This week was my birthday, so here's a few of the lovely things I received.
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| Weekend Surprise! |
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| Gifts from Friends |
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| Sister's Home made Gift |
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| Birthday Roses |
Friday, 19 September 2014
My Favourite Things - Birthday
Hey
This week was my birthday, so here's a few of the lovely things I received.
xxx
This week was my birthday, so here's a few of the lovely things I received.
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Hey
Personalised and home made gifts just have an extra special touch to them. That's why I made my mum some chocolate chestnut truffle last week for her birthday. These truffles are simple to make (even if I have to chill them for longer just so I could shape them and a mess was still made). I'm slowly making my way through My Little French Kitchen cookbook.
First melt some of the chocolate then allow it to cool slightly.
While the chocolate is cooling, take the cooked chestnuts, soften butter, sugar and vanilla essence to and blend together. I had to use my sister's smoothie maker as we don't have a blender - it worked but just took a bit longer to ensure that everything got blended.
The next step is combine the cooled chocolate and chestnut mixture. I then had to chill my total mixture for at least 30 minutes to be able to make some sort of ball shape with them. As this was the case I had chilled my shaped truffles over night before coating them in chocolate.
To dip my truffles, I used a forked and then tapped the fork on the side of bowl to allow excess chocolate run off before using a cocktail stick to slide my truffles on to a wire rack to set.
I decorated and finished off my truffles with crystallised violets. Perfect for a gift or to finish off a dinner party.
xxx
Personalised and home made gifts just have an extra special touch to them. That's why I made my mum some chocolate chestnut truffle last week for her birthday. These truffles are simple to make (even if I have to chill them for longer just so I could shape them and a mess was still made). I'm slowly making my way through My Little French Kitchen cookbook.
First melt some of the chocolate then allow it to cool slightly.
While the chocolate is cooling, take the cooked chestnuts, soften butter, sugar and vanilla essence to and blend together. I had to use my sister's smoothie maker as we don't have a blender - it worked but just took a bit longer to ensure that everything got blended.
The next step is combine the cooled chocolate and chestnut mixture. I then had to chill my total mixture for at least 30 minutes to be able to make some sort of ball shape with them. As this was the case I had chilled my shaped truffles over night before coating them in chocolate.
To dip my truffles, I used a forked and then tapped the fork on the side of bowl to allow excess chocolate run off before using a cocktail stick to slide my truffles on to a wire rack to set.
I decorated and finished off my truffles with crystallised violets. Perfect for a gift or to finish off a dinner party.
xxx
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Marble Halls
Hey
With the return of The Great British Bake Off this past month (I can't believe it is half way through already), I've been inspired to get baking again. I think I got a bit uninspired after doing quite a few cakes close together. To kick start my return to regularly baking I chose to go with puddings so that I could use my new Pampered Chef single serving pan. I didn't make self saucing puddings but it was a Mary Berry recipe so still very much in line.
A normal sponge mixture is made by combining all the ingredients together. Then divide it to create the marble. Add vanilla essence to one half and dissolved cocoa to the other. Alternate the flavour as you pop it in to the single serving pan. Once all the mixture has been used, use a cocktail stick to swirl the flavours together. Then bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
The chocolate sauce is super easy as well. Heat a can of evaporated milk to just below boiling point, Remove from the heat and add in chopped chocolate and stir until melt. Then pour and enjoy!
Ingredients:
6oz softened butter
6oz caster sugar
6oz self raising flour
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder blended with 2 tbsp boiling water
2 tsp vanilla extract
6oz plain chocolate
1 x 170g evaporated milk
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With the return of The Great British Bake Off this past month (I can't believe it is half way through already), I've been inspired to get baking again. I think I got a bit uninspired after doing quite a few cakes close together. To kick start my return to regularly baking I chose to go with puddings so that I could use my new Pampered Chef single serving pan. I didn't make self saucing puddings but it was a Mary Berry recipe so still very much in line.
A normal sponge mixture is made by combining all the ingredients together. Then divide it to create the marble. Add vanilla essence to one half and dissolved cocoa to the other. Alternate the flavour as you pop it in to the single serving pan. Once all the mixture has been used, use a cocktail stick to swirl the flavours together. Then bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
The chocolate sauce is super easy as well. Heat a can of evaporated milk to just below boiling point, Remove from the heat and add in chopped chocolate and stir until melt. Then pour and enjoy!
Ingredients:
6oz softened butter
6oz caster sugar
6oz self raising flour
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cocoa powder blended with 2 tbsp boiling water
2 tsp vanilla extract
6oz plain chocolate
1 x 170g evaporated milk
xxx
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