Sunday 6 February 2011

Jelly Jubilee Cake - just like Mamma used to bake...

After making the Kitchen Shelves card and reminissing about my Mams Sunday baking days I had loads of requests of how to make them so here it is all listed below.
I'm going to take mine to work tomorrow as a treat for us all.
Jelly Jubilee Cakes

You will need....

cakes .....

eggs 3, Selfraising Flour 6oz, Caster Sugar (fine suger)6oz, Butter 6oz.

topping..

1 packet fruit Jelly (Jello), 1 packet of cocunut strands (dessicated coconut)

Filling

1 carton of double cream.


Lets begin.

Beat sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, add 1 egg and a little bit of the flour and beat into the mixture, repeat this with the remaining eggs and flour holding a little bit of the flour back, the remaining flour needs to be folded gently into the mixture.

Fill your cake cases with the mixture and bake in the over 190c or for fan assisted ovens 170c fo 20 - 25 minutes.

Once baked leave on a baking tray to cool, try not to eat one like I did or you will only get 11 to finish ha ha!


While you are waiting for the cakes to cool make up the packet of raspberry jelly, make the jelly with less water than is recomended so that you get a stronger flavour and it will take less time to start setting, it needs to be nearly set before dipping the cakes into it.
Once you have the jelly to that stage, dip in the cake then roll it in the cocunut strands.



Once the cakes are coated in the raspberry jelly and the coconut
leave to one side until the jelly is set.


Leave the cakes for a little while until the raspberry jelly is set.

Once set slice in half, whisk up the double cream until it is stiff and forming peeks then add a generous dollop on the bottom half of the cake then add the top of the cake on top sandwiching the cream inside the cake.
And eat.........

Crazy for You

If like me you don't do sloppy on Valentines day then this is a fun way of getting around it. It says what you meen with a bit of fun added.
Coloured with Promarkers and a printed sentiment cut out with Spellbinders dies, the scoring was done with the ScorPal just enough to take the plain off the card.


Iggy Crazy for you can be purchased here



Saturday 5 February 2011

Blog Candy Winner - Promarkers, Help for Katie

I have a Blog candy Winner but before I announce it I wanted to thank everyone for getting the word out for the Help for Katie fundraising, we have raised a great amount so far and I'm hoping that it will continue to do so, none of this would have been possible if it wasn't for our wonderful crafting community.
The generosity of people just blows me away, isn't it wonderful to know that we can make a difference in a families life? I know Katie and her family are immensely grateful for the support that has been shown.

So without further delay the winner of the Promarker Blog Candy is...
Trina said...
I've had the blinkie up and bought the stamps already!

1 February 2011 01:04

Congratulations Trina, please get in touch with me and send me you address details so I can get them posted out to you

Sweet Iris



It had been so long since doing a straight forward decoupage card that I actually enjoyed making this one. I used Stampin Up Design Paper for the background and used one of there punches for the leaves, Labels 4 Nestabilities and a contrasting ribbon, some little pearls and a dragonfly charm and a bit of love to bring it all together.


So Many have asked where the decoupage image has come from, well I have to say I cheat lol! it is one of the new Nice'n'Easel sheets by La Pashe I just cut it part out for my card.

Friday 4 February 2011

Everything But The kitchen Shelf - Mothers Day Card

As soon as I saw this Stamp I knew it would make the perfect Mothering Sunday Card, it have a bit of nostalgia included in the image and I can tell you it reminds me of baking as far as the eye could see on a Sunday morning when I was a little girl.
My Mam used to bake in batches for the week we had bread dough raising in every warm spot in the house ooo and the cakes were out of this world.

One of the cakes that was my favourite was one we called jelly jubilees, it was a vanilla cupcake baked then dipped in a raspberry jelly mix before it set and then rolled in coconut strands, once the jelly had set on the cake it was cut in half and a great big dollop of whipped fresh cream added to the center, I can promise you they didn't last long ha ha.

coloured with Copic markers, Stampin Up designer papers, lace, buttons, roses and twine and a little bit of love to bring it all together.