Cupcake

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This is a handmade cupcake pin cushion I bought a while ago from a fellow blogger. I took a picture of it and had a play with it and this is what happened. I love the spotlight effect that makes it look like a memory island. It would make a perfect (and calorie-free) poster for people who (really) like sweets. :-)

All my own images and textures.

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Sweets for my Sweet

I wanted to create something happy for a change, however, as per usual, all is not as it seems. Whilst I worked on this, I began to wonder... why are things like sweets, chocolate and candy so often sold by slim beauties who most certainly don't go near the items they're trying to sell us?

Credits

Model

• cupcake 07 by Aurora-Dawn

Stock

• Death by Cupcake Stock by JustLexa
• hug me loveheart 3 by Ginnyhaha-Stock
• sweets - real eye candy 4 by stupidstock

Background and Textures

• Room in sepia by stocksbyannaforyou
• Copper Flower Paper by Siobhan68
• Pastel Textures Set by Shadowhouse
• 6 Faves Texture Sets 1 by Shadowhouse
• Photo Tints Overlay Set by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Swirls And grungey brushes by Destinati0n

Font

• Dyspepsia

All other images/textures/patterns etc my own.

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Madeleines

Madeleines

I love Madeleines. They're delicious and easy to make, especially, now I've got my new silicon Madeleine tray. I can't recommend the silicon bake ware enough. It works so much better than the traditional bake ware.

For everyone interested, the recipe is below - I found it somewhere on the net a long time ago...



Recipe

2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon or lime zest
1 cup icing sugar (sifted)
3/4 cup flour (sifted)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder (mixed and sifted with flour)
1/2 cup (115g) of melted butter

1. Beat eggs, vanilla zest and lemon zest until the mixture is light and fluffy.
2. Gradually add the icing sugar.
3. Then, add the flour little by little.
4. Fold in butter.
5. Pour batter into moulds.
6. Bake at 190C until golden brown.

Eat, quickly (or there won't be any left!)

Ben insisted that our Madeleines should be dipped in chocolate. It's okay, but I prefer them without chocolate. You can also use different shaped moulds. I've used the tradition shell moulds and some heart shaped moulds.