Molly's Sisters birthday cake.

Good evening readers,

 Miss Molly has a big sister called Sian (her daddy & his wife don't ask that's another story lol) and it is her birthday the day after my sisters and as i had baked her cake with Sophie yesterday Molly wanted to make her sister one too so yet again for the second time this week we set to work,Sian is a goth and loves dark colours and is also a lover of them cheeky yellow minions so based on that we decided blue,green and purple with black icing was the way forward here is how we did it

 I then used disposable piping bags and then did spirals again.

 I then popped it in the oven on 190 for 35 Min's until cooked through.

Ready for the oven,

Cooling down

Covered in jam.

I then sliced it open and sandwiched it back together with black butter icing and raspberry jam and then coated the whole thing with melted seedless jam then covered it in white royal icing.

Icing rolled.

Got it covered,

Sadly the topper broke :(

And with the remainder of the cake mix we made some cup cakes as you can see they were very colourful,

Sian loved her cake and said it was the best one she ever had.

this cake only took 4 hours to make and even tho the topper broke i still think it looked good,The topper was from Country kitchen cakes on facebook for £4 so the total for this cake was just under £10 to make.

Thank you for taking the time to read this far until next time ttfn stay lucky.
                                                 Love Bella and Molly. 
                                                                xx

My sisters 40th birthday cake made by Sophie & me.

Sophie gets cracking!

 Good afternoon readers,
It was my sister's 40th birthday this month and my niece Sophie wanted to bake her a special birthday cake so we set to work....

Whisking away.

 Sophie got on with beating the eggs light and fluffy while i was weighing out the rest of the ingredients and lining a 9inch cake tin making sure the paper came over the top of the tin to stop the cake from burning,

Lined &ready to go.

Slowly does it.

 Now Sophie poured the fluffy egg mix slowly into the flour/sugar mix.Once well mixed we divided the cake mix into two bowls then added yellow and orange (Bakers tool kit)

Oh pretty!

 I like using disposable piping bags as its less mess.Then we filled then and tided them using a freezer bag tie.

Ready for the oven.

We then piped spirals alternating colours then popped it in the oven on 190 for 35 Min's until cooked through,

Sophie making sure it tastes yummy!

 Once out the oven we left it to cool a little before turning it out on a cooling rack.

The inside.

 Then we cut it open and used marmalade and chocolate butter icing to sandwich it back together then covered the whole cake in the icing. 

All hidden.

 Once covered i put a ready made topper on top and smoothed it down,then Sophie set to work icing the top edge and then the bottom once it was sat on the cake board. 

 We then put wafer Daisy's all the way around and this is the result.Looks awesome as well i do hope you agree.

The end result.

                It took us 5 hours from start to finish and best of all my sister LOVED it.

Looking good...

And so we have it my sisters surprise birthday cake she had no idea what the inside was like until she cut it and she was really happy with the top as she is dolphin mad! The topper cost just £4.00 from Country kitchen cakes on facebook and is edible too. The total cost for this cake was just under £10 to make topper included.







Thank you for taking the time to read to the end,Until next time ttfn stay lucky,

Love

Bella and Sophie,

xx

Coconut treacle tart.

Good afternoon Readers,

I do hope you are well and are enjoying this amazing weather for April.

I had some left over shortcrust pastry left from when i made a pie for tea and as i don't like to waste things i decided to make some Coconut treacle tarts,these are so easy to make and can be made in just 15 min's and the best thing is that even the youngest kids can help make.Keep reading to find out how.....

 First we cut out the pastry and put them in the tart cases,Then we put foil in and put in baking beans to blind bake for 10min's then leave to cool before removing (they get VERY hot)

   Then i whizzed up 2 slices of bread (crusts included) and popped it in a bowl then added 2tbs of coconut and 8tbs of golden syrup and 1tbs of treacle and then gave it a good mix (Tip.Pop your tablespoon/ spatula in a mug of hot water then it will glid through the stickyness) then i poured the mix into the prebaked cases and then popped it in the oven for 15min's. 

 Once cooked and left to cool down i popped them on a plate and served with a big dollop of fresh cream.

It tasted amazing and would make a ideal after dinner treat.

Thank you for taking a look i do hope you will give it a try,If you do please pop back and let me know what you thought of it.So until next time stay lucky x

How to make Chicken Crumble feeds 4 for under £3.00!

Good Evening readers.

Hope you are well.I have had such busy weekend and didn't have time to cook a roast dinner and so rustled up the kids favourite Chicken Crumble (nothing like apple crumble i promise!) 

It only takes 10 Min's to make and 15 Min's to cook,so very quick and simple and also filling and low in fat what more can you ask for...


So how do you make it i hear you ask well its very simple just get 
1bag of sliced ready cooked chicken (frozen or fresh) ((you could also use left over chicken from the Sunday dinner))
300ml ready made gravy.(leave to cool right down)
2 packets of stuffing mix made up as instructed and left to cool down too.
1cup of fresh breadcrumbs(blitz up the bread ends)
Added extras can be 1 cup of frozen peas,10button mushrooms or 1cup of sweetcorn (or all of them if you are hungry)

Now mix the chicken to the gravy and add any extras then stir well,

Next up you pour it into a baking dish,
Now add the bread crumbs to the stuffing mix and mix well.

Using your fingers break up the stuffing mix and place over the chicken until all the chicken is covered (don't press down)

now bake it on 180c for 10min's until crispy on top.

Serve with mash or chips and peas and lashings of gravy then enjoy,We had ours in a Yorkshire pudding yummy.

I do hope you give it a try and if you do please let me know what you think of it,
So till then stay lucky.
Love Bella x

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Killer bugs: It's time to pick on someone your own SIZE!
                 

Good morning readers,

I do hope you are all well?
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He soon shrinks a top military team to kill the killer wasps but there is a double agent Kaparis who has other ideas and Fin is left just 9mm tall and saving the world that size is gonna be a hard mission,Can he do it?

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