In the meantime...

Ingredients:
The base:
8oz digestive biscuits
3oz butter
The caramel:
4oz margarine (stork or similar)
4oz caster sugar
1 small tin sweetened condensed milk
Fruit of your choice - I went with raspberries (8oz) & kiwis (3)
Freshly whipped cream

8" non-stick cake tin with loose base, greased.

1. Bash up the biscuits - to do this you can put them in a bag & bash with a rolling pin or put in your mortar and pestle and go to town. When they are down to a rough crumb you're ready.
2. Melt the butter and add to the crushed biscuits, mix thoroughly.
3. Add the biscuits mix to the tin and press in firmly.
4. To make the caramel, put the condensed milk, sugar & margarine in a saucepan and melt. Stirring all the time, it will probably take about 10 minutes for it to go a deeper caramel colour. keep stirring until you're happy with the colour & consistency. Don't be tempted to taste it, melted sugar is VERY HOT!
5. Allow the caramel to cool a little, then pour on top of the bisuit base.
6. Chop up the kiwis and rinse the raspberries, keeping a few aside as a topping, and add on top of the caramel.
7. Top the fruit off with whipped cream and dress with a few pieces of fruit.
8. Keep in the fridge and enjoy at will, it won't last long!

Food in Lanzarote

I spent a week in Puerto del Carmen last week, a resort in Lanzarote, which certainly would not be my first choice. I am more of an 'off the beaten track' kind of girl, so staying in an apartment on 'the strip' was out of character for me. However, I did manage to find some rather lovely restaurants, which helped me to stay sane for the week! If you are attempting a week in Lanzarote, try these out:

Antica Trattoria Di Verona: a surprisingly good, actually, excellent Italian restaurant on Avenida Las Playas. It's towards the airport side of the 'strip', right along the sea front of the resort town and stands out among a crowded market place. I ate there 5 or 6 times in one week, each time the service was supremely good - subtle, efficient, friendly, fast... The food was excellent, far better than I expected and wonderful value. It's hard to describe a landmark to help in finding this place, but it is near an apartment complex called 'Barcarola Club' and about 5km from the old town. Go there, it's worth the walk.

The other restaurant that stood out for me last week was Cafe del Carmen. It's an upstairs venue, over a Spar shop which is a bit further from the old town than the Italian mentioned above. Amazing views are the star of the show, very chilled out leather sofas for those not dining, yummy cocktails and free Wifi if you eat or drink there. Wonderful! The prices are a bit steep for the area, but a visit or two is certainly justified. The food is reliably good and the staff are somewhat cool & trendy. The music is a bit rubbish, lots & lots of pop sensations, ranging from Guns n Roses to Britney, which I found hard to be around, but they will turn it down if you ask nicely :-)