Happy Valentines Day! ♥

Hey guys!
Happy Valentines Day!
If you are with that special someone of single af (like me)
I hope you enjoy your day!
Treat that someone special to something they really want tell them that you love them and everything they mean to you and if you're single go out and buy yourself something you have always wanted. Eat Chocolate. Have some wine. Watch a soppy movie and love yourself.
I thank all you guys for reading my blog and if you don't have a valentines who cares. As long as you love yourself you don't need no man or woman! You are strong! EMPOWERMENT!

Okay. Ill stop now. You get it.
Have a good day!

Much love :)

Picture from Google Images - Credit to owner

Take Care
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Camping Adventures ♥

Hey guys!
Sorry for not posting on Wednesday I have been away for the week with my best pals! I thought I would share a few snaps with you from the week!

The week was filled with laughing, smiles and happiness. I couldn't have asked for more amazing people to go camping with!
Love you guys, here's to another adventure soon!

Yes I put bacon on my s'more! Don't knock it until you try it haha!

Take Care

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Cadbury Creme Eggs - New Recipe ♥

Hey guys!
So it hasn't been a long time since christmas was over and we were beginning a new year. Its now 21st Jan 2015 and already the Easter eggs in main chain shops are making an appearance.
Cadbury had recently released a statement saying that they have changed the shell of the creme eggs to a cocoa mix instead of the normal dairy milk it used to be. You can read all about it here: Creme Egg - Daily Mail
Many people had said it hasn't change the taste, some say it tastes nicer, some disagree altogether and say it tastes awful.
I have to agree they tastes wrong. It doesn't taste the same as they used to and I agree that the chocolate tastes cheaper. The inside of the egg isn't the same either in my opinion. Last year when I had one it was more gritty and sweet and made the creme egg what it is. This year it isn't as sweet and more runny in texture.

I brought a pack of 5 for me and my family which is the biggest pack that they do now since they took it own from 6 in a pack to 5 but still charging the same amount of £2 and ended up with 6 in my pack... I wasn't moaning!
I still how think that it is a bit of a rip off but they only come out at this time of the year and i don't mind buying one pack and sharing them out.
I don't think i will be buying another pack in the future unless they change the recipe again.
Have you guys tried them?
What do you think?

Picture from Google

Take Care
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Baking with Sophie & Jess! - Chocolate Orange Soda Cupcakes ♥

Hey guys!
I hope you are all doing well!
Today's post is going to be about some cupcakes that me and Jess made on Monday.

 Last time she was making cupcakes she was looking on the internet for other random things that people make cake out of and we found something called a soda cake. If you are unfamiliar with what soda is, it is the american equivalent to pop or a fizzy drink. We saw some different ones that people has done and decided that none of them seemed like they would taste good until we got to one where someone had used an orange fizzy drink.
Jess said she wanted to try and make one so that's what we did!

There are only three ingredients you are going to need for this recipe:
A box chocolate cake mix (Me and Jess used Betty Crocker devil chocolate cake)
Can of pop (Me and Jess used Orange Fanta)
Betty Crocker Devil Chocolate Fudge Icing (You can also make your own icing if you wish)

1. The first thing you need to do is preheat the oven to the temperature that is stated on the back on the box. We were using a gas oven so we put it on gas mark 4.

2. Empty your cake mixture into a bowl and add your can of soda

3. Mix well until you can see that both of the wet and dry ingredients have come together and that there are no lumps

DO NOT PUT ANY OF THE EGG, WATER OR OIL THAT IS STATED ON THE BACK ON THE BOX TO USE ELSE YOU WILL WRECK YOUR CAKE!
The soda as all the elements that the cakes need to help bake them!

4. Place into two circle cake trays if you are making a huge cake or if you are doing cupcakes place then into some paper cases. We got about 22 cakes from this batch but you could get round 24

5. Place into the oven and watch them rise!
If you are unsure if your cakes are cooked all the way through stick a fork, toothpick or skewer into the centre of the cake and if the utensil comes out clean the cake is ready!

6.Leave on the side to cool down for a while. You don't want to be placing icing on hot cake else it will just melt and look a mess!

7.Add you chosen icing, Either store brought or home made. At this point you can either spread the icing on or if you want them look professional like jess did you can use a piping bag and a nozzle and make one hell of  beautiful pattern on the top!

8. (Optional) You can now add your decorations to the top of your cake/cupcakes. Me and jess went with small edible golden balls as you can see from the picture below

9. Make a cup of tea or hot beverage of your choice and...

 10. ENJOY!

I hope you guys liked this post, I thought it was something different and my friend Jess makes the best cupcakes and cakes so I thought I would share with you how we made one of the cakes
These turned out really good even thought we were a bit sceptical that they would turn out rubbish. The only hiccup we has it that by the time was up that the box recommended the bottoms were still squishy and not a cake texture. However we just put them in for a bit longer and they were okay once that had cooled! You can't really taste a lot of orange from this cake which is what I was expecting but they still taste good!
This is how I got my cupcakes home. I strapped them into my car seat with the seat belt and took them on a little drive :)

I hope you are having a good week!
Take Care
Post Soon x