Baking challenge - day 2

The next page in the hummingbird bakery book is the chocolate cupcake topped with chocolate frosting, yum! So off I went to start todays baking.
These are coming with me to a friends house tomorrow, so that I don't eat them all!

Baking challenge - day 1

Well on Monday I started my baking challenge. I started with the hummingbird bakery book, and the first item was vanilla cupcakes, with vanilla frosting. They were a bit different to my usual recipe that I use, because of the milk in them the mixture was runnier than what I am used too, which made it tricky and messy for me to get in the cases, but I got there in the end and they were yummy.
This picture is not very good as I took it on my phone.

Cookery/baking books!!

I love cookery/baking books, and have quite a few, but instead of actually using the recipes, I just gaze at the pictures.

So I have decided to set myself a little challenge of working my way in order through my baking books.

Now I was going to bake everyday like in the film Julie and Julia, but I think that if I bake everyday I will have to eat cakes everyday, and as much as I would like to do that I think I will end up the size of a house!! So I decided to bake every other day, starting Monday.

I am going to start with a favourite of mine 'the hummingbird bakery cookbook' 

These are a few of my 'baking' books.

ingredients for 'Nappy Cake'

I am making a nappy cake for my friend who had her little baby girl on Monday, and to go in the nappy cake I have made a crochet baby hat.

I followed a pattern I found on the internet, but they came up a bit small, I would say they were more for a preemie baby or perfect for a baby Annabel doll.

 I had made the white and pink one, but as always everything in this house comes in two's, so I had to make another one too.

The second one was asked to be in pink and purple though.

So know we have two baby Annabel's with nice warm heads.

 I then tweaked the pattern to make a slightly bigger hat, which is to go in the nappy cake for my friends little girl.

 I am also making a Granny stripe blanket to go in the nappy cake.

This is my third attempt at this, as I have recently been making granny triangles for bunting so kept putting chains inbetween the treble clusters and it took me a while to work out why it wasn't working, and then at last it clicked.

 I am so excited about this blanket and can't wait to see it finished. Still have a long way to go yet though!

I am using wonder soft by stylecraft yarn, which is 100% acrylic and is lovely to work with.

Amy x

Whistable

 During the summer holidays, on a hot sunny day we went to Whitstable.

These crochet/knitted covered bikes were outside one of the shops and I thought they were fantastic.

  Whitstable has some lovely beach huts,  most of which were in use so I didn't feel comforatble taken photos of them ones.

The price to buy one of these beach huts was anything up to £100,000!!!!

 We enjoyed fish and chips, ice cream (which melted so quickly), and a paddle in the crystal clear sea.

Amy x

Sneaky peek

 

Just something I have been crocheting for my girls bedroom.

Amy

Lego world

 Welcome to our Lego house.

We love lego as i think most people do,

(apart from when you miss a small bit and end up treading on it with bare feet!!)

You can never have too much Lego, yes it is expensive but it lasts forever, my children play with the lego that me and my brother used to play with when we were children.

 Our (lego) garden has a huge pond/lake with a bridge over to a small island, it is so peaceful.

 With flowers that never need watering and bloom all year round.

With a workshop/studio in the woods.

Amy