Snowdrop Cake.

The snowdrops on top of this cake are some that i made at college.

Chocolate Truffles.

Well Wednesday night was the last night of college until the new year. We had a little bit of a party near the end of the night and we all took something in to eat. I couldn't decide what to take and since i had a little bit of time on my hands on Wednesday day i thought i would have a go at making some chocolate truffles. I had never made them before so anything could happen. As it turned out they were really easy to make and i was very pleased with the results. Here are step by step directions of how to make them.

First of all weigh out 4oz of chocolate.Break the chocolate into pieces and place it into a bowl and then melt the chocolate.









Beat 4oz unsalted butter, until soft and creamy.













Add 10oz icing sugar and 2.5ml vanilla essence to the butter.












Add the melted chocolate and stir. Beat well until everything is combined.












Chill for approximately 45 minutes until the mixture is stiff enough to roll into balls. Use a small teaspoon to scoop out a small amount of mixture and roll into ball shapes.










Choose which coatings you would like on your truffles. For example: Caster sugar, icing sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate flakes, chocolate strands etc.

Coat each ball in your chosen topping.

This truffle is getting coated in caster sugar.








This truffle is getting coated with chocolate strands.








This truffle is getting coated with pink sugar sparkles.








Lastly place each coated truffle ball into a paper case and you can either arrange them on a serving dish/plate. Or why not give them to someone as a present. Just put them into a gift box of your choice and you have got a fantastic looking homemade gift.

Wedding bears

These wedding bears that i made at college were so much fun to make. Both the bride bear and the groom bear are made out of sugarpaste icing. I would definitely have another go at making these. The picture does not show it clearly but the bride bear has a full length veil on that was embossed in the same flower design as the flowers she is holding.