European Food Packaging... Always Entertaining

European food packaging seems to be stuck in the 70s, I appreciate this! My friend Nick brought this back from Berlin, it makes me smile!

FABRIC!

Doughnut Cake

I love (yes, i love alot...) doing doughnut towers as birthday cakes. You just buy a couple of dozen doughnuts, pile them in a pyramid, no glue etc needed. Then place candles and sweets all over it in a kind of haphazard way. It makes for an interesting, cost effective, tasty centre piece for the table. No cutting required.

If your feeling a bit more thrifty use Crispy Cream doughnuts... YUM!

If your feeling a adventurous cover it with different coloured icing. They come in tubes and are really simple to use; you could make it look like an erupting volcano...

Book Chandelier

I saw this when I was in a restaurant in Barcelona. Such a simple and affective idea for a light shade, it's just made out of an open book (i think it was an atlas) and wire.

Creme Brulee

I LOVE creme Brulee (i have the biggest sweet tooth). If there is one on the menu I have to order it! I found this recipe a few weeks ago and made it for the girls at work. It's really tasty but has a quarter the calories of the standard brulee.

Recipe:
1 vanilla pod
300ml 0% Fat Greek Yogurt
100ml whipping cream (whip it so it's thick but not stiff)
3-4 tablespoons clear honey (if you have a sweet tooth use 4)
For the crispy top use any sugar (golden granulated is good) and 'brulee' using a chefs blow torch or the grill.

It takes minutes to make and is the perfect breakfast treat.

Macaroons, Macarons?

I LOVE macaroons! Having only been introduced to the recently, they have become the screen saver in my mind (along with the Yves Saint Laurent 'Tribute too' pumps). My first taste occurred at the Juicy Couture store opening party where they were abundant thanks to Laduree. Unfortunately living in Brighton and because they are £2.00 each (I could eat 10 in one sitting) it would be difficult to fund this habit. So I made my own...







I found this to be the easiest recipe to use after looking at alot of different ones:

Ingredients
225 g Icing Sugar
125 g Ground Almonds
4 Egg Whites- aged overnight at room temperature
30 g Granulated Sugar
Pinch of Salt
Food Colouring of Your Choice.

The first time you attempt to make macaroons I would recommend you use jam as your filling. I think it tastes great and there are so many steps to the cookie recipe, making a filling as well would be a bit over whelming.

For more information on procedure follow this link...
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/10/how-to-make-macarons-recipe.html

Good Luck!!!

Horses Hoof Shoe

I am fast becoming obsessed with black lace ankle socks, if I see a pair I have to buy them. I think they look really chic and dare I say, 'whimsical' when teamed with ankle boots and shoe boots (see above picture). It's a bit 'too much of a look',( as my Auntie Wini would say) to wear them with court shoes (unless your going for the Harajuku look) but with bare legs, a great dress (short looks best) and your Horse Hoof shoes, you'll be looking FABO!