Explorer Ghost

[Camila Fonua]

TheseHalloween Ghost Cheesecake Brownies are an easy spooky treat to make for trick or treaters, a Halloween party, or for your family during autumn. The brownies are made using my best ever brownie recipe - they're super fudgey, chocolate packed and absolutely decadent. On top is eggless cheesecake mixture made to look like ghosts. It's a really simple and easy effect to add to these brownies, making them perfect for Halloween, and totally delicious too!

Make the cheesecake first. Mix together full fat cream cheese, caster sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. In a mug or smaller bowl, combine the milk and cornflour, then pour it into the cream cheese mixture and combine. Cover the mixing bowl and pop it in the fridge while you make the brownie batter. Melt together the dark chocolate and butter in a pan on a low heat, when fully melted, set aside to cool for 10 minutes. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the light brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract for 5 minutes using an electric mixer.

Pour the melted chocolate and butter mixture into the sugar and egg mixture, whisking gently with a hand whisk as you pour. Then add the flour and gently whisk it in. Then add the white chocolate chips and mix them in. Pour the batter into a lined traybake tin, reserve 1 tbsp of it and place into a small piping bag.

Add the cheesecake mixture on top of the brownie batter in spoonfuls. Use a cocktail stick to give each spoonful a slight swirl. Wipe the cocktail stick clean with some kitchen roll in between each one. Then pipe the reserved brownie batter onto the cheesecake spoonfuls to create the ghost's eyes and mouths. Bake the brownies for 20-25 minutes, leave to cool completely, then put in the fridge to chill for 1-2 hours before slicing up and serving.

Yes! All you need to do is adjust the baking time. Bake for 20-25 minutes if using a 9" x 12" traybake tin, around 30 minutes if using a 9" square tin, or around 40 minutes if using a 8" square tin. Test they are done by poking in the centre with a cocktail stick. It should come out with moist crumb on it, but not be wet. I wouldn't recommend using anything smaller than an 8" square tin though.

They should be stored in an airtight container, or covered on a plate, in the fridge for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the brownies. Once they are fully cool, wrap them well in cling film or place them in a freezer bag, and freeze for up to 3 months.

The best way to check is with the toothpick test, poke one into the middle of the brownies. It should come out with a few moist crumbs on it, but not be wet. It's better to underbake brownies rather than overbake them, especially for fudgey brownies, and you can always put them in the fridge to firm up.

For gluten free brownies, you can replace the plain flour with a gluten free plain flour blend. Please do check the labels of everything you use if you are serving this recipe to anyone with an allergy or intolerance.

To make the brownies dairy free, use a dairy free butter alternative. I recommend Flora Plant, or the Stork Baking Block. Or you can replace the butter for 200ml vegetable oil (or another mild tasting oil like sunflower or canola oil). You will also need to make sure the dark chocolate you use in the brownie batter is dairy free, and replace the cream cheese and milk with dairy free alternatives for the ghost. Please do check the labels of everything you use if you are serving this recipe to anyone with an allergy or intolerance.

If you have any questions about this recipe, or if something went wrong and you need help, please use the comment form below and I will get back to you. You can also get in touch with me on my Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. I'd love to hear from you!

Ghost towns are skeletons of history. Though time has withered many away to the point of almost nothingness, even the most seemingly inconsequential heap of rocks and sticks tells a story: stories of hardship, stories of hope, stories that only the people who once called these establishments home will ever know. But not all are withered away. Some leave clues behind in their architecture. Magnificent arches, stamp mills, even huts dug into the side of a mountain and reinforced with railroad ties all leave clues as to their purpose and inhabitants. Explorers of these sites have a unique opportunity to construct their own understanding of the goings-on of yesteryear, and with more than 600 ghost towns in Nevada, can spend some serious time doing so.

Several small structures remain where the townsite once stood. A large cross keeps watch over the dwindling structures, as does a large mine head frame and several mine openings above the town. Though the head frame can be approached, please keep your distance as the ground can be very unstable and a person falling straight down a 150-foot mine shaft may be pretty hard on the mine.

