Pumpkin cream cheese swiss roll

Hi everyone,

Hello again I'm here today to bring you an amazing autumn recipe. Pumpkin and cream cheese swiss roll. This is the first time I have made a swiss roll and it was surprisingly easy. So here are the ingredients and equipment used

Ingredients

For the sponge

120g Plain flour

1 tsp Ground cinnamon

1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda

3 Eggs

200g Caster sugar

120g Tinned pumpkin puree

Icing sugar for dusting

For the filling

170g Icing sugar, sifted

60g Unsalted butter, softened

240g Full fat cream cheese (philadelphia)

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F , gas mark 3) and line your swiss roll tin the baking paper.

To make the sponge, sift the flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda together and set aside.

Using a free standing mixer with the whisk attachment whisk the eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy and doubled in size. Fold in the pumpkin puree then the sifted dry ingredients.

Pour the batter in the prepared tin and bake for approximately 15-17 minutes or until the sponge bounces back at a light touch. 

Allow to cool in the tin.

Using the free standing mixer with the paddle attachment this time add the icing sugar and butter and beat on a low speed until a sandy consistency has been reached.

Add a little of the cream cheese to loosen the mixture and mix until incorporated. Add the rest of the cream cheese then the vanilla extract and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy.

Dust tea towel with icing sugar, loosen the edges of the sponge and invert onto the tea towel. Roll the tea towel with the sponge from the narrow end and leave on a rack for 10-15 minutes. 

Gently unroll the sponge and peel of the baking paper, spread the cream cheese frosting over the inside of the sponge them re-roll without the tea towel, dust with icing sugar and enjoy.

So I hope you liked this little blog its is so tasty and you will defiantly be making more than one. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe.

Emma

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Revlon colorburst lip butters

Hi everyone,

I am going to do a review on the Revlon colorburst lip butters. I have quite a few of them and I must say that I am impressed with the quality of them, they are sheer but the darker colours have a mice amount of pigmentation in them so its not just plain. The colours are gorgeous on and easy to apply they don't bleed and will last for approximately 3 hours without eating or drinking. They also have a good texture they aren't sticky and moisturise my lips well. They are an excellent addition to your make-up collection if you aren't yet comfortable with stand out colours of an actual lip stick or maybe you just want to update that boring chap stick whichever it is this is the way to go. They retail at £7.99 but I picked them up on sale at Superdrug for £5.99.

These are the pink shades going from left to right number 090 Sweet Tart, 053 Sorbet, 045 Cotton candy, 080 Strawberry shortcake and 005 Sugar frosting. Cotton Candy, Strawberry Shortcake and Sugar frosting are all very similar on but look very different colours in the tubes. the same can be said for Sorbet and Sweet Tart. My favourite pink toned lip butter has got to be Sorbet, it has the most pigmentation and looks the best on me as I think it suits my skin tone best.

090 Sweet Tart, 053 Sorbet, 045 Cotton Candy, 080 Strawberry Shortcake, 005 Sugar Frosting

These are the more Orangey/red toned lip butters going from left to right 027 Juicy Papaya 015 Tutti Frutti 035 Candy Apple and 063 Wild Watermelon. Juicy Papaya and Tutti Frutti are both very sheer on the lips but I like them if I'm having a sort of not to much make up day they blend well with every skin tone but I love the Wild Watermelon and Candy Apple they are so good if I want a bright lip but don't want to bother with lip liner and lipstick.

027 Juicy Papaya, 015 Tutti Frutti, 035 Candy Apple, 063 Wild Watermelon

These are they more nude toned lip butters from left to right 095 Crème Brulee 025 Peach Parfait 001 Pink Truffle, 050 Berry Smoothie and Macaroon. Crème Brulee is very light on my lips and I don't no if I could get away with it but the rest are amazing I love Pink Truffle I wear it all the time as well as Peach Parfait and the Berry Smoothie one is gorgeous on as well.

095 Crème Brûlée, 025 Peach Parfait, 001 Pink Truffle, 050 Berry Smoothie, Macaroon.

Hope you liked the post leave a comment for any other things you would like me to try out and review. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe.

Emma

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My Review on Nars Sheer Glow Foundation

Hello blogging world I would like to introduce myself I am Emma and this is my brand new beauty, baking and lifestyle blog.

I would like to start of by reviewing a product that is now a staple in my life and that is Nars Sheer Glow foundation.

This foundation is amazingly light on my skin and doesn't move all day with no need to touch up, the foundation itself has a sheer quality to it and leaves a slight healthy glow on the skin it has medium coverage andcan cover most blemishes and even out skin tone, it also looks great in photos it won't "disappear" in photos with the flash on (as I have encountered with some foundations) and has a really even finish, the colour that I use is Santa Fe which I got in a store in Belfast called Space NK the lovely girls in there found the right colour for me and it perfectly matches my skin tone (thank you lovely lady's) this is definitely a foundation I will use for a long time I am completely in love.

Here is the website for Nars: http://www.narscosmetics.co.uk/?d=true

Here is the website for Space Nk: http://uk.spacenk.com/women/

I have posted a photo to show the foundation I am also wearing Nars Laguna bronzer, Nars blush in deep throat, collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer, i have used an angled brush and black eyeshadow to do my eyeliner, wedge by MAC for my eyebrows and mabeyline falsies mascara. Thanks to any one who has taken the time to read my blog hopfully there will be lots more to follow. 

Emma

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