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What we got up to over Halloween ......

Freddie's spider & my melted crayon pumpkin! See how I did the melted crayon pumpkin in this video.

Handprint bats & decorated pumpkins.

Hello Mr Scarecrow!!

'CHESSE'!!

All you need;

4 tbsp Flour
4 tbsp Brown sugar
2 tbsp Coca powder
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp milk (coffee or water)
1 tsp Chocolate spread
Pinch of salt
A mug
A microwave



Mix all the dry ingredients in a microwave safe mug.
Stir in the milk, oil and chocolate spread until it becomes a thick paste.
Microwave for at least one minute checking every 30 seconds (it may take a little longer than a minute, its a bit of trial and error)
The brownie is done when it is springy on top but still gooey inside.



Recipe adapted from Instructables.com

So this may seem a little sad but I was excited that we were kindly given a slow cooker for Christmas!! (God I'm getting old) 

Last week it was my turn to make the monthly cake to be raffled off at my sons pre school, I knew I would make a plain sponge cake sandwiched with buttercream but I just couldn't decide how to decorate it!

The theme of the week was colours so I decided to cover the cake with rainbow frosting.
I had seen in a cake magazine I was given a multi-coloured 'petal' design which looked quite simple so I set out to achieve just that!

Here is how I went about it.......

* I filled a 8" vanilla sponge cake with buttercream and crumb coated it (thin layer of buttercream) then put it in the fridge to chill whist I organised my icing!

* I then separated my buttercream into four bowls and added the colours I wanted. I use the Sugarflair paste colours you only need a tiny amount of them to colour buttercream or fondant so it lasts a long time. The colours I used were Baby Blue, Christmas Red, Spruce Green & Egg Yellow. I tinted each bowl of buttercream and added them to icing bags.

*TOP TIP* Place your icing bags into glasses - definitely creates less mess!


Now onto the decorating part!

* Working vertically make a dot of each colour onto the cake.

* Take a teaspoon and drag the dot either to left or right, be sure to clean the spoon after dragging each coloured dot so as not to mix the colours.

                                                         


*Cover the whole of the cake and then chill in the fridge for at least 10 minutes or until the buttercream has hardened a little.

*Once the cake has been chilled continue the dots on the top of the cake working in a circle and dragging the dots inwards.




And then you'll have your finished Rainbow petal design cake.



                           I had a fab time decorating this cake, let me know if you give it a try! 
                                                                
                                                                   Lucy

Philly Mango Chicken

A great quick and simple tea time suggestion to use up leftovers!

I'm always trying new recipes that all the  family will enjoy and this one definitely fits that bill.

Ingredients;
Cubed chicken breast (can also be made using any left over meat, it works great with pork)
Curry powder
Mango chutney 1tbsp
Philadelphia cream cheese 100g
Milk 2tbsp

• Heat oil in a pan and cook the chicken until browned.
• Reduce the heat and add 1tsp of curry powder to the pan, once its incorporated add the milk, Philadelphia and mango chutney to the pan.  
• Stir until the Philly melts and forms a creamy sauce.

                                          
                                              

This time I served the chicken with another of our family favs - sweet potato fries and I also added the last few frozen peas I had at the end of a bag to use them up.

On the whole I'll eyeball the sauce ingredients adding more milk for a saucier dish, and once I've served up the boys meals I usually add more mango chutney to ours for a bit more spice.

Hope that you enjoyed this post. Let me know if you'd like to see more recipes.

Lucy x