Valentines Day 2016

Hi!

So Valentines Day has come and gone and I hoped you all had a good Valentines weekend. S did an amazing job this year.

My flat is funny as you have to go down the stairs to get to my flat and he placed rose petals with tealights leading down to the living room which was very cute. 

I opened the living room to find the following picture..

I never knew he could be this romantic but it was a wonderful surprise. S had work so we didn't have a home cooked meal instead we got a Chinese take away.

We got a take away from Saikei in Greenwich. We normally go here for weddings and dim sum but we haven't had a take away from here before and I don't think we will ever again. Apart from the sweet and sour king prawns everything else tasted bland and greasy. The soft shell crabs wasn't even spicy nor was the ma por tofu. 

S didn't have time t get a dessert so I made a quick dessert whilst we sipped our champagne and talked. 

Click on the image above to see the recipe I used.

Hope you had a lovely Valentines Day 

TC

xx

Valentines Viennese Hearts

Hi!

I love my cups of tea but I cannot have a cup of tea without a snack. I decided to make Viennese fingers for the first time but I decided to make them heart shaped.

Ingredients:

125g Unsalted Butter (Soften)

125g Plain Flour

40g Icing Sugar

1 Medium Egg Yolks

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

100g Chocolate (Whichever you prefer)

Equipment:

Mixing Bowl

Hand Mixer

Baking Tray with a baking sheet 

Piping Bag with a Star Shaped Piping nozzle

1. Place the butter and icing sugar together into a mixing bowl. Cream together until its fluffy and paler in colour.
2. Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract into the mixture and beat well.
3. Place the flour into the bowl and fold it into the mixture until fully combined.
4. Place the mixture into the piping bag and pipe out some hearts. 
5. Bake between 10-15 minutes or until golden on top.
6. Place the chocolate (I used dark chocolate) into microwavable bowl and microwave for 15 seconds until melted. Put back into the microwave for another 15 seconds if not completely melted.
7. Put the chocolate into a piping bag and pipe either a message or a chocolate heart in the middle to cover. 

I loved these as it was soft and crumbly and the dark chocolate worked well as wasn't too sweet. I placed chocolate in between 2 viennese hearts to make a chocolate viennese sandwich. You can be as creative as you want especially as Valentines Day is coming up.   

Hope you get a chance to try this recipe

TC

xx

Models Own Diamond Luxe

Hi!

I'm so sorry for the late post but Z got ill and he becomes very clingy! I can't even go to the toilet without him screaming mummy! lol 

anyways..

I recently bought the Models Own Diamond Luxe Set from House of Fraser on offer and I cannot explain how excited I was to try them out!

 Shades of the Diamond Luxe (L-R): Pear Purple NP221, Trillion Taupe NP224, Asscher Blue NP225, Heart Red NP218

As Valentines was just around the corner I thought I'd try out a simple nail design using just Models Own polishes so I used the Diamond Luxe Heart Red NP218 & Pastel Pink NP033.

Valentines Nails 2016

The Diamond Luxe Heart Red was easy to apply and I only needed one coat! The brush was wide so all I needed was 1-2 brush strokes on my nails. I love the sparkle from the polish and the colour! I'm not a big fan of painting my nails on colour so I painted a pink heart and small dots using the Pastel Pink NP033. 

What do you plan for Valentines Day this year? 

TC 

xx