Thursday, 22 January 2015

Coffee ring cake

Hi there I have here a gorgeous coffee cake recipe for you the smell drifting through the house when you bake this is amazing. So have a go.

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons of instant coffee
 450g Unsalted butter room temperature
 450g Caster sugar
 8 Eggs
 450g Plain flour
 2 Tablespoons baking powder
 2 Teaspoons cocoa powder

Method

 For the coffee essence put the granules and 170ml of boiling water into a saucepan and boil on a medium heat until it has reduced by about half. Remove one tablespoon to be used later in the frosting.


 Preheat the oven to 170°C.

 Place the butter, sugar and coffee essence in a stand mixer and beat with a paddle attachment until fluffy.

 Add the eggs one at a time scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula in between each addition.

Beat in the flour,  baking powder and cocoa powder slowly until all is combined.

Pour mixture into a prepared ring tin (25cm) bake for 40-50 minutes using a metal squewer to test if it is done.



Ingredients for frosting

 1 Tablespoon of the coffee extract
 250g Sifted icing sugar
 25ml Whole milk

Method

Add the Icing sugar and whole milk to a bowl mixing slowly with a hand mixer or a stand mixer when combined add the coffee extract. Spread onto the cake and sprinkle with flake.


Emma 
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I got my hair cut

Hi everyone,
I'm not sure if anyone reads my blog enough to care but I got my hair cut and OMG I love it. I have always had really quite long hair but recently I have been hating it basically just tying it up and nothing else. So to the absolute delight of my hair dresser i asked her to cut it up to almost a bob (she's a little bit strange like that she loves to cut long hair of) so here are some before and afters.






As you can see from the pictures its shorter at the back than it is at the front. I am so happy that I did this it has allowed me to really do something with my hair and not be afraid of curling it and it falling out after an hour (also the hairdressers don't curse my name when i come in to get my hair put up). Over all if you are thinking of getting the chop do it! It is only hair and it will grow back, if you don't like it wear extensions.

Emma 
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