Tea Time for Two !!

A Balanced Diet is a piece of cake in both hands !! Well, thats what we like to think!!
So this week we decided to try and make some fancy little cupcakes.


Heres a simple recipe to follow if you're like us and are not a dab-hand in the kitchen :

Ingredients
To make 12 cupcakes

110g/4oz butter or margarine
110g/4oz caster sugar
2 free range eggs
110g/4oz self -raising flour
1-2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Ingredients for Buttercream Icing

140g/5oz butter
280g/10oz icing sugar
1-2 tbsp milk
a couple of drops of food colouring

Here goes -

• Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180C/350F
• Mix the butter and the sugar together.
• Beat the eggs into the mixture and mix in the Vanilla extract
• Add the flour and a little milk until mixed together thoroughly
• Devide into paper cases and pop into the oven for 10- 15 minutes
• Check they are cooked all the way through
• Leave to cool down

• To create the icing beat the icing sugar and butter together
• Add a little milk until smooth
• Add food colouring
• Pipe onto cupcakes and add decoration.

Heres some we made earlier -

Afternoon Tea.

A spot of Afternoon Tea has to be one of the most delightful things you can do with all your Girly friends! Who wouldn't want to spend a blissful afternoon sipping Earl Grey from a delicate china tea up and nibbling on a fresh finger sandwich. It is probably the only time you will fill up on cucumber sandwiches and actually enjoy them.
It's so easy to chat and catch up on all the gossip while pouring another tea and spreading strawberry jam and cream across the fresh warm scones.
There's definitely a moment when your eyes are much bigger than your belly as you start to work your way through the plate of cakes and pastries ! Who could resist? They all look so tempting!
To round your afternoon off, you and your pals can take a walk around the grounds of which ever beautiful venue you have chosen.
It really is a perfectly relaxing day. Whether it's for a birthday or just a gossip, it's always nice to be the Ladies who lunch!
So call the girls, book a table, pour the tea and get chatting!

Xx