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Easter Nests!

I have been craving these all week, so I made a recipe for you all!

Ingredients:

  • Milk Chocolate
  • Shredded Wheat
  • Mini Eggs (optional)

Method:

  • First, break a bar of chocolate into squares and put in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.
  • Get another bowl and crumble the Shredded Wheat.
  • Mix the chocolate with the Shredded Wheat until nicely coated.
  • Put 2-4 spoonfulls of mixture into some muffin cases.
  • Store in the fridge until cool (or the chocolate has dried)
  • EAT and ENJOY!

Thank you for reading!

Sparkle Girl

 

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British Baking Month – Scones!

This is a easy recipe for scones (I used cherries as well but you can just leave them out.) It is surprisingly easy to make!

Ingredients:

  • 240g Self-Raising Flour
  • 60g Butter
  • 2tsp Baking Powder
  • 2tbs Caster Sugar
  • 100ml  Semi-Skimmed Milk
  • 1 Egg
  • 100g Glace Cherries (optional)

Method:

  • Preheat the oven at 210C
  • Pour the flour and the baking powder into a bowl
  • Rub in the butter
  • Gently stir in the caster sugar
  • Whisk the egg and pour the milk
  • Mix in the egg and milk and mix until a soft dough (it may look a bit odd at first but it is probably right!)
  • Kneed onto a clean surface gently and cut into circles
  • Place on a greased baking tray and cook for roughly 10 minutes!

I hope you enjoyed, thank you for reading,

Sparkle Girl xx

 

 

 

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Coffee Cake Recipe

This is a really tasty cake for a Sunday afternoon!

Ingredients:

  • 150g caster sugar
  • 150g butter or margarine
  • 3 eggs
  • 150g self raising flour
  • 1  and a half tsp of baking powder
  • 1 tbsp instant coffee
  • 1 tbsp hot water

Decoration:

  • 225g icing sugar
  • 100g butter or margarine
  • 1 and a half tbsp of instant coffee
  • 1 tbsp hot water

Method:

  • Preheat the oven at 160C. Grease two identical baking tins.
  • Mix the sugar and the butter together until fluffy and a light yellow.
  • Whisk the eggs with a fork.
  • Gradually add the eggs and the flour to the butter and the sugar while mixing.
  • Add 1 and a half tbsp of baking powder.
  • Dissolve the coffee in the hot water and add it to the mixture.
  • Split the mixture evenly into two identical baking tins and cook for 20-30 minutes.

Decoration:

  • While the cake is baking, cream the butter and the icing sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Dissolve some more coffee in boiling water, making sure you don’t add too much water otherwise the icing will go runny mix it into the butter and icing sugar.
  • Leave it in the fridge until the cake has baked.
  • Once the cakes are done and have been put onto plates spread the icing on the bottom of one of the cakes (leaving around half of the icing for the top)
  • Cover the top and sides in icing an leave to set for 10 minutes or so and then… Enjoy!

Thanks for reading,

Sparkle Girl x

 

 

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2018!

Welcome to 2018!

This is my first post since Christmas 2017 which was actually only 6 days ago! It has been weird not having to post something every day but I think I am getting used to it… Instead of posting daily, I am going back to posting weekly – on a Sunday at 6 pm. I have lots of new ideas planned and I am very excited to put them into action! Thank you for reading,

Sparkle Girl xx

 

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Ideas for a Cosy Christmas Eve

These are some great ideas for a fun Christmas Eve!

Movie Night:

You can always cuddle up and have a cosy movie marathon… If you need some film ideas, try some of these:

sparkle-girl.uk/24-days-of-sparkle-girl-top-10-family-christmas-films

Game Night:

Some great classic games such as Monopoly, Cards, Battleships and Ingenious are always fun!

Just a Good Old Talk:

A nice long chat is never not fun and interesting!

There are lots of other things you could do such as a meal out, takeaway, hide and seek for presents!

Back again tomorrow,

Sparkle Girl xx

 

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Present Ideas for Grandmas!

These are some great present ideas to buy your grandma for Christmas!

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1- ANYTHING you make yourself!

2- Tea

Whether this is a cup of tea of some tea bags, she will love it!

3- Everybody drinks, so you can never go wrong with mugs.

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4- Personalized gifts, especially tea towels!

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5- Diaries and notebooks

6- Tins, you can never go wrong…

7- Necklaces and Pendants are always a cute little gift

I hope these ideas help you…

Thank you for reading!

Sparkle Girl xx

 

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Marshmallow Mug

This is a cute little present for someone who loves cups and sweets!

You will need:

  • A nice mug/cup
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Big Marshmallows
  • Chocolates

Method:

  • Make sure the mug/cup is clean
  • Fill it up with big marshmallows and chocolates
  • Using the mini marshmallows, fill in the gaps
  • If you want to keep it safe or save it, cover the top with clingfilm!

Thank you for reading,

Sparkle Girl xxx

 

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24 Days of Sparkle Girl – Mini Pastries

These are some tasty little treats for you to enjoy over Christmas!

Fruit Pastry Cups:

Ingredients:

  • Blueberries
  • Raspberries
  • Shortcrust Pastry
  • Honey

Method:

  • Roll out the pastry and using a large round pastry cutter, cut the pastry into circles (I only did 6 but you can always make more)
  • Sprinkle flour into a cake tray and then put the pastry circles into the cake tray
  • Cook these at 160C until they are almost fully cooked
  • Put the fruit into the pastry and then return to the oven for 2 minutes maximum
  • Cool them on a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes
  • Drizzle honey on the top of them and enjoy

 

Chocolate Leaves:

Ingredients:

  • Shortcrust Pastry
  • Milk Chocolate

Method:

  • Roll out some pastry and cut leaf-like shapes into the pastry
  • Put the leaves into the oven for 5-10 minutes
  • While the pastry is baking, melt the chocolate in the microwave until it is liquid
  • Dip the leaves into the melted chocolate and then place them on a cooling rack to dry
  • Now eat them!

Hope you enjoyed reading,

Sparkle Girl xx