Dessert with a sprinkle of beauty.
I had some very sad news yesterday. I found out that my Great Aunt has passed away. I feel guilty for not seeing her as much as I should have over the last few years, we used to go over quite a lot, then I had college, then a job and now Uni. That’s no…
I love strawberries and when they come into season I go a bit strawberry mad (as I’m sure you’re aware…Strawberry Scones, My Dad’s Birthday Cake, Strawberry Filled Cupcakes with Mascarpone Frosting, you get the hint) I make smoothies and just eat them out of the fridge. I’ve had a good think about this and whilst I’m a…
I am not looking forward to this weekend. My boyfriend is working and weekends are the only time we get to spend proper time together and that’s not going to happen this week. I suppose I shouldn’t complain, he doesn’t normally have to work weekends, but recently he’s had to more and when he does…
Decided to experiment last night with putting cookie dough inside a cupcake. Turned out very well! And I had enough cookie dough left over to make 5 cookies too 🙂 A few of my cakes sunk after cooling, I worked out this is because I chilled the cookie dough (as it was quite “runny” for…
My stand mixer arrived yesterday and I, of course, had to play with it as soon as I got it, so my boyfriend asked me to make filled cupcakes with strawberry filling (as I also bought a cupcake plunger!)
I’ve adapted a Hummingbird bakery recipe for this one. Don’t worry when you taste the buttercream and it’s not sweet. It’s not meant to be, it’s meant to be a tiny bit bitter I suppose you could call it. I didn’t think I’d like it as I don’t like dark chocolate, but it’s really nice!!
We were at Brands Hatch on Sunday at the first round of Touring Cars. It was a brilliant day and I made some vanilla cupcakes to take along 🙂
