My dessert disaster

I didn't want to depress you with my two usual posts, snow in late April or Oliver's condition, so I thought I would make fun of myself.

We had my brother in law and his family over on Saturday for a birthday meal. Both of them have birthdays in April and we are on the new budget that doesn't allow much extra money for fun gifts. I knew my menu long before, but waited until Sat. to put it together. I had to run Lance up to the hospital to visit Oliver, but I made the lasagna before I left. This is the recipe I was making for the dessert. I decided I would make the brownies before I left and let them cool while I was gone. I came home and thought I would just make the topping and it would fall together nicely. Usually I can follow a recipe.

I started following the recipe, the birthday girl was helping me, and I created a disaster. This was no fault of the birthday girl, she was just innocently following my directions. I guess I was distracted or blond and I had Michelle whip the egg whites in the double broiler not the yolks.

Okay, I threw away the 6 egg whites and the mints that we mixed in and decided to start again. This time I paid close attention and Ryan was the helper. I followed the directions, I thought, but instead of a mousse like substance I got this...

I threw out another 6 eggs and more mints. The picture doesn't even do it justice as to how wrong I went in the recipe. So I decided that I was not going to cry, but I was not going to try again. (Plus I was out of eggs) I took solace in the fact that I could use it for a blog entry and laugh about it. Michelle actually helped create the final dessert.
We took the brownies and microwaved them for a few seconds in a bowl and put this on them.
Then I went shopping with Michelle!

Feel free to make the dessert and tell me all about it. I guess I will stick to buying the boxed ones:)