Saturday 1 August 2015

Essie Chillato


Sunday 19 July 2015

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes



Ingredients:

For the cake:
 175ml sunflower oil
175g light muscovado sugar
3 large eggs
1btsp vanilla extract
200g coarsely grated pumpkin
2 tsp ground cinnamon
200g self raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the icing:
200g full fat cream cheese
85g icing sugar

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
2. Pour the oil into a large bowl, add the vanilla, sugar and eggs, and beat.
3. Stir in the pumpkin, flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda. The mixture will be rather wet.
4. Spoon into cases and bake for 25 minutes until springy to the touch and a skewer comes out clean.
5. While the cakes are cooling make the cream cheese icing by beating the cream cheese and icing sugar together.
6. Decorate as you like, and enjoy!

A delicious way to use up your Halloween pumpkins!

Alice

Chai Tea Biscuits

Sunday 10 May 2015

Nails Inc. The New White



Nails inc recently released the New White collection. A collection of four off white nail polishes and something everyone needs for spring and summer!

The New White collection has a pink, a peach, a beautiful mint green and a grey/purple shade. The two I have are Swan Street (left) and White Horse Street (right) and they're pretty much all I've had on my nails this past month.

Swan Street is the mint and although it does take three coats as it is a bit streaky I still love it. White Horse Street only needs two coats and is so flattering on the nails, both of them are and they both last so well without chipping.

They may be pretty expensive for just nail polishes at £14 but I think they're well worth the money and I'm so tempted to pick up Whitehall, the peachy shade of the collection.

Alice