Thursday 27 June 2013

amazeballs giveaway

InGoodCOmpany 
{In Good Company} are giving away this gorgeous Rifle and Paper Co BIG heart art print in celebration of their new store opening in Cape Town (lucky fishes you!)

Pop over to the I Want That blog to enter!

W.A.N.T

Saw this GORGEOUS bunny chair on {pinterest} and cannot find where the heck I could get one from!? Need to find a super talented carpenter to recreate it! ;)
 
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Friday 21 June 2013

eish but im nervous

My hubby and I have entered the {Turbovite Jump City DBN} race. And it's TOMORROW!
It's a 10 km obstacle race in and around Durban city. I have never done anything of the sort before so feeling a little nervous about what to expect ... I DON'T want to be the lagging aunty in the back that everyone feels sorry for! Ha. So wish me luck! If you are also taking part, see you there :)
 
 
 

yes pleaaaase

Wow! Do these look impressive of what!?
 

Maple cupcakes with Pecan butter cream and butter milk pancakes.

Make 12
195g plain flour
140g raw caster sugar (normal white is fine too)
6g baking powder
4g bi carb
125g butter
3 egg yolks
1 tsp almond extract
90ml milk
100ml pure maple syrup

Preheat oven to 185c. Line your cupcake tin with 12 wrappers
In large bowl cream your butter and sugar for 5 minutes. It should be light yellow, fluffy and sugar grain free.
On medium speed, add your egg yolks one at a time beating well in between each addition.
Add your extract. Beat well once again.
In jug mix your maple syrup and milk. Shift your plain flour, bicarb, and baking powder in a another bowl.
Fold 1/3 of the flour mix to butter. After fold 1/3 of the milk into the batter. Repeat the folding process until all mixes are folded together.
Scoop your batter into the cupcake cases.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until a wooden tooth pick comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool.

Pecan butter cream
150g butter, soften
500g icing sugar
2tsp pecan extract
50ml buttermilk

Cream you butter in large bowl till very fluffy and almost white. Add your extract.
On a slow speed beat one half of the sugar in to the butter. Add your butter milk. Beat again.
Add the last bit of sugar and beat until fluffy and all ingredients are combined.

Buttermilk pancakes
100g plain flour
150g self rising flour
2g bicarb soda
4g baking powder
2g salt
30g sugar
2 eggs
150ml butter milk
30ml oil

In large bowl shift you flour, salt, bicarb and baking powder.
In jug whisk the eggs, butter milk, oil and sugar.
Pour your we mix into the dry mix and fold until just combined.
Heat a fry pan on medium. Add your choice of oil or butter. Then wipe around to get rid of excess.
Using teaspoons drop batter into the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side. You know when to turn when it shows bubbles on the surface. Repeat until batter is finished.

Assembly
Take one cupcake and pipe your butter cream to form a base.
Next stick together three pancakes with extra butter cream and place on to of this base.
Before serving add a piece of yellow chew sweeties to look like butter and drizzle with more maple syrup.
From {here}

Tuesday 4 June 2013

postick

What an fab idea! Ever tried to select a post card on holiday that explains your fav place/ experience? Postick have developed an awesome postcard- It has an adhesive side so you can peel and stick your fav pic instantly and send! Brilliant right? 10 pack for R30, a 20 pack for R50 and a 50 pack for R110.

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Postick Stockist Information:
www.postcardhappiness.com
www.hellopretty.co.za

Monday 3 June 2013

lekue waffle mould


 
I LOVE waffles. Just seen these on {yuppie chef}
How brilliant!? They are oven proof, microwave proof and dishwasher safe.
Super easy to use and clean! W.A.N.T