Easter Cupcakes!

Hello guys, 
So as it is getting close to Easter I wanted to do an Easter themed bake. After a few ideas I thought that do Carrot cake cupcakes, because of the Easter bunny. 

Easter does mean more to me than just chocolate however I think that the whole celebration whatever your beliefs are is fun. So here is the recipe, if you have any questions please leave me a comment.

Ingredients

For the cupcakes:

3 medium carrots, peeled and grated

100g soft light brown sugar

80g unsalted butter, softened

80g Golden syrup

2 medium eggs

150g self-raising flour

½tsp bicarbonate of soda

1tsp ground cinnamon

pinch of salt

For the Icing:

50g unsalted butter, softened

110g low-fat cream cheese

225g icing sugar

1tsp vanilla extract

For the Chocolate decorations:

50g white chocolate

Green food colouring

Orange food colouring

Method

1) Melt the white chocolate until smooth, but not too runny. If you are using a microwave take it out every 30 seconds and stir to make sure it doesn't burn. Then split your chocolate 2/3 in one bowl and 1/3 in another. 

2) Add orange food colouring to the bowl with more chocolate and green to the other. Then put some orange into a resealable plastic bag and snip a tiny but of one of the corners so there is a thin whole to pipe with. Pipe lots more carrots onto a piece of baking paper (or whatever shape you choose) then you need in case some break. Once you have done do the same (in a different bag) do the same for the green and add leaves to your carrots. Leave in the freezer/fridge on a tray so they set

3) Preheat the oven to 180°C, which is 356°F. Line a cupcake or muffin tray with 12 cases.

4) First grate the carrots. Then combine the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large saucepan and melt together over a medium heat. Remove from the heat, then stir in the self-raising flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, ground cinnamon, grated carrot and eggs. Mix well until you have a smooth batter

5) Pour the mixture into the cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until risen. When the cakes are done put a cake tester or skewer into one of the cupcakes. If it comes out clean they are cooked. Then cool on a wire rack.

6) Meanwhile, prepare the icing by combining the butter, cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl. It is really important you use full fat cream cheese otherwise your frosting will be to runny. If needs be drain your cream cheese before you put it in. Beat using an electric whisk until smooth. Now you can pipe the icing on or just spread on with a spoon.

7) Finally get the carrots from the fridge and if they have set gently remove from the baking sheet and put onto the cakes. Now display on a cake stand and you have finished!

I hope you have enjoyed this blog post, and that you have a very Happy Easter. I am going on holiday so probably will not be blogging for the next two weeks. I'm going skiing in the french alps and am extremely excited!

Abi

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Spring Phone Wallpapers!

Hello guys,
A few months ago I posted a blog post sharing a few cute phone wallpapers that where perfect for the Christmas season and it is my most popular post! So I decided that to do another post like that would be a good idea because you guys seemed to like that. If you have any other suggestions of posts you would like to see, leave me a comment. 

The first wallpaper here I think is really chic and I like how the gold is used because it's such a pretty colour. I downloaded the design with an A because my name begins with an A however you can download this wallpaper with an letter. To do that click here.

This next design is really lovely because of how bright and colourful it is. I think that the flowers and the font just work perfectly but it may be a little busy for a home screen, so I will be using it as my lock screen. To see more designs click here.

These design I think is very sweet and girly and I love it! There are two other designs that are of a similar style, so click here to take a look at them. They also come in a size for a desktop wallpaper too.

I think this wallpaper is very chic with the calligraphy style writing and I really like the quotes. It comes in lots of sizes so click this link if you want a better fit for your phone/ laptop. There are also lots of other cute designs on the page if you like this style.

These final two are my home and lock screen at the moment. I think they are so pretty and I like how they match. There are lots of others to choose from however, and it was hard to choose just two to download. There are some cute desktop wallpapers too.

So that are my favourite wallpapers to use from Spring. Let me know what you think in the comments.

Have a lovely week,

Abi

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Giveaway!

Hello Guys,

So about a month ago I won a YouTube giveaway from Julia Zuniga, and she gave me four lovely products from the brand 'Younique'. I hadn't heard or tried any products from Younique however I have been really happy with them. So today I will be telling you what I have won!

The thing I was the most excited to receive was the mascara. The mascara I received is called 'Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes+' and I am very impressed! I didn't realise this before but Bunny (aka Grav3yardgirl) tried this and she too was impressed. 

The next product and also what I use the most is the blending buds. These, for those of you who don't know, a quite small egg shaped sponges used for blending makeup and they are extremely useful. This is what I use the most out of everything I have received and the smaller blending bud is the perfect size for under eye concealer.

I also received a lip gloss which is so pretty and pink and a little thing I really love about it is that it has a mirror on it which means it is perfect to put in a bag because just in case you forget a mirror and have to re-apply, there is a mirror on the product. The shade of the lip gloss is Lovesick.

And finally my favourite product is the lip liner I received, which I got in the shade Pouty. The shade is gorgeous and I use it so much. It lasts a whole day so is very useful. Out of everything I would recommend this product the most. For those of you wondering what it looks like on, this shade is the one Julia uses in most of her videos, I will leave a link to one here.

Thank you for reading, again I apologise for the huge gap but recently I've been quite busy and last week I was sick and spent three days at home! Please check out Julia's channel here, it is really fun with mainly beauty videos but a few others too. Also if you have any questions about Younique, then leave her your question in the comments of her videos. 

Have a great weak,

Abi 

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Exciting News!

Hello guys,

I am a massive High School Musical and I could probably recite for you all three of the incredible films if I tried! I know every song and a year or so ago learnt the 'we're all in this together' dance. 

The movies came out when I was quite little so when my cousin told me they where making these films up to High School Musical 20, I believed him! Although that hasn't happened they are one step closer to reaching that - High School Musical 4 has been announced! Although the original class will not be in the film I am still excited to watch the instalment as it will also feature more of West High Knights, which will be quite interesting! 

So because Disney will be writing the storyline about a whole new class they will obviously be casting new people for the roles and unfortunately the auditions aren't international! I did look up straight away if I could audition but I don't think I will be able too! However it will be nationwide.

So what do you think, will HSM 4 be a success or will it not live up to the first fees standards! 

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while, I will hopefully be posting more and have a few planned already! Have a great week,

Abi

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