February Photo a Day :)

So I saw this on one of my favourite blogs (Teenage Granny) and I thought it looked like it would be a lot of fun and might give me yet an other way to procrastinate and avoid doing anything actually productive... :D Sadly the photos will only be on my rubbish Blackberry Camera but heyho...

These are the rules - hopefully I will stick to it - I'll be posting the pictures on twitter (@AliDaviesBakes) and on here I think but havn't quite decided yet!!!

Wish me luck!

Alice

xox

Very Coffee and Walnut Cupcakes :)

Here is my version of the Coffee and Walnut cake - I've never found a recipe with quite the right coffee flavour so here you go (I absolutely love the stuff) they may not be to everyones taste but I love them!

Excuse the wobbly icing...

 This recipe will make 12 generous (Alice) sized cupcakes or 15 average sized cupcakes

1. Blend 4 teaspoons of ground espresso coffee powder with 4 teaspoons of boiling water
2. Cream 125g of butter with 125g of golden caster sugar
3. Add 2 eggs and beat then sift 150g of self raising flour and 1/2 a teaspoon of baking powder
4. Whisk for a minute or two and then stir in 60g of chopped walnuts
5. Spoon into cupcake cases and bake in an oven at 180 celsius for about 20 minute

For the icing...

1. Blend another 2 teaspoons of espresso coffee powder will 2 teaspoons of water
2. Mix into a basic buttercream (100g of unslated butter beaten with 150g of icing sugar)
3. Ice however you fancy and if you like you can top with walnut halves

 VUALA... you have some seriously strong coffee and walnut cupcakes... I eat them for breakfast... WHAT??? it's the same as a cup of coffee... isn't it???

 ENJOY!!!

 Alice

xox

 
 

 

Hello there :)

So, I finally did it!

After reading and admiring blogs for a couple of years now I have taken the plunge into the foodie blogger saucepan :D
I say foodie blogger...although I plan to mainly post my culinary creations I'm sure other things will creep in... I'm also an avid reader, love films/TV, I'm slowly... VERY SLOWLY learning to knit so you never know, if I ever manage to finish the scarf I have started then I'm sure I will be proudly showing that off too! I'm a bit flighty so we will see where life takes me :D

Hopefully someone out there will read this... otherwise I'm quite content rambling to myself... it's what I spend most of my days doing anyway!

here we go, short but sweet...

3,2,1 PUBLISH :D YAY!!! (I'm a bit excited!)

Love Alice xox