31/03 - Love E.B x

We actually had our egg hunt early this year as Ella is with her Dad today but it seemed more relevant to share it today. I don't know how it works/worked in your house but the Easter Bunny leaves something resembling a "calling card" where the children will likely find it, upon said card is the first clue. The clues are generally things like "where you keep the biscuits" or "where you watch TV" (that doesn't give the best impression of my child rearing does it? Lol) and they find the next clue in that place. Eventually they find the stash of eggs and as far as I can tell Ella is still invested in the magic but the beauty of a larger age gap is that once Ella knows the truth little Milo will keep it alive for us all. It's always a little sad when there are no believers in the family, don't you find?

I hope you all had lots of chocolate (though I'm not a huge fan myself) and a great Easter.. Tomorrow marks the start of Vlogril (vlogging every day in April) so you will all see a lot more of me over the coming month :)

Khi

Creme Egg Cupcakes

I have seen variations on gooey centred cupcakes all over Pinterest lately so I was dying to try my hand at some for the Easter holiday. Given that my cupcake pan is quite small I didn't think I could fit full sized creme eggs into them so I went for the mini 'twisted' variety you find in Hero's and I think they worked really well. A couple of notes there.. you really do need to freeze them overnight so that they don't melt too much within the cake.. I only had a few hours and as you can see from the photo at the end of this post it does have a gooey centre but you don't get the 'egg-like' effect you would if the fondant was intact upon biting into it. This still works well but I doubt anyone would recognise the filling so I would definitely make that amendment next time. 

I decided to use chocolate cupcakes and chocolate frosting, you can read my basic cupcake recipe here. For chocolate I just substitute 1oz of flour for cocoa powder and I've never successfully made a tasty chocolate topping so I cheated with Betty Crocker but you could opt for buttercream if you wish. 

I put about the same amount of batter into each case I would without the chocolates and didn't find that they overspilled at all (surprising) so that's another thing to remember when you're trying your own.. I'd expected to have an explosion with my first batch but they were fine. I did cover over the chocolate but I'm not sure it was necessary as the batter obviously rises and will cover over anyway as the chocolate inevitably melt a little. 

Et Voila! Done! Obviously large creme eggs would create a larger gooey centre but I'm not sure that they're necessary and size aside it would be awfully expensive! I'm aware that there is a brownie adaptation sweeping the blogosphere right now so providing I can extend the Easter theme over the 'Easter Holidays' (Spring Break here in the UK) I may just have a go at those too.

If you've tried something similar yourself and blogged it leave a link!

Khi

30/03 - No Jägers For Me!

I go out so rarely these days and am not quite the "party animal" I once was but when Laura and I go out we have our own brand of home early fun. We like to dance but are not big drinkers which some people can't get their heads around so we're often left dancing alone drinking water - hydration people! This evening was one such occasion but we had so much fun and let's face it you never wake up on a Sunday morning wishing you'd stayed out later the night before and you definitely don't wish you'd drank more so the way I see it we have the right idea - no matter how ancient we felt on soft drinks among teenagers chasing Jäger-Bombs all night.

Khi

29/03 - NEW New Girl!

How many if you were excited to see the return of New Girl this week?? I didn't even know it had returned until Lee informed me that we had it "to watch" - he's a keeper! My favourite character has to be Schmidt, I do love me some Zooey Deschanel but.. He had me at driving Mocassins!

In other news I am going out for Danielle's 20th birthday tomorrow night.. What does a 27 year old wear to such an event without feeling/looking 105 amongst the crowd? Luckily Laura is coming along too so I won't be the only "older one". They aren't even going out til 9.45.. My evening is usually reaching its peak about that time!!!

For now I will watch the rest of New Girl, eat another slice of pizza and try not to think about how this time tomorrow night I'll probably be feeling very nauseous indeed.

Khi

Meet Buddy!

Being the dutiful vlogger that I am there will of course be a video to follow but I couldn't keep these photos to myself for a moment longer, how cute is little Buddy?

Khi

Caged Children & Celebrity Look-a-likes

 

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28/03 - Fluffy Face Time

My parents new puppy arrived today and isn't he the cutest thing you ever did see? My brother face timed his first little patter around the living room and we're all very excited to meet little Buddy tomorrow!

 

 In other news I have decided to migrate these diary posts over to a second blog, I have a working title and am hoping to have everything up and running for the start on the new month but if anyone has a great idea for a name I'm open to suggestion! Miss BB Follow my blog with Bloglovin