February photo a day challenge

Since i missed the january photo-a-day challenge i decided to join in on the February one.Fat mum slim is doing a photo-a-day challenge for every month of 2012 and by the look of them so far, they are amazing! I will post the pictures from the week every friday so that you can have a look. 

If you are not already following Fat mum slims blog then you NEED to because it is amazing,and you also need to join in on the february photo-a-day challenge.

Have a good week. Ax

Cookie dough cupcakes

 I LOVE chocolate chip cookies but today i felt like doing something different with them, so i decided to make them into cupcakes, we made six and put them into six different coloured cupcake cases.

 this is what they looked like when they were still cookie dough.

 we would of probably made more cupcakes but the cookie dough tasted so good we just couldn't stop eating it.

they turned out well in the end and were just as good as when they are cookies but just a little bit cooler,
if you want to try making your own cookie dough cupcakes then you can find the cookie recipe Here and just put the mixture into cupcake cases.
                                           Happy weekend. Ax

Battenburg cake

I've always thought that battenburg cakes looked so amazing, but i have never dared try to make it because it looked so difficult. but this morning i really felt like baking and i came across this recipe, i was still a little scared of it at first.. but i decided to give it a go.

 i thought it turned out pretty well, except there was A LOT of excess cake, but my brother soon took care of that.

It took quite a lot of the day but i think it was worth it and it was really fun to do, especially if you watch CSI at the same time (which might probably be the best show ever)
If you want to try and make this battenburg cake you can find the recipe Here
love A x

Coloured Sugar!

 I was looking through the cupboard and found all these really cool food colouring's, so i decided to make COLOURED SUGAR!
All you need is:
Sugar (any kind)
Food colouring
A jar
A piece of fabric

Step one: put the sugar into a bowl, use as much sugar as you want but make sure that it fits in your jar first.

Step two: choose your food colouring (you can also use flavouring but you don't have to)

Step three: rub the food colouring in to the sugar using your fingers, then leave to dry on a sheet of kitchen roll for a few minutes.

Step four: put the coloured sugar into the jar that you chose.

Step five: get your fabric and place it on top of your jar, like a lid and secure it with a piece of string or ribbon.

Then put a label on it and you now have your coloured sugar! these are really cute as gifts or just to keep in the kitchen and you can make them all different colour's
I hope you try making your own coloured sugar.

Love A x

Homemade pin cushion

 yesterday i found all these scraps of fabric and decided that i was going to make something, i found this pattern for a pin cushion (i know pin cushions are a bit of a granny thing to make) but i decided to give it a try.

 i chose a cath kidston cherry fabric to go on the back

 and then i chose two blue fabrics to make a patchwork pattern on the top.

it was really easy to make (even though i did have a make a few mistakes) and it is actually really useful, because there is not as much chance of finding a pin in the most unfortunate way (by this i mean standing on it or even sitting on it...)
if you want to make a pin cushion as well then you can find the pattern Here
love A x