Treasure

A few of my favourite links to click today...

Fruit and fire...on cupcakes :)

Cutest jewellery!!!

I am obsessed with waffles, but you knew that.

Pie pops, nuff said.

I want my boyfriend to make me this awesome breakfast from whatkatieate!

One of the most helpful posts I've read...vodka+vanilla pods= homemade vanilla extract.

I think about lime milkshake most of the time. I am going to try this recipe asap. 

xxx

A tasty mess.

I made a roulade forward slash mess today.
It wasn't pretty.
My heart was in the right place, there were cherries and cocoa and lots of fresh whipped cream... maybe too much.
It was a messy project but tasted divine.
Cherry, chocolate, cream = flavour combo!

But I also carried out a bit of research (google images) and it turns out it's pretty hard to make a pristine roulade (and/or to get a good picture of it.)

Here's the recipe anyway.. A friend's mother gave it to me.

Ch-Ch-Chocolate Ch-Ch-Chips

Something happened in my kitchen on Sunday.

Cookiefest 2011.

Line-up
1 cup salted butter
1 vanilla pod/ 2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
12oz plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups dark chocolate chips/chopped dark chocolate




It was hot, messy and pretty sweet.

• Preheat oven to gas mark 5
• Cream butter and sugar until light in colour very fluffy (about 5 mins)
• Add eggs and the contents of the vanilla pod/extract
• Beat for 2 minutes
• Add baking powder, soda, salt and flour
• Mix to incorporate, you will have a sticky dough/batter
• Fold in chocolate chips
• Spoon 2 tbsp ball of dough per cookie on to a buttered parchment lined baking sheet 
• Not in your mouth....

• Leave sufficient space around each cookie as they will flatten out in the oven
• Bake for 12-14 mins until the edges lightly brown

Cookies should be soft in the middle when warm and will harden over 3 days but keep for like a week if your boyfriend and sister don't eat them all first.

Now....Milk. :)

xxx