Recipe Of The Week…

 

Butterscotch & almond puddings with butterscotch sauce

 

For the butterscotch sauce, put the butter, sugars and golden syrup into a pan and leave over a low heat, stirring from time to time, until the sugars have dissolved. Stir in the cream, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt, then leave to cool. This can be stored in a screwtop jar in the fridge until needed.

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly butter 8 x 175ml individual pudding moulds. Using an electric whisk, beat the butter in a bowl until light and creamy. Add the muscovado sugar and beat for 5 mins until the mixture is very light and fluffy, then slowly add the beaten egg, beating well between each addition, adding a little flour towards the end if the mixture looks like it’s about to curdle. Sift over the remaining flour, baking powder and a pinch of salt, then gently fold together with the ground almonds and 1 tbsp milk if the mixture looks a little stiff.

Spoon the mixture evenly into the pudding moulds, then put on a baking tray. Bake for 20-22 mins or until golden and a skewer pushed into the centres comes out clean. Warm the sauce over a low heat in a small pan.

Remove the puddings from the oven, leave to cool for 2-3 mins, then run a round-bladed knife around the outside of each one and turn out. Drizzle generously with the warm butterscotch sauce and serve with a scoop of Clotted cream & stem ginger ice cream (see ‘Goes well with’). Or cool the turned-out puds completely, then cover with cling film and set aside. Reheat each one in the microwave on High for 1 min until steaming hot (keep them warm in a low oven while you heat each one), then serve

Recipe Of The Week

Oreo Cheese Cake

Ive Noticed alot of oreo cupcake fans out there so thought this weeks recipe of the week should take that twist :) so here we go Oreo Cheesecake

 

18 Oreos, crushed in blender
1/4 cup melted butter
24 oz cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz) can condensed sweet milk
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla

Mix Oreos and butter and press in a greased 9 inch spring-form pan.

In a large bowl, cream remaining ingredients until well blended. Pour into spring-form pan.

Break up 8 Oreos and drop on top of the batter. Bake 45-60 minutes at 300 degrees F. Don’t over-bake your cheesecakes or they will crack on top.

Cool to room temperature and chill in refrigerator before removing pan.
source:pastrywiz.com

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WHAT? WHY??…

 

HOW??????????????

I’ve Just Lost All Faith In The British Public

FACT

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It’s Been A While..

It seems my life got rather too hectic for all this blogging business, University, portfolios, assigments and generally just LIFE got in the way…and even though nobody really cares, i feel like its time to start this whole thing up again…if only i didnt have so much work to do, being on a fashion marketing course is A LOT of work, Dontchaknow…

so anyway for those few people who stop by now and then…something yummy..just until im back on form….

Oh No Not Christmas Already

1. Layer all the ingredients in a 1 litre glass or plastic preserving jar in the order the ingredients are listed.
2. Write the following method on a gift label: ‘Tip the contents of the jar into a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add 2 beaten eggs, 300ml/½pt milk and 100g/4oz melted butter. Mix quickly and lightly to a soft batter. Divide between 12 muffin cases. Bake at 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 for 18-20 mins. Use within 4 weeks.’ Attach the label and a wooden spoon to the top of the jar with some raffia or coloured ribbon.

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Wow

Man…forgot my password…forgot my blog…havent been here in a while…ill do my best

Watch this SPACE

Recipe Of The Week

This weeks favourite is…

Chocolate Coca Cola Cake

 

Prepare the icing during the last 10 minutes of baking so it is ready to spoon onto the warm cake.

Makes 12 servings

The Cake

 

Ingredients

• 1  cup  butter
• 1/3  cup  cocoa
• 1  cup  cola soft drink
• 2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3  cups  sugar
• 1  teaspoon  baking soda
• 2  large eggs
• 1/2  cup  buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1 1/2  cups  miniature marshmallows

Preparation

 

Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until butter melts. Remove from heat.

Combine flour, sugar, and baking soda in a large bowl; stir in butter mixture.

Add eggs, and stir until blended. Stir in buttermilk, vanilla, and marshmallows.

Pour into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking pan.

 Bake at 350º for 25 to 30 minutes or until a pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven; spread Chocolate Coca-Cola Icing over warm cake.

 

The Coca Cola Icing

 

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  butter
• 1/4  cup  cocoa
• 1/3  cup  cola soft drink
• 3  cups  powdered sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 1  cup  chopped pecans

Preparation

 Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until butter melts.

Remove from heat; stir in powdered sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Spoon immediately over warm cake.

(Ashley Strickland, Coastal Living, APRIL 2006)

Yummy looking  and Unusual!

Try it out and let me know how it tastes!

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Pimp That Snack

A relatively old website that i used to follow daily but completely forgot about until today

incase you’ve never heard of it “pimp that snack” is a website dedicated to everyday well loved snacks that have been recreated in people own kitchens..

…usually triple the size and rather tasty looking :)

each “pimped snack” gets a rating out of ten by the website readers and also an estimated cost of how much the snack would cost to make and the vital stats which can be rather shocking

the top ten and some of my favourites include…

The Creme de la Creme Egg

The vital statistics:

Standard creme egg : Height : 2″ Girth : 4″ Weight : 40 g Calories : 175
Creme de la creme egg : Height : 8″. Girth : 16.5″. Weight : A whopping 2.25 kg!! Calories : estimated 10000!!

Giant Toblerone :)

Giant Custard Cream

 

And the best one of all, that makes me want to die of a sugar overdose…

Giant Angel Slice

HELL YES

 

 

 

 

My Recent Polyvore Sets :)

Man im so addicted to this site! i cant get anything else done!

Another New Discovery

 

After Hours of searching on the Internet, i managed to finish my work experience for this week and also find another cool website to spend hours on :)

Poladroid..for ages ive wanted a Polaroid camera but didn’t see the point seeing that Polaroid arnt making film anymore…so insted of spending hours in photoshop (ok perhaps not hours for you but defiantlyhours for me) creating that Polaroid affect we can now use this!

Poladroid

 

Its simple, just download it, drag your photos in and wait for them to develop (yes they develop like in real life!) and if you shake them they develop quicker! (how cool is that?)

You can adjust the tilt, the amount of processing, and even the little smudges and stuff that you would find on a real life Polaroid!

 

 

Enjoy!

New Discovery

 

Recently I have been doing some work experience for a small group of women who run fashion shows for up and coming designers in London, mainly ive been just doing research and creating databases, but i have discovered that even doing these simple things has amazing advantages

Basically i am being forced (perhaps a strong word) to read fashion blogs, and online fashion magazines for hours everyday..i know lucky me eh?now normally id have alook at these sites, perhaps a few a week and it wouldn’t really make a whole lot of difference, but thanks to the sheer number that im looking at, im finding that im learning, SO MUCH…

…i have discovered things that i didnt even know existed

the Internet is whay bigger than we could ever know, theres so much hidden out there in that world wide web!

i dont pretend that im some sort of style icon, or that my knowledge of fashion is amazing, in fact its pretty poor, but im thinking that my love for this industry is blooming and im even thinking about a fashion degree at uni..

im so glad that ive been able to learn so much!

well anyway what is the point to all this i hear you cry…

well i thought id share my favourite find of all, one that gets my creative juices flowing to the max…tis…

Polyvore

 

and yes i know im SO behind the times but i love this site! the people that create things on there are so talented!, i had a go myself and its rather addictive…

you can upload your own images, not to mention that all the clothes etc that you see are linked to the shops where you can buy them

if only i had lots of money

id buy all of it :(