Jansel Square craft fair

 Today i was at Jansel square craft market a busy parade of shops in Bedgrove, the fair was run by a very talent and organised lady called Jo and was on from 12 -4pm

Marble runs

Today we are mostly building marble runs !!

July Clandestine cake club meeting no 3

July has come and this so called summer has not dampened the spirits of the Clandestine cake club as we celebrate all things summer fruits.

New bath bombs

Treasure ice

The weather is really hot here in fact its unbearably hot and Sophie and i are looking for ways to cool down so we raided the cupboards and dug out all the fun shaped silicon moulds

Bubbles soap

Yesterday i got to spend some time making some soap and decided to get a little arty with look, which i have never tried before and i am happy that it has worked, i think i will call this soap bubbles due to all the circles 

My Bathfood soap page

Paper mache Deco patch Fish

Well summer holidays has officially started for us and that means no more nursery for Sophie, so i need to think of lots of things to keep her stimulated, and this project has worked out fine taking 4 days to compleate

Gift packs for soap

Busy Busy getting ready for Christmas .... Yes i know its only July 

Clandestine cake club in the Beaconsfield gazette

I recently got the opportunity to write a bit about the Clandestine cake club for the Beaconsfield Gazette and it was submitted for print! how proud do i feel.

BEACONSFIELD GAZETTE ARTICLE

Ferrero Rocher Ice cream

I can not tell you how amazing this ice cream is it really is a big WOW and satisfy anyone with a chocolate craving.  So Sophie and i are making this to try and chase the rain clouds away by making ice cream to get all summery and yesterday we made Cherry ice cream and marshmallow ice cream.

Ice cream recipe 

250ml full fat milk

125ml double cream

2 egg yolks

88g caster sugar

300g of Nutella paste 

12 Ferrero Rocher  cut them in quarters so there was more of a discovery of the lovely rochers

1 First of all you need to make an ice cream base by pouring the milk and cream in to a saucepan and gently heating until it steams.

2 Whisk the egg yolks and sugar and slowly pour the heated milk into the yolk while whisking then return to the heat and heat gently and stir until the mixture thickens and coats the back of the spoon.  Add the Nutella paste and use stick blend to mix in

3 Allow to cool over night 

4 Pour into a plastic container and put in the freezer.  If your making by hand like me then set your alarm on the cooker for 1 hour and every hour for 3 to 4  hours go and whisk the ice cream to break up the ice crystals your notice that the ice cream become more like ice cream after about 3 or 4 hours  after 2 hours add all your Ferrerro Rocher and carry on with the freezing process breaking up the ice crystals after each hour for a further 2 more hours and then allow to freeze over night.

Cherry Ice cream and Marshmallow ice cream

Fed up with the rain Sophie and i thought we might try and chase those clouds away and make some summery ice cream to cheer us up, i make all my ice creams by hand so its a good fun activity for Sophie to be involved in and after stumbling across a book called the Icecreamist we were inspired by some of the recipes.

Zoku Quick Pop Maker

Do the new and exclusives stop from Lakeland they sure do not here is another amazing must have kitchen gadget from the innovative Kitchenware company.

Olympic torch comes to Aylesbury

 The Olympic torch is making its journey with only a few weeks until the start of the games and today its journey is taking it through Aylesbury.

Roald Dahl Festival 10th anniversary

 The big friendly giant is so big you can his head and shoulders above the rooftops. BFG carries Sophie away into his world of dreams, frobscottle and snozzcumbers. This amazing character was made by school children of Manderville school

Cardboard box rocket

 We have decided to get creative with some cardboard boxes we have laying about so we decided to build a rocket.  First order of business get the paints out and strip off to get painting that way a dunk under the shower is a fast way to clean up.  Yes Sophie did spend more time painting herself rather than the rocket.

Missenden abbey craft fair

12th century Missenden Abbey was our venue today the abbey was a beautiful setting and the ground large enough for Sophie to exercise daddy in all day long.