Organisation Needed!!!

With Christmas on its way very fast, I really need to sit down and organise myself, I feel like I'm drowning right now, I have so much on my mind and not knowing what to do for the best.

I haven't even sorted out what I'm asking Father Christmas for, let a lone find out from the kids yet!!!

I also have loads of jobs to be done around the house which is stressing me out as I do not have the tools to do them and I hate waiting for people or using other peoples tools. In dependant women I am indeed!!

I could list loads more but I wont for now, I will put pen to paper and try to work out somekind of plan.

I will post very soon, I have a day out planned for Sunday with the kids, its a secret, but I will post after to let you know.

Milkybar and Raspberry Cheesecake

I have been wanting to make a Cheesecake for a long time so today I did and my god it tasted amazing, it was so creamy and chocolatey you need to try it to believe it and didn't look to bad either for a first attempt, it was so easy to make too. Now this is how I done it........

Milkybar and Raspberry Cheesecake

300g Hobnobs

100g Butter

300g Milkybar

284ml Double Cream

250g Mascarpone

300g Soft Cheese

200g Raspberries

Crush the Hobnobs into a tall mixing bowl, I used the end of a rolling pin.

Melt the Butter in a pan and add the hobnobs, and stir until the all the crumbs are coating in butter

Transfer them to a round 20 cm sprung Tin and compress them into the bottom, and put in to the fridge to cool

Gently melt the chocolate

  

Mix together into a mixing bowl, the Soft cheese, Double Cream, and Mascapone until all the ingredients are mixed, then add the melted chocolate by folding it in.

You now need to put a third of  the raspberries on the hobnob base, and then add a third of the creamy mixture, and repeat, leaving a few raspberries to decorate the top of the Cheesecake.

This is the worse bit, Leave in fridge for at least 6 hours or even better over night, and then carefully take out of the tin, and enjoy the lovely Cheesecake.

There you have it, Done!!! 

Lemon Drizzle Traybake

I fancied giving a Lemon Drizzle cake a go, I had been told that they are very easy to bake so I have given it a go, and hey presto its made......and eaten too.....

This is how I done it........

230g Stork

230g Caster Sugar

280g Self Rasing Flour

4 Lrg Eggs

4 Tbsp Milk

Grated Zest of 3 Lemons 

Glaze

Juice of 3 Lemons

175g Sugar

Preheat the oven to Gas mark 4, and grease and Line 12 x 9in tin

Place Butter, sugar, flour, eggs, milk and zest in a large bowl and mix until the mixture is smooth 

Put the mixture into the tin and spread evenly

Bake in the Preheated oven for 40-45 mins, until lightly browned and springy to touch, always double check that the cake is cooked in the middle.

Make the glaze, by mixing the Juice of the 3 lemons and the sugar, and while the cake is still hot and in the tin pour the glaze over the top of the cake.

Leave to cool.

There you have it, Done!!!

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Dye-ing to Change my Hair Colour......

For a while my hair has been horrendous. it gets greasy very quickly and the colour was a sun dyed and very washed out look, It needed a little boost, but was very unsure if to dye it Blonde again or to give it a brunette boost.  So I went for the Brunette boost as I could do that at home at a fraction of the price than getting my hair highlighted by a hair dresser.

So I have put   RÉCITAL PRÉFÉRENCE by Loreal . 5.3 Virginia, Chestnut Brown on my hair, it is so easy to use you just add Bottle 1 the colourant gel to bottle 2 the development lotion, plus the little sachet 'High Shine Elixir' which is an oily product that smells divine and gives your hair an amazing shine, you then shake the product in the bottle like mad, until all mixed in and ready to be put on hair, you then apply there mixture to your roots first and stubborn grey areas, then spread it all over the hair.  Massage it all over the hair and leave on for 30 minutes to develop.

After the 30 minutes, get up to the bathroom and put a little warm water on your hair and massage it in, then using the shower head rinse until the water runs clear, then its time to use your little tube of conditioner spread it evenly over you hair and massage gently, leave for 2 minutes then rinse out, this leaves you hair feeling so soft.  Its time to dry your hair now as you normal would, and the results are amazing I must say I love the colour results. A natural-looking brown with subtle golden reflects. which adds warms to my hair and face.

My hair looks so Dry and Sun damaged

Not a bad coverage, I'm impressed, it looks so shiny


There you have it, Done!!!

Cooking Basic Sausage Rolls

Really basic and quick sausage rolls turn out really nice. Give them ago.....

