Easy Honeycomb

Honeycomb is everywhere lately and its a great idea for a Christmas gift so I decided to make some and let you know just how easy it is to make. Honeycomb can also be covered in chocolate to make it last a little longer than the day it did in my kitchen. Ive also included a gift idea at the bottom of the post, which ill be trying to do for all my posts.

Firstly lets get started with the simple list of ingredients and equipment that im guessing all of you will have stashed away in your kitchen cupboards!

Happy Halloween 2012 - 3 recipes!!

Happy Halloween foodies. So glad you stopped by to glance your beady eyes on my ghoulish offerings. And you're wearing a costume, how kind... you make a lovely monster!!

This halloween I made a series of devilish treats for my guests and work mates.  They were dying to eat them...

First up we have some dirt cupcakes, which are topped with some rather sinister looking objects.

Cake Pop Maker

This past weekend I went to Lakeland. Yeah, I know, you're all thinking... and what? Lemme let you in on a little shameful secret. It was my first time. I had no clue that my nearest shop was only 10 miles down the road instead of the 2 hour drive away I originally thought my nearest shop was.

Id found out about the lakeland on the Thursday, obsessed all Friday and then my wonderful husband said we should go on the Saturday. It was a wonderful weekend. Almost Famous burgers on the Friday night, and a mini shopping spree in lakeland on the Saturday, followed by trying my new gadget on the Sunday.

I made original cake pops for valentines day. I mixed cake with frosting and then moulded them into my Mickey silicon mould and then coated them in chocolate. They were like bricks, and tasted of sweet mess. My idea of cake pops had been shattered. I really dont know how anyone could enjoy them. Balls of sweet sick.

Soft Pretzels

Im a huge fan of large salted soft pretzels, the kind you get at a Disney park. Disney also have plain, jalapeno, cream cheese and cheese topped pretzels at their pretzel stands. But I always go for the salted. Maybe im a secret slug and salt is my weakness. I dont have salt on my food day to day, but I always tend to gravitate towards salted foods. Caramel, chocolate, popcorn, pretzels.

Ok, so you get the idea.... I like salt. I love soft pretzels. On with the recipe...

Pink Vanilla Birthday Cake

I was recently asked to make a birthday cake by a colleague for her future sister-in-law. They would be meeting for the first time, and with a language barrier they needed something to break the ice, and nothing is more universally satisfying than a cake!!!
The brief was simple. Something small and girly.

So I had a look through my recipes and decorating inspiration and knew it had to be something pink and delicate.

Happy 19th Birthday Naomi

My sister Naomi is 19 today. She shares her birthday with Davy Crockett, who has in turn, a link with Disney, and we both love anything to do with Disney.

My parents got her a Zoku, after the phenomenon happening in my kitchen earlier in 2012. I swear, every household needs one.

She originally mentioned ice cream cupcakes. So... many a pintrest and google search later, I found that you can bake a cupcake straight into a wafer cone.

Peanut Butter Cupcake Topped with Salted Caramel

Recently I had a moment in Asda. Imagine the scene. Im walking down the isle where the jars of coulee and jam are... in the corner of my eye I spot a jar with a nice looking label. Its the type that really stands out... SALTED CARAMEL. I look left. I look right. Its reasonably priced and I just HAVE to have it. So I grab it before the husband sees and hide it under some other food. Im smiling from ear to ear for the rest of the walk around the supermarket and Fred (my dear husband) is wondering why until he finds the jar while filling the belt at the checkout. He looks at me, looks back at the jar, and then silently puts it down on the belt. I HAVE WON! I have bought a luxury item without him questioning if we really need it. It feels like christmas.