Strawberry rose cupcakes

Strawberry rose cupcakes
Strawberry rose cupcakes (makes 12 cup cakes)

Ingredients
125g (4 ounces) butter, softened
200g (7 ounces) caster sugar (superfine)
3 eggs
300g (10.5 ounces) self-raising flour
140 ml milk
150g fresh strawberries, diced
1/2 teaspoon rose essence
pinch of salt

Cooking instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 160-180 deg C (325-350 deg F)
  2. Line baking tray with paper cases
  3. Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until the mixture turns a pale colour
  4. Stir in the eggs and salt and mix thoroughly
  5. Stir in half the flour
  6. Stir in the strawberries, rose essence and milk
  7. Stir in the remaining flour
  8. Spoon mixture into cases
  9. Bake for 12-15 minutes
  10. Place cakes on a wire rack to cool

Cream cheese Frosting

Ingredients
250g (8.8 ounces) cream cheese
150g butter (5.2 ounces)
400g icing sugar (14.1 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Cooking instructions
  1. Beat cream cheese, butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence for 30 seconds

Decorating the cakes

You will need:
Cream cheese frosting
Roll-on icing (sugar paste)
Pale pink food colouring paste
Rolling pin
Butterfly cutter
Small paintbrush
Piping bag and nozzle
Sieved icing sugar (confectioners sugar)

  1. Fill piping bag with cream cheese frosting and pipe in peaks on top of the cakes
  2. Dust work surface with icing sugar
  3. Place roll-on icing onto surface and gradually add food colouring to roll-on icing with a cocktail stick (as it is very concentrated), and knead colour in. Keep adding food colouring until you get desired colour
  4. Roll out icing so it is about 5mm thick, and cut out butterfly shape using cutter
  5. Place on top of cake, and with a damp brush lightly paint the top to bring back the shine

As I have to have a gluten free diet, I substitute the self-raising flour for gluten and wheat free self raising flour.


Butterfly Cupcakes
Butterfly cupcake cases
Blush butterfly cupcake cases


Have a sweet day!

Bunting

I am searching for nice fabric bunting - pink of course that can be used for parties or bedroom decoration! Any ideas anyone??




Images courtesty of Style Me Pretty, Pink Frosting, Feston

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Felted cute

Felted cute
This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some needle felted treasures with these gorgeous pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.

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Have a great day!

Point + Shoot : 5

 
Melbourne was so kind to us again this weekend by providing 
another two glorious days of weather. 
So while I a had a list of chores a mile long we opted to spend
it outdoors instead doing lots of fun things.
For Point + Shoot this time round I chose to show you some (couldn't pick just one) snaps of our Sunday Morning bike ride 
- surprisingly something I love to do. 
We ride through the suburbs we dream of living in, visit our favourite coffee shop then always head to the beach. 




 


  
  
 
 
Hope you all had a lovely weekend!


 


Might post some photos later in the week from my catch up with some madeit buddies 
{If Tania will lend me some}
Don't forget to check out the other P+S lovelies here


Introducing

2 little pigs


Lady bug love


waddle like a duck


Mr & Mrs Frog

all ready to be shipped to new homes - from here

Butterfly sugar cookies

Mini butterfly cookies
White butterfly cookies
Butterfly cookies
Mini butterfly cookies
Pink butterfly cookie

Sugar cookies (makes about 30 medium and 10 small cookies)

Ingredients
227g ( 8 ounces) butter, softened
390g (13.7 ounces) plain flour
200g (7 ounces) granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tsp vanilla essence

Cooking instructions
  1. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder, and set aside
  2. Beat butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until the mixture turns a pale colour
  3. Add the eggs and vanilla essence and whisk until combined
  4. Add the flour mixture and whisk until you have a smooth dough
  5. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and leave in fridge for one hour
  6. Preheat oven to 160-180 deg C (325-350 deg F)
  7. Lightly dust work surface with flour
  8. Roll out dough so it is about 1cm thick. Turn continually so dough does not stick to surface
  9. Cut out desired shapes with a lightly floured cookie cutter
  10. Transfer to baking sheets
  11. Place unbaked cookies in fridge for 15 mins
  12. Bake for 8-10 mins
  13. Place cookies on a wire rack to cool

As I have to have a gluten-free diet, I substitute the plain flour for gluten and wheat free plain flour.

Decorating the cookies

You will need:
Roll-on icing (sugar paste)
Pale blue & pale pink food colouring paste
Rolling pin
Butterfly cutters
Small paintbrush
Sieved icing sugar (confectioners sugar)

  1. Lightly dust work surface with sieved icing sugar
  2. Place roll-on icing onto surface and gradually add food colouring with a cocktail stick (as it is very concentrated), and knead colour in. Keep adding food colouring until you get desired colour
  3. Roll out icing so it is about 5mm thick, and cut out butterfly shape using cutter
  4. Lightly dampen underside of icing
  5. Place on top of cookie, and with a damp brush lightly paint the top to bring back the shine


Butterfly cookie cutter
Butterfly cookie cutter



Butterfly cookie cutter set
Butterfly cookie cutter set



Butterfly cookie bag
Printed butterfly bag instructions coming soon............

Have a sweet day!
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