These beautiful creations were made by Jen and Jamie at ban.do. They make the most divine facinators and fancy headwear. I would love to snap up all of them! These are four of my favourites, and they all have such fun names; (clockwise from top left - Aren’t You Green with Envy, No. 10, Shazam! and Pink Show Stopper) Can you imagine anything more dreamy than wearing one of these to a wedding? Or just out and about when you’re feeling fancy!
We’re having a bake sale at work for Comic Relief, soooooo many treats!!
I received some fabulous glass grape beads the other day from Readesign’s etsy shop. I bought them to use on a fascinator I’m hoping to make for a friend at work - she’s got a purple dress to wear to a wedding and needs a nifty piece of headwear to match, so thought these might work. I don’t think she needs it for a while, but I’ll show you the finished creation once made.
I’ve just iced a cake for my friend’s birthday. The cake itself is just a chocolate sponge, but the icing is amazing! I amalgamated a few different recipes and made something so darn delicious I felt it needed to be shared:
Yummy chocolate icing
This will cover an 8″ cake
75g butter
55g cocoa
4-5 tablespoons of milk
340g icing sugar
1. Melt the butter and as it starts to melt tip in the cocoa. Beat the hell out of it until it’s melted and all mixed together. It should look really shiny
2. Take it off the heat and stir in a tablespoon of milk
3. Add about a third of the icing sugar, with a tablespoon of milk, and beat it together
4. Repeat step three, until your icing sugar is gone. Keep back the last tablespoon of milk - you may not need it
5. The icing should now be a lovely gloopy consistency. You can add a bit more milk now if you need it, but if you dollop it on your cake it’ll spread out a bit with the help of a spatula, and looks really nice and glossy. If it’s too runny it’ll go everywhere, so keep an eye on it
Tags: cake, chocolate icing, icing
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