Recipe Round Up

I thought I'd share some of my favourite recipe posts again as many were posted a while ago even though I still love to make them.

Cadbury's Dairy Milk Cupcakes

Healthy Date Flapjacks

Chocolate Orange Bubble Wrap Cupcakes

Eton Mess Cupcakes

  

And last but not least....

 Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients-

 

125g Margerine

125g Caster Sugar

100g Self Raising Flour

25g Cocoa

2 Medium Eggs

 

 

Icing-

 

50g Margerine

1 heaped dessert spoon of Peanut Butter

175g Icing Sugar

Approx 4 squares of Dark Chocolate- melted.

 

 

The method for these is super simple for the cakes- just whisk all ingredients in and bake at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

 

Similarly, with the icing just whisk it all up then I put it into a piping bag. Then I melted some dark chocolate and drizzled it over the top.

 



Pre- chocolate.

 Top Tips- If you want your icing to be stiffer and to set then use butter instead of margerine.
I like to use a tall glass to hold up my piping bag as I fill it, much easier.

 

Eton Mess cupcakes

Eton Mess Cupcakes-

Recently a neighbour brought round some homegrown raspberries and strawberries, of course all handpicked strawberries aren't perfect and some needed surgery and a good wash. Anyway, I decided to make Eton mess cupcakes.

Cupcakes- makes 12

4oz margarine

4oz caster sugar

2 eggs

4oz self raising flour

-combine margarine and sugar until creamy

-add each egg individually and mix with a pinch of flour to prevent curdling

-add remaining flour and mix

-spoon into cupcake cases

-bake in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes at 180c

Then I made a regular vanilla buttercream

8oz icing sugar

4oz butter

splash of milk

-combine and add milk to bind

-pipe or spread onto cupcakes

I then added broken meringue pieces, strawberry pieces and raspberries.

Of course you could serve them like this but I decided they weren't messy enough!

Pre-drizzle

I then took a couple of handfuls of fruit and blitzed them, I passed it through a sieve to get rid of seeds and added a little icing sugar to thicken and sweeten. Then I simply drizzled the cupcakes with the compote I had made and put the rest in the freezer!

And there we have it, yummy! Let me know if you give them a go.

Eton Mess cupcakes

Eton Mess Cupcakes-

Recently a neighbour brought round some homegrown raspberries and strawberries, of course all handpicked strawberries aren't perfect and some needed surgery and a good wash. Anyway, I decided to make Eton mess cupcakes.

Cupcakes- makes 12

4oz margarine

4oz caster sugar

2 eggs

4oz self raising flour

-combine margarine and sugar until creamy

-add each egg individually and mix with a pinch of flour to prevent curdling

-add remaining flour and mix

-spoon into cupcake cases

-bake in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes at 180c

Then I made a regular vanilla buttercream

8oz icing sugar

4oz butter

splash of milk

-combine and add milk to bind

-pipe or spread onto cupcakes

I then added broken meringue pieces, strawberry pieces and raspberries.

Of course you could serve them like this but I decided they weren't messy enough!

Pre-drizzle

I then took a couple of handfuls of fruit and blitzed them, I passed it through a sieve to get rid of seeds and added a little icing sugar to thicken and sweeten. Then I simply drizzled the cupcakes with the compote I had made and put the rest in the freezer!

And there we have it, yummy! Let me know if you give them a go.

Cadbury chocolate cupcakes

Cadbury's chocolate cupcakes-

My trusty chocolate cupcake recipe- makes 12

4oz margarine

4oz caster sugar

2 eggs

3oz self raising flour

1oz cocoa

-mix sugar and margarine until creamy

-add each egg individually with a pinch of flour to avoid curdling

-add remaining flour and cocoa

-spoon into cake cases

-cook in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 mins at 180c.

My usual chocolate icing is just butter, icing sugar and cocoa but I find it's hard to get a nice colour without the icing being over cocoa-ey. So this time I used melted chocolate for a more indulgent taste.

Buttercream-

6oz Icing sugar

3oz butter

splash of milk

40g bar of Cadbury's 'Dairy Milk', melted

1 tablespoon cocoa (to colour)

-combine icing and butter

-add a splash of milk to bind

-add melted chocolate and cocoa and mix

-pipe or spoon onto cupcakes

I used white chocolate stars and edible glitter to decorate.

Simple but yummy, Enjoy!

Cadbury chocolate cupcakes

Cadbury's chocolate cupcakes-

My trusty chocolate cupcake recipe- makes 12

4oz margarine

4oz caster sugar

2 eggs

3oz self raising flour

1oz cocoa

-mix sugar and margarine until creamy

-add each egg individually with a pinch of flour to avoid curdling

-add remaining flour and cocoa

-spoon into cake cases

-cook in a pre-heated oven for 15-20 mins at 180c.

My usual chocolate icing is just butter, icing sugar and cocoa but I find it's hard to get a nice colour without the icing being over cocoa-ey. So this time I used melted chocolate for a more indulgent taste.

Buttercream-

6oz Icing sugar

3oz butter

splash of milk

40g bar of Cadbury's 'Dairy Milk', melted

1 tablespoon cocoa (to colour)

-combine icing and butter

-add a splash of milk to bind

-add melted chocolate and cocoa and mix

-pipe or spoon onto cupcakes

I used white chocolate stars and edible glitter to decorate.

Simple but yummy, Enjoy!

