White Chocolate & Coconut Cupcakes

Posted in Home & Living on March 26th, 2010 by Linda

We have seriously gotten the munchies this week and have been doing some cooking.  Jenny’s favourite recipe at the moment is White Chocolate & Coconut Cupcakes and she has graciously shared cupcakes with us and the receipe with you

125 grams butter
3/4 cups  sugar
pinch of salt
2 eggs
2 cups Self Raising Flour
3/4 cup milk
1 teas coconut essence
 
Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time fold in Self Raising Flour, Salt and Milk
Bake 160 for 15 minutes for small cupcakes

Icing

30 grams butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
60 grams white chocolate melted
1 tabs milk
1/2 teas coconut essence
 
 Mix all ingredients together, ice cooled cakes and decorate with toasted coconut

Rose cupcake

 
 

Suburban Stops

Posted in Home & Living on March 22nd, 2010 by Linda

Looking through a Real Living magazine recently I noticed  the London Tram stop sign featured in a kitchen and of course, loved it along with the  many others I have seen in the past. So you can imagine how I  was suitably impressed recently when I stumbled upon these. Yes, it is printed fabric over a frame …..

Town canva

 there is a Queensland cities & destination locations and  2  others depicting some of  Brisbanes ‘ oldest and iconic suburbs on them.  QLD towns  also comes in a teatowel version.  Not only do they make a statement but are also great on the hip pocket

Hatching Ideas

Posted in Babies & Kids on March 18th, 2010 by Linda

I’ve been thinking hard about Easter gifts that aren’t chocolate but will still create excitment, this is what I have come up with

 My Boys 
 Hatching Chicken Eggs, these are amazing. Starting  off  in an egg which you submerege in water, the egg slowly cracks and the chicken hatches & grows over several days and up to a week . I know it will end up becoming a competition as to whose egg is hatching &  growing faster but .. 1 activity for the holidays done and dusted

Growing Chickens

My Niece
Bunny with Carrot Purse -  put the bunny inside the carrot and zip it up, what an odd thing to find on the bottom of your bed easter morning, and hours of fun with the bunny and the carrot bag

Carrot Bag 
Emerging Bunny  

 

For my Mum
The traditional hand made Candy Easter Egg with assorted lollies & chocolates inside.  I love these!  They are made locally by a very talented lady

Handmade Easter Eggs

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Giggles n Cards

Posted in Home & Living on March 15th, 2010 by Linda

Pop up card motorbike

Check these out, cards with so much of the WOW factor that even my husband loved them – and that is saying something .   When I first opened one  it jumped out of the envelope, literally, they do actually pop up at you.  It made me giggle……

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Pop Card butterflies    

there is a Pop-Out card to suit almost every occassion for both male and femle - Birthday, Get Well, Congratulations, Born to Be Wild, Thank You, Anniversary and more. The biggest WOW is the price -$10.95 each now that’s a bargin       

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