We're loving Sunday's since we started Cupcake Sundays, although I can't say that they're doing my diet much good ;-)Today's cupcakes of the day are Lemon and Ginger Cupcakes and they're quite possibly my favourite ones so far! They were inspired by a lovely lemon and ginger tea from Teapigs that I've been drinking this week.150g butter 150g sugar 150g self raising flour 3 eggs 2 lemons 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger Icing sugar 150g cream cheeseTo make 15 cupcakes:Cream the sugar with the butter. Add the eggs and beat the mix together. Add the juice and zest of … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Stir fry advice please….
I'm starting to feel a bit more like myself again after a week of feeling like someone had stamped all over me and sucked out all my energy (drama queen, me?). we didn't really stick to our meal plan at all last week and we actually ended up having McDonalds on two nights when Mr Frugal was at work as I didn't have the energy to even open the fridge but that can be our little secret ;-)Anyway, this week I'm determined we're going to stick to our plan 100% and there will be no McDonalds!Monday - Macaroni cheese Tuesday - Beans on toast as we have multi sports club for an hour from … [Read more...]
Cherry bakewell cup cakes with The Great British Bake Off….
I'm loving this series of The Great British Bake Off, as are most of you guys judging by the #GBBO chat on Twitter every Tuesday night ;-)Not only can you watch the show on your TV on a Tuesday night and buy the Showstoppers recipe book that goes alongside it (it's brilliant, I have it), you can now also get the Great British Bake Off App which has just been launched. The App is great and features stacks of easy to find, easy to follow recipes from Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. Well worth checking out.To celebrate the launch of the App, myself and nine other bloggers will be … [Read more...]
Cupcake Sunday – the cupcake birthday cake….
Last week I wrote a post about how to ice a cupcake and this week I was planning to make lemon meringue cupcakes as part of my new Cupcake Sunday feature. Except I haven't had time to sit down since I finished work of Friday afternoon, let alone make cupcakes as it's was Miss Frugal's 10th Birthday party today and I've been rushing around all weekend trying to get everything sorted.I do still have a cupcake type post though because Miss Frugal opted for a cupcake cake today instead of a normal shop bought cake. This is the reason for my crash course in cupcake icing last … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Baked Salmon….
I love this time of year.After the Summer Holidays when the days are long and filled with picnics in the park and squeezing meals in around playing out and day-trips, going back to school means that we get back into our routine.I find that meal planning is much easier when we have more set meal times and I enjoy getting together for our family meals and catching up with what everyone's done that day. The problem with them going back to school is that there never seems to be enough time in the day to do everything that I want to do so I try and spend as little time as possible cooking … [Read more...]
How to ice a cupcake….
What's the difference between a good old fashioned fairy cake and a cupcake?Google tells me that a cupcake originated in America and is slightly larger that the British fairy cake. Cupcakes are also usually made with a richer, thicker icing. Apparently.I'm more of a fairy cake girl and I use my Nana's favourite recipe - the same one that I've been using since I was about six when I first started baking with her. I've known it off by heart since before I knew my times tables at school.But recently, my fairy cakes have been looking like a bit of a poor relation when I've been … [Read more...]
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