Indulgences

Two of my biggest weaknesses combined - turquoise & cupcakes! *sighhhhhh*





images from Polka Dot Bride

Food, flowers & love

I just loaded up these pics and thought i would share them with you =) Just a little tid bit into my life and my 3 favourite things - food, flowers & love!

The scrumptious breakie hubby cooked for me over the weekend.
No boring meals at our house!

Yummy carrot cake at C15 Espresso in Applecross.
Awesome coffee and deserts!

Reminiscing my own Yr 12 Ball, this gorgeous boutonniere was a delight to create! It was custom made with checkers being a requirement. When i get time i'll finally sit down and create some for my store.

This morning my bestie, Laura, moved to Newcastle to be with her boyfriend. As happy as i am for her and the adventure she's about to embark it didn't stop us from crying like two little school girls when it was time to say goodbye. I'm already making plans to visit her and i know we'll speak on the phone all the time however it won't be the same not seeing her almost every week for the last millions of years.

You're such a blessing to have in my life babes and I'll miss you greatly! I have every faith that you will do great things over east and just remember us little people when you're rich & famous =) Love ya!

M&M Cookies

I told you i was in trouble hehe Last night when i should of been finishing some pieces i decided to bake these babies instead.... from scratch. Armed with a recipe from Milk and Honey Cafe i was surprised how quick and easy it was to make the cookies. Unfortunately Hubby had already gone to bed however it was the first thing he ate for breakfast haha

I figure i would ease myself into the baking from mastering the perfect cookie to creating scrumptious cupcakes. Baby steps!


Yummy M&M Cookies

from Milk and Honey Cafe
makes 3 dozen

ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 cups mini or regular m&ms

directions

1.Preheat the oven to 325F. Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
4. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Amore 13 - Cupcake Heaven

A little tid bit about moi - i have the worst weakness for anything sweet, especially if it comes in cake form. My poison.... cupcakes! I swear i'm an addict! I just can't say no despite my best effort to stay away but how can anyone stay away from these delicious pretty things. They're so cute and scrumptious and girly and i can go on and on.... *sighhhhhhh*

As soon as my eyes drifted over to the Milk and Honey Cafe blog i knew i was in serious trouble. Here is a chick who actual bakes these little darlings (plus other treats) and is kind enough to show us how. Gosh if it wasn't 1am I would probably head over to the shops now and buy nobs and nobs of butter.

My heart is racing, my tummy grumbling, my mouth practically drooling in anticipation for the these goodies. I can't wait to start and with pics like these can you really blame me?

images via milk and honey blog

Oh yes, i'm sooooo in trouble!

Cheers big ears!

Enjoying lunch with the ladies

C restaurant has a fabulous special going on where you 'pay what you think the meal is worth'!! When my girlies got wind of this we straight away organised a catch up, i mean... who wouldn't?
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With tummy's ready to be filled with delicious food & loaded with the latest news we took the arvo off and headed down to C which is in the heart of the city. Known for the fact that the restaurant is revolving 33 stories in the air we were smart enough to remember the cameras =)
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Everyone ended up ordering 3 courses and we paid $30 each, including drinks!! We also gave our waiter a big tip for being really attentive and happy to take photos of us hehe

For entree we had scrumptious mushroom & asparagus risotto with creme fraiche & walnut crumble , grilled prawns in garlic and herb butter with potato saffron pave & tomato and fennel concasse, & salmon and avocado carpaccio with a blood orange and basil vinaigrette. YUM!

4 outta the 7 girls couldn't resist the fabulous crispy skinned saltwater Barramundi fillet, with caponata vegetables and lemon basil aioli. Have to go back for this one!

And for my dessert i picked the vanilla bean crème brulée, blackberry compote and almond tuile. Sooooooo good!

All in all the lunch was fantastic to say the least. I heard mixed reviews leading up to the lunch however my experience was wonderful and i highly recommend it to everyone.