Busy week

So this week started with a visit to Lancaster with friends to visit another friend. We explored the Uni campus and found new lunch places and cupcake cafes.

Then I was preparing for this weekend. Yesterday we had a Strawberry Tea at the pub I work at, in aid of Breast Cancer Care. I made lots of jam filled strawberry cupcakes.

Everyone at work loved my cakes so much that I was put in charge of organising the cake table. It went down very well and we raised £500 for Breast Cancer Care.

Yesterday evening we had an Italian night at home. We drank Bellini, ate pasta, aubergine parmigiana and ice cream! Then we watched Young Victoria, a not-very-Italian but good film.

Today is Father's Day. We have a nice meal planned this evening but my presents to my Dad this morning were Lego cupcakes and Avengers tickets.

I'm also feeling rather organised with my new summer calender of exciting things to look forward to.

You may or may not have noticed that I'm instagram-ing everything!

Busy week

So this week started with a visit to Lancaster with friends to visit another friend. We explored the Uni campus and found new lunch places and cupcake cafes.

Then I was preparing for this weekend. Yesterday we had a Strawberry Tea at the pub I work at, in aid of Breast Cancer Care. I made lots of jam filled strawberry cupcakes.

Everyone at work loved my cakes so much that I was put in charge of organising the cake table. It went down very well and we raised £500 for Breast Cancer Care.

Yesterday evening we had an Italian night at home. We drank Bellini, ate pasta, aubergine parmigiana and ice cream! Then we watched Young Victoria, a not-very-Italian but good film.

Today is Father's Day. We have a nice meal planned this evening but my presents to my Dad this morning were Lego cupcakes and Avengers tickets.

I'm also feeling rather organised with my new summer calender of exciting things to look forward to.

You may or may not have noticed that I'm instagram-ing everything!

Birthday Celebrations!

This post is a bit early because it is actually my birthday tomorrow but I celebrated it at home this weekend and let me tell you, I was SO spoilt!

On Friday me and mum went shopping and I picked out some presents and we had a nice lunch. Then I went to work (the pub) for some drinks with friends.

Yesterday we had a lazy 'Big Bang' day and then Grandma arrived and Mum presented me with this amazing cake....

....which was really tasty! Then we went for a gorgeous meal at a local pub and came home for pink champagne.

 Today I went shopping with Grandma to pick out presents and was spoilt, yet again, in Pandora.

We then came home and I opened more presents and  had a lovely tea party prepared by Mum with yet more cake. Here is just some of the awesome gifts I received.

The tea party!

Lovely cupcakes

All my presents. They were presented in gorgeous bird storage boxes. The biggest contained two cocktail glasses, a bottle of vodka, a bottle of Martini Asti and cocktail mixes. The medium contained a netbook (spoilt!). I also got a Kath Kidston mug and bracelet from one of Mum's friends, and a manicure voucher to use in my uni town from a neighbour (brilliant!). I think Mum's intention was to get me 21 presents but she got carried away!

The awesome £21 man from another of Mum's friends!

New editions to the Pandora on the left, the bird and teapot from Grandma and the flower charm from a  lovely friend.

The handbag I picked from Grandma and you can also see my 'Keep Calm You're 21' mug.

Gorgeous 'Liquid Silver' pendent from Grandma.

Benefit perfume, make up and make up bag I picked from Mum and Dad.

And this isn't even everything! I am also going to be in constant supply of Lush bath bombs for a while with my gift card and lots of other things I haven't mentioned.

I cannot thank my family enough (especially Mum for putting in all the effort with the food/cake) and I cannot believe how lucky I am. It's not even my Birthday yet, I'm going out for a meal tomorrow and a night out on Friday so I'll have to give you an update.

This has been the best weekend ever.

Baking with Bobbet

Yesterday It was time for another baking session with Bobbet. The the theme this time was Oreos.
I would say it was the most disaster-free session we've had, would you agree Bobbet?

Our inspiration was...

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and

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and apart from a few tweaks with the sweets used, these were the results....

and I think they turned out pretty well! Unfortunately I'm a perfectionist so ended up doing most of the decorating but I couldn't have done it without Bobbet because she is an expert at splitting the Oreos without breaking them.

We did have a lot of Oreo carnage though!

We also made cookies...

which we decorated in various ways...

Bobbet made a legendary Weasley and a headless man! All in all it was good, very tasty, fun.

Mothers day weekend

I went home this weekend for mothers day celebrations and also for my Grandma's birthday which is tomorrow.

On Saturday we had a relaxing day, I bought mum these flowers....

and she and I had fun making dark chocolate truffles to give to Grandma. A messy and lengthy process but it was well worth it!

On Saturday evening Mum and Dad went out for their anniversary and I made chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting (Snickerlicious) then hid the evidence!

I presented them to her on Sunday morning along with a box of Lush bath goodies.

The cakes didn't turn out quite as planned as the icing was a flop. But I rescued it, and even if I say so myself, they tasted delicious!

Then Grandma arrived and we had cake, tea and chocolate. We had a lovely lunch (M&S deal) which Mum didn't have to cook (really), then I drove us to pick out a handbag for Grandma as her birthday present and we came back and had a walk.

Overall it was a lovely weekend and I got some spending money from Grandma which was burning a whole in my pocket. I went into the city yesterday and spoilt myself to some spotty converse and a Jelly Belly scented iPhone case (it came with free sweets).