to be terrible upset that Delia failed me :O

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I follwed the recipe to the 'T' I even double checked it. (had never used her recipe for this before)
Check it half way looks okay, about 5 mins to end was looking getting close, take it out when buzzer goes.

My knife wouldn't even cut it - It was a pure rock - had to chuck it in the bin

Ahhhhh

I've lost the ability to cook and Delia has failed me :(

Raymond Blanc failed me and DD2. I made croquembouche for her birthday cake and his caramel made with fondant and glycerine is shite. Never went runny and ended up as a big hot (very, very hot) unusable lump.

Delia's caramel works every time. I

These brownies from Bill Granger are my favourites. Ver easy recipe, nothing complicated and no nuts

There must be a problem with your oven thermostat. My Great Aunt says she has been using Delia's recipes since they first appeared in the Evening Standard in the 1970s and she has never had a failure yet.

The Mary Berry brownies are good, but the Delia ones are better. They are squishier and richer and less cake-like. Mind you, I wouldn't kick Mary Berry's brownies out of bed.

I have a fierce oven and need to turn down the oven and knock at least 5 minutes of both recipes.

MrsT, my Mary Berry ones do not come out cake like.... They are all fudgy and squidgy in the middle! Mmmmm....

I make Lorraine Pascal's chocolate brownies, they have a packet of oreos in them.

Brownish in five minutes.

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/9905/microwave-brownies.aspx

They may not have the finesse of Nigella but five minutes folks - you are only 5 minutes from brownies.

Oh no! The Mary Berry ones aren't cake-like. It's just that the Delia ones are even more rich and squigy in the middle. I had several just to make sure.