Driving back toward Rabbithole Springs, we spot a large pond on the north side of the road, with an unnamed road running alongside it and perpendicular to SSR 86. We decide the road is the most direct route to our next destination: the ghost town of Sulphur. Heading north on the unnamed road, we spot several interesting-looking huts off to our east. After exploring a bit, we quickly realize we have come across something special. Only in Nevada can you stumble upon an unknown, unmarked, and to my knowledge unnamed ghost town.

Not much remains in the area today, surprising considering the town once contained more than 50 framed houses and many businesses. A flooded mine shaft accompanies several wooden and metal structures that exist sporadically throughout the canyon.

The site was established in the late 1920s when an attempt to tunnel horizontally into shafts of the Seven Troughs mines located several miles away was made. The goal was to eliminate drainage problems that were plaguing the Seven Troughs mines. After digging a little more than two miles, wet ground was encountered and drilling costs soared. All work was ceased in 1934.

There are several impressive structures still standing in Tunnel. A large, redbrick building stands in decent shape. A stamp mill, wooden cabins, and mine tailings create an impressive view. A cemetery lies about a mile below the camp with about a dozen gravesites, but the markers are illegible.

Keep an eye on this column for the remainder of 2016 as we explore ghost towns all across the state. Have a ghost town you think we need to see? Email [email protected] and let us know about it.

Explorer is a ghost located in the Ice Cave biome of the Main Hub. This ghost has 100,000 HP, which is awarded to the player in Ectoplasm upon defeating it. This ghost has a chance of dropping Ancient Tusks or Gems.

I created an assembly called Exitus.Tests, and added a few unit tests. However, do to some issues with Nuget, that I could not solve, I made another project called Exitus.UnitTests and removed the once file I had in the old project (including changing the namespace).

System.InvalidOperationException: The following TestContainer was not found 'C:\Users\xxx\Source\Repositories\Expire\Exitus.Tests\bin\Debug\Exitus.Tests.dll' at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Client.TestContainer.TestContainerProvider.d__46.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestWindow.Controller.TestContainerConfigurationQueryByTestsBase.d__6.MoveNext() (...)

The stack trace is a lot longer, but the curious thing is the second line, stating that it could not find the test container at \Exitus.Tests\bin\Debug\Exitus.Tests.dll. This is the name of the old test project, which I removed and deleted. I have searched my entire project for the term Exitus.Tests and it returns no results.

According to the Visual Studio developer community (found by going to the Help menu and selecting Feedback), an update to Visual Studio to version 16.5.5 will resolve the issue. FYI: They released this in February 2020

Neither of these solutions worked for me. I was able to get the test explorer working by closing visual studio and deleting the ".vs" folder. Then reopen the solution and let it rebuild it.

I haven't sailed Coral yet, but have some interest now we have booked for August. Alfie Smith has been an officer with P&O and Princess, and has been on some of our ships here. He is now qualified to be a Captain, and just needs to work his way up with promotions from 2nd officer. It would be nice if he is aboard Coral, but I don't know what Princess ship he has returned to.

Coral is a great vessel, as I have said before, been on her twice over the years..Panama Canal and Inside Passage - Alaska. At least they did not butcher her liker her sister ship, Island, been on her too, not good.

As for Alfie, great videos he puts on, I think he might be a first officer or maybe still 2nd, now looking at his rank. He could be on Coral Princess, I see he has the Princess badge on his shirt. He would be a great bloke to talk to on board.

He said he was looking for a Princess contract on one of his videos, probably so he could return to the bridge earlier. Spotted a recent picture of him on a Princess bridge, presumable either just returned to service or about to be. Might be Island, as the timing is right, or getting ready to sail on Coral.

Yes, his most recent stuff hasn't been posted on youtube, so I presume he has been busy over the past 4 months. The video was filmed just before Christmas, and his time on the Encounter ghost ship has come and gone. Checking in some chatter, he is currently on Enchanted Princess

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