Applewood® Cheese Vintage & Ham hock muffins

                                    
I was entering a recipe over on Applewoodcheese Facebook page so thought i would add here too as if your family are anything like mine the love cheese every kind there is.We also love using cheese  in many of our recipes and one of the best cheeses to cook with is Applewood®  its smokey flavour and texture is amazing and has a distinctive flavour that will please any tastebuds,Enough of me babbling on here is how to make them.Also if you do make them please come back and let me know that you think,

Applewood® Cheese Vintage & Ham hock muffins, 250g sr flour,1tsp baking powder,1/2tsp baking soda,1/4tsp salr,150g Applewood® Cheese Vintage grated,100g cooked ham hock,90ml sunflower oil,150g natural yoghurt,125ml whole milk,1 large egg. Preheat oven to 200c gasmark 6, Then sift dry ingredients together and in a separate bowl mix the cheese,ham,oil,yoghurt,milk and egg,
Then combine the wet to the dry mix making sure its well combined ,
Divide between muffin cases or spoon directly in to the muffin tin,
Then bake for 20 mins till golden and cooked through,
Remove from oven and allow to cool (if you can wait that long! )
Then enjoy these are also lush with Applewood® spreadable on top and 1/2 a cherry tomato in the middle(of the spreadable cheese) to make savory "cupcakes" 

They will keep for  upto 5 days in a airtight container and they can be frozen for up to 4 weeks.
I do hope you try and make them as there really yummy.
Till next time ttfn love luck and light to you all. xx

Santa hats take one :)

Since my stroke i have found i have a lot of time on my hands and im not really a girly girl in to bold make up and never using nail varnish!! But my friend Jeanette Hunter sent me a nail stamper set and ive been hooked ever since.
But now xmas is on its way i thought i would try my hand at santa hats and i think they look awesome,Yes i know there not perfect but not bad for my first go.
Maybe next year i will be even better lol.But i will be posting my progress from novice to with any luck passable.Oh well enough of me babbling on let me show you.

I used a base coat then used a soft pink.

Next red tips are added.

Now little black lines for the "hat".

And lastly white dots and glitter added then a topcoat applied and job done.  

My next task is to try snowflakes and trees so watch this space till next time Bye for now.

Princess Molly-Joy Frozen Birthday Cake

For my Princesses 8th birthday she wanted a  frozen multi coloured cake so me and my niece got to work.

Stage one cake one  piping the cake mix.

Stage one cake two.

Cake two once cooked.

Cake one cooked.

Caramel butter icing and jam in the middle.

Top goes on.

Sophie making the flowers.

Finished flowers.

Then coated in royal icing and decorated Frozen style.

The inside once cut,Oh pretty dont you think?

Mmm cake.

One super happy birthday girl.

And some cupcakes with the left over cake mix.

It took us 9 hours from start to end and it was so worth it when i saw the look on Miss Molly`s face.