Easy Strawberry & White Chocolate Buttons

Check out this pic....no fuzz!!

It's my birthday today and my hubby came through, as required, and bought me a new camera after breaking mine.

Thank you baby :-) xxxxx

Anyway...I was thinking of a quick Valentines treat I can make today while I look after the kids and try to have fun on my birthday at the same time. 

The perfect answer is CHOCOLATE!!

This is such a simple thing to do!

All you need is......

150g White Chocolate

50g Silver Spoon Strawberry Flavoured Drops or candy melts

a Lakeland Silicone Macaroon Mould

What you do is......

1. Melt the flavoured drops as per instructions.
2. Drizzle over the macaroon mould ~ be as creative as you want.
3. Melt the white chocolate in a heat proof bowl on a pan of simmering water (make sure the bowl doesn't touch the water).
4. Gently pour the white chocolate into the moulds (don't over-fill)
5. Ease the chocolate to the edges.
6. Leave to cool and set

I've taken a pic of the half filled mould so you can see what I did.

I tried to get a fondant heart in the middle of some of the buttons but as you can see below, it didn't work so well. 

These are soo pretty and yummy AND easy that you have no excuse not to do it!!

ENJOY

xx Kat xx

Romantic Raspberry Cheesecake

There's nothing I love more than eating making deserts. No-bake cheesecakes are one of my favourite!! 

This is a lovely romantic desert for you and your beloved, it's super simple too. 

Here's what you do....

Ingredients

200g digestives

80g unsalted butter (melted)

200g cream cheese

100ml double or whipping cream

4+ tbsp seedless raspberry jam (to taste)

Fresh raspberries and icing sugar ~ to decorate 

1. Crush digestives until they are crumbs.
2. Add butter to crumbs and mix until it looks like damp sand.
3. Press into the base of a loose bottomed tin of your choice. (I used my 18cm round cake tin)
4. Chill for 15mins.
5. Mix the Jam to loosen it then add to the cheese and mix until smooth.
6. Whip the cream until thick but be careful not to do it too much as you'll get butter!!
7. Whisk cream into cheese mixture by hand until smooth.
8. Pour onto the chilled base and give that baby a wiggle to smooth it out.
9. Chill for a minimum of 1 hour.
10. If required pile raspberries in the middle and sprinkle on some icing sugar.

I LOVE this sexy little cheesecake and so will your loved ones.

Enjoy.

Until next time...

xx Kat xx

BTW I'm entering this beautiful dessert to Calendar Cakes as hosted by Dolly Bakes and Laura Loves Cakes this months it's all about love. Head on over to this months host Dolly Bakes and check it out.

Classic Valentines Cupcakes

I'm starting off this years Valentines bakes with the classic cupcake ~ I am the Cupcake Baker after all!

As it's Valentines day soon I thought I'd be really original ~ or not ~ and use Red Velvet. My last attempt to make my own Red Velvet didn't go very well as I couldn't get the bright red colour I was looking for, click here to check it out.

This time I decided to make it from a box (saves time) I used Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix - Red Velvet

That bad boy rises!!! Thought I was gonna make a mess in my oven!!!

Also...I made the roses atop the cakes with sweets, I came across the idea by reading one of my favourite blogs Confessions of a Cookbook Queen to check out how she does it click here.

These are the tools I used and what I did...

1. Roll the Winders up until you get the size of rose you want, the wobblier the better.
2. Roll small, equal sizes of green Chewits into balls.
3. Shape balls into teardrops.
4. Press Teardrop from the tip to the rounded edge with the wider end of the modelling tool, pulling down slightly.
5. Gently scrape the leaf off your surface and place under the rose on either side. 

This is what you'll get...

I also tinted some Lemon Frosting pink (to match the Valentines theme) and piped a nice swirl.

ET VOILA ~ say hello to this pretty lady...

Until next time.

xx Kat xx

I've linked this recipe to the Valentines hoosierhomemade link party.

Also.....

I'm entering this beautiful dessert to Calendar Cakes as hosted by Dolly Bakes and Laura Loves Cakes this months it's all about love. Head on over to this months host Dolly Bakes and check it out.

My Favourite Bakes So Far....

As most of you know I had another bambini 3 months ago so now I have 3 children and no time! Life is hectic...and I'm slightly disorganised/lazy.

I know you've been neglected over the last few months so I've decided to make it up to you by giving you a peek at my 10 bestest bakes since I started my blog. YOU'RE WELCOME :-) 

Click on the pictures to go to get the recipes........

I made these for my beloved hubby for Val Day, he loves tasting my bakes...good job as there are lots of them. 

Another Hubby special...yes his name is Brad.

These are sooo cute, I made these tiny flowers while watching TV one night. It takes a long time but is really relaxing.

A Christmas special for my team at work, they tasted just like a Terry's Chocolate Orange!

These cakes were commissioned by a friend for her grandson's birthday, it was only my second time modelling fondant...can you tell?!

My first cake ball/truffle attempt. I surprised myself with how great these were!

Another cake for my work colleagues and another big hit!!

My dad gave me this cupcake mould for Xmas and so I made some tea cupcakes...made sense to me.

Cute cute cute!! I could eat these all day every day.

For my friends niece and my first go at using a finger surround. Very effective!

I hope you've enjoyed my round-up.

Until next time...

xx Kat xx