Finished Sausage Rolls

Basic Sausage Rolls

Richmond Sausages

Ready Rolled Puff Pastry

1 Egg 

This is very Basic and anyone can make them, I've made them with the kids at the play school thats how easy they are.

 Warm the oven to gas mark 6

Take a pinch of flour and throw it on the side that you are going to put the ready rolled puff pastry

Undo the pastry and open the sausages

 Cut the pastry the same width as the sausages and 4 inches long

Roll the sausage in the pastry

 Using the egg (whisked) paint it to seal the end

 Repeat until the pastry has gone.

Cut into three's and place on baking tray

 Using the egg, glaze the sausage rolls

 Put in to the oven.

Cook in the oven for 17 minutes

Leave them to cool down.

There you have it, Done!!!!

Basic Cup Cakes

My famous cupcakes, they turn out really fluffy, I love them and so do my kids.

Finished Cupcakes mmmmmm

150g Caster Sugar

150g Stork

175g Self Raising Flour

Vanilla Essence a couple of drops

3 Eggs

Topping

200g Butter

400g Icing Sugar

2 Table Spoon of warm water

To start with I heating the oven to gas mark 4, and line my cupcake dish with 12 Muffin Size cases.

I always use all in one method with my Cup Cakes, so throw in Caster sugar, Flour, Stork,  Eggs, Colouring and Vanilla Essence, I love Vanilla. I then Mix until all mixture is mixed until smooth but thick.

I then use a piled tablespoon to divide the mixture in to the 12 cases, and put them in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes, check that they are firm to touch, if not try another 2 minutes and try again.

We are now gonna make the icing for the top, grab roughly 200g of Butter and whisk until light and fluffy, then add roughly 400g of icing and Mix, until it is all mixed together , this become messy, like a dust storm all over your kitchen and you! If it doesn't look like it is mixing properly throw a teaspoon at a time of warm water.  you can also throw in some vanilla essence if you fancy it, at this point you may want to throw some colouring in, your choice of colour, but today I'm not using any.

Now the cakes will need to come out the oven and cool down,  When they have cooled, use a star shaped nozzle and  swirl the icing on top like a flower.

There you have it, done!!

Halloween Fun - Cakes

I decided to also make some  lovely Halloween cakes, very simple but they looked great and I even got asked to make some more for a halloween party my sister was going to. 

Halloween Eyeballs Cupcakes

150g Caster Sugar

150g Stork

175g Self Raising Flour

Vanilla Essence a couple of drops

3 Eggs

Green Gel Colouring

Topping

200g Butter

400g Icing Sugar

2 Table Spoon of warm water

Red Gel Colouring

White Icing

Black Icing

Red Gel Colouring (veins)

Jam

To start with I heating the oven to gas mark 4, and line my cupcake dish with 12 Muffin Size cases.

I always use all in one method with my Cup Cakes, so throw in Caster sugar, Flour, Stork,  Eggs, Colouring and Vanilla Essence, I love Vanilla. I then Mix until all mixture is mixed until smooth but thick.

I then use a piled tablespoon to divide the mixture in to the 12 cases, and put them in the middle of the oven for 15 minutes, check that they are firm to touch, if not try another 2 minutes and try again.

While these are in the oven prepare the 'eyeball', take a pinch of the white ready made icing and roll in to a ball, do this 12 times and put to the side, grab hold of the black ready made Icing and take a very small amount of it and once again roll in to a ball, repeat this 12 times, then place the small black ball on top of the white ball and slightly press in the black piece.  Now grab a thin paint brush and use the cap of the red gel colouring to paint veins onto the eye balls, repeat on all the eyeballs then set aside for later.

We are now gonna make the icing for the top, grab roughly 200g of Butter and whisk until light and fluffy, then add roughly 400g of icing and Mix, until it is all mixed together , this become messy, like a dust storm all over your kitchen and you! If it doesn't look like it is mixing properly throw a teaspoon at a time of warm water.  you can also throw in some vanilla essence if you fancy it, this is the time to put the red colouring in too, add as much as you need in small amounts.

Now the cakes will need to come out the oven and cool down, using a syringe which I got for the pharmacy, pull up some jam with it and insert it into the middle of the cupcakes, this can be done while the cakes are hot. When they have cooled, use a star shaped nozzle and  swirl the icing on top like a flower, but you can do it anyway you like to be honest.

Then last but not least you can now put the eyeball in the middle of the cupcake, there you have it done!!

Halloween Fun - Pumpkins

Well Halloween was a fun time for us this year, I started by getting up early and carving the pumpkin!!!

The kids had already done there ones with their Aunty, so I was left to do mine in peace.