~Garden Tea Party for One~

Tea party on a warm afternoon with a slice of rockie road brownie and a cup of earl grey tea.

Life is sweet.

XOXO

Nat

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Tea Parties in Summer.

I organized a teaparty recently for my bestie ashie's 21st birthday party..we had it in the botantics and she wanted a very girly floral theme... one of the best birthday party celebrations yet!!


we had lots of fun .

will post other party pictures in my blog soon..(i hope)

I sewn this gigantic pieces of fabric together to form a huge giant floral mat...its so lovely (you can see the the background)


and i cushioned it too :)) anyway i made the cookies and cupcakes as usual.

Honey Joys!! by my sister

I've asked my good fren felicia to make some macaroons for me...i always loved how pretty they were


however often too sweet for my tastbuds


i only ordered 20 that day and soon realise it wasnt enough lol...so after a few days (and nights) of temptations...i've decided to attempt her recipe! lol



=Chocolate Macaroons=

i'm surprised they turned out well (if not for the irregular shapes from unskilled piping lol!)


texture and taste is great..easy and surprisingly fast to make~!! i made like 30 or 40 in 2hours...

Felicia said its also cos i've made tons of meringue so its really much easier for me haha! i see some truth in that!! cos i've heard that macaroons are one of those delicate things to make that dont often turn out well..

If you like to have a go at this recipe click on the earlier link or
click here.

Thanx for reading and sorry i havent been updating :/

xoxo

mac wannabe pancakes

how lovely to start the day with macdonalds pancakes...well..except when i woke up its already past 11am..so i decided to search for a hotcakes receipe...this is the end result.

Pancakes with orange syrup. YUM! :P

so i found this reciepe its truely good but not really like macdonalds per se.. but i think making good pancakes boils down to heat and timing...get it too hot and u wont get the color right..flip it too fast or slow could ruin ur pancakes.




anyway try this reciepe out..the cakes are nice and fluffy and asborbs all the maple or orange syrup u could possibly pour onto it mmmmmmhmmm....!! haha


ENJOY!

-I wannabe Mac Pancake mix-

1/3 carbonated beverage (lemon-lime/soda/coke/7up etc...)

1 egg

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon oil

1.5 cups biscuit mix

Prepare biscuit mix:

- 1 cup flour

-1.5 teaspoon baking soda

-0.5 teaspoon salt

-1 tablespoon shortening (i use butter)

mix until well incorporated.

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1) mix biscuit mix + salt+ sugar + egg + beverage into a bowl

2) use a mixer and blend on high for afew seconds (dont overbeat) texture should be milkshake like...add more soda if its too dry.

3) let stand for 10 mins before using batter

* heat pan on low heat and pour batter in, wait till bubbles appear on the sides, flip over and let it cook for a 2 mins or so.

(really you'll get the hang of it...how and when to flip it)

** i usually use soda water or 7up but i've heard pple using other types of can drinks..though not advisable.

=orange syrup=

- 1 orange

- 3/4 cup water

- 5 tablespoon sugar

- 1 tabespoon honey

1) peel orange skin and leave 2 or 3 strips aside

2) slice orange into small slices

3) in a small pan, bring water to a boil and add ur sugar and orange slice in (keep stirring)

4) wait for syrup to thicken slightly then add the orange slices and honey

5) keep stirring until syrup comes to the consistence that you desire.

6) pour over pancakes.

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