So, what do we have today ? Some cute knitted bracelets that I've been making over the past week or so, a delicious recipe for a wonderfully divine cake, and seeing that Mother's Day is coming up, some craft ideas I found on Pinterest.
First up, these knitted bracelets are really a snip. Each one takes less than an hour to make, and they look so smart and unusual.
These bracelets will be on sale when my online shop opens next week.(now that IS news!!).But if you cannot wait, you could always whip up your own. All you need is some yarn (about 3 - 4 mt, less than you'd need for a medium-sized pompom) and some knitting needles. Alternatively you could use a knitting nancy (like I'd used for the knitted coasters which I shared with you sometime last month)
And now, seeing that everyone is getting in the mood for baking, what with Red Nose Day coming up and all, here is a failproof recipe. Just one little word here..this recipe is not mine. I pulled it from Marian Keyes' book "Saved by Cake". A cake as wonderful as this one is a sure lifesaver, especially after a bad day. Keyes describes it as 'humble, uncomplicated, a very loving cake..if a cake could be described as kind, then this is it'.
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| Believe me....it is every bit as good as it looks. |
Three Milks Cake (aka A Hug in a Cake)
Ingredients
200gr butter
200gr caster sugar
4 eggs
200 ml sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
200gr self-raising flour
1/2 tspn bicarbonate of soda
200ml evaporated milk
200 ml sweetened condensed milk
200ml double cream
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and grease a square loose bottomed tin.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
- Add two of the eggs and half of the sour cream and beat well. Add the other two eggs and the rest of the sour cream and beat again.
- Add the vanilla extract. sieve in the flour and bicarbonate of soda and fold into the mix.
- Pile into the prepared tin and bake for approximately 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Cool on a tray until it is fully cold, but do not take the cake out of the tin. Prick the cake surface several times with a fork.
- Wrap the base of the tin with clingfilm. (The last thing you want as your pour your three milk mixture onto the cake is for the tin to start leaking..which is why you wrap the base in clingfilm)
- Mix the evaporated milk, the condensed milk and the double cream in a jug, then pour it on top of the cake. Most of the liquid will just 'sit' on the surface of the cake at first, but it will be absorbed by the cake eventually.
- Place your cake tin in the fridge and leave it there for at least twelve hours, by which time most of the liquid should be absorbed.Take extra care when lifting slices out of the tin,as it can be quite soft.
I shall be making this later today, as it's been a long hard week..and hey, I deserve it! And so do you... Go right ahead and make it.. you will be delightfully surprised by its simplicity, and its goodness.
Mothering Sunday is just over a week away (15th March) and many children enjoy making simple gifts for their mums and grandmas. With that in mind I have pulled together a few craft ideas from Pinterest.
I do know that most of the time, it is us mummies who do crafts with our children. You could show these to an older child, who could then have the time of her life bossing her younger siblings into making a gift for mom. Alternatively, you could show them to the man in your life and drop some very heavy and concrete hints (wink wink! )
These have been tried and tested by my own children who are always willing to oblige when something involves glue, glitter or paint.
I hope you find something you and your children will enjoy doing. Happy crafting!!
Mother's Day Crafts
A folded paper heart http://pinterest.com/pin/A1PvYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(coloured paper would be ideal for this, but you can also use old magazine pages cut into strips)
Paper BOUQUET for Mother’s Day
http://pinterest.com/pin/A-nuYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(a very simple craft for very young children..no scissors, no mess..they just need to colour it in)
GLOSSY MAGAZINE Flowers http://pinterest.com/pin/Az7vYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(you have old magazines languishing in your recycle bin? This is an easy way to use them ..and it's so pretty too)
Template FLOWERS http://pinterest.com/pin/AwHvYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
Heart pillow (no-sew) http://pinterest.com/pin/A5DvYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(an easy and pretty craft that children can easily make, and as a bonus, it teaches them how to tie their knots)
Bracelets from empty plastic bottle http://pinterest.com/pin/A6HvYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
DIY calla lilly with drinking straws, cotton buds, and cotton -http://pinterest.com/pin/A7HvYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(simple thing, made out if everyday stuff...who doesn't have cotton buds and drinking straws in the house...but so pretty)
FELT FLOWERS http://pinterest.com/pin/A7_vYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
Candy-Heart Frames
http://pinterest.com/pin/A- RHXwAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(this is really a lovely and very simple craft to make with pre-cut foam shapes)
Chic Maker ♥love this!#jewelry diy http://pinterest.com/pin/A_OUYwAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(these I am trying for myself in the near future - with summer coming up, I'm sure they will look gorgeous with a little summer tan)
Mason Jar Prism Light
http://pinterest.com/pin/A6lPYgAQwAgGzFLRwKMAAAA/?s=4&m=notepad
(this is another one I'm making for myself..it 's too lovely not to try)
I hope you enjoyed today's post..If you did like it, please do just leave a line in our comments box.
See you next Tuesday.I have a great book review coming up for you. Byeee!
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