I woke up early this morning feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep so I got up and while everyone else was still asleep, I cleaned the kitchen, put some washing on, had a cup of tea and made a batch of unicorn fudge.You know, the usual Sunday morning activities. ;-)No Bake Unicorn Fudge 800 g Icing Sugar10 tbsp condensed milk1 tsp vanilla extractfood colouring (I used red, blue and green)100 g softened butter Cream the butter, condensed milk and vanilla extract together.Add in the icing sugar and give the mix a good whiz with an electric mixer - … [Read more...]
Easy 3 ingredient no cook chocolate crunch cakes….
Seeing as it's half term for us here in the UK I thought you might like a quick and easy recipe to get the kids in the kitchen today. This recipe for my easy 3 ingredient no cook chocolate crunch cakes will not only keep them occupied for a while as they make them, you also get the added advantage of the end result being that you get to eat some amazingly tasty little cakes. Win, win.I don't think I've ever has such a simple recipe turn out so well and over the years that we've been making them we've tried lots of different combinations using digestives instead of rich tea biscuits and … [Read more...]
Homemade Chilli Cheese Breadsticks Recipe….
A while ago, I shared my favourite homemade breadsticks recipe with you and today I wanted to share a slight variation on that recipe - Chilli cheese breadsticks! The chilli cheese version are softer than the regular breadsticks that I make which makes them even better for dipping in soups, tomato soup especially. Chilli Cheese breadsticks They're made using the same bread base recipe so I won't repeat it again as you can just pop over and get the recipe from here if you fancy trying these chilli cheese breadsticks. You need to prepare the dough in exactly the same way but when you're … [Read more...]
Chocolate Smarties Pinata Cupcakes….
When I was trawling through Pinterest a couple of weeks ago looking for some Easter themed cupcakes I came across lots of pictures of amazing mini egg pinata cakes which all had hidden mini eggs in the middle so they all popped out when you went to slice it. Over the weekend, I wanted to do some baking so when I realised I had some Smarties and some cute cupcake cases I thought I'd see if I could make some Chocolate Smarties Pinata Cupcakes....How to make Chocolate Smarties Pinata Cupcakes. 200g Sugar 200g butter 4 eggs A capful of vanilla essence 175g self raising flour 50g … [Read more...]
Homemade Hobnobs {Oat Cookies}….
Last Wednesday when really I should have been packing for New York (where Miss Frugal and I will be when you're reading this), I suddenly felt a bit sad that we'd be leaving Mr and Master Frugal behind and it hit me that I was going to really miss them. I know they didn't want to come with us (they could have but they chose to get a season ticket for Boro instead) but I still had a few minutes where I felt sad that Miss Frugal and I would be doing something so amazing while they stayed at home.To make myself feel a bit better I decided to make them some homemade Hobnobs to leave for them … [Read more...]
Cadburys Creme Egg Cupcakes….
I thought I'd have a go at making some Easter themed cupcakes this week so I headed over to Pinterest for some cupcakey inspiration. I was met with everything from handcrafted bunnies made from icing to perfectly crafted chicks piped onto cakes - all of which is way above by capability! I can however make an amazing chocolate cake so I decided to combine that with the one thing that I most think about when it comes to Easter - Cadbury's Creme Eggs!How to make Cadburys Creme Egg Cupcakes. The basic recipe for the chocolate cupcakes is just a normal chocolate sponge cake recipe so you … [Read more...]
