Thursday, April 7, 2011

Miss Jane and Phil in Budapest - 2009

Ha so i have finally uploaded my first ever video onto Youtube! This video was filmed on a bridge on the Danube River in Budapest by Phil. It was the middle of winter, freezing cold and snowing. This was the first time i had ever seen snow so i was quite excited by it all.

We went on a month long trip and visted London, Bath, Amsterdam, Paris, Vienna, Budapest, Salzburg and Bad Gastein. BEST HOLIDAY EVER! I cannot wait to go back.

Anyway, lets see if this whole "embedding" thing works...



xoxo - but still no followers. Hoepfully i'll get some soon

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

My mini high tea



So, i've just completed my uni mid-semester exams. One thing that most people will know about me is that i am a chronic procrastinator. My procrastination seems to intensify around times of mid-semester exams, essay due dates and final exams. Its when my sister receives the most phone calls from me and when my receives gets the most amount of food cooked by me.

Anyway, so last weekend i had a mega cooking weekend. Saturday morning i had the sudden urge to bake some cupcakes. So off i trotted with Phil and Rafi down to the shops at 8:00am to buy some butter. Along the way we got distracted and had coffee and banana bread at Gloria Jeans (urgh!!!)



I then decided that i would make a mini high tea so bought some items to make sandwiches for lunch.

Sandwich Ingredients:
Fresh white bread
Whole Egg Mayonnaise
Sliced Roast Beef (from the deli)
Semi sundried tomatoes
Reduced fat fetta
Lettuce

Vanilla Cupcake Recipe (adapted from Donna Hay):
I'll have to update this when i get home...

125g butter
caster sugar
3 eggs
plain flour
baking powder
vanilla extract
1/4 cup of milk

Buttercream frosting:
125g butter
1.5 cups icing sugar
2T milk

Here's a picture of little Rafi. He's grown so big and is now not quite a toy poodle but more of a mini poodle. You will not believe how hard it was to not let him eat the cupcakes!



In other news, my best friend is getting married in October and i am one of her bridesmaids. We are planning her kitchen tea/bridal shower/hens party and will be meeting at the QVB for high tea in a couple of Sundays. I'll try and take some photos of the delicious food.

P.S. I want just 1 follower! Perhaps i should start linking my posts to Twitter. I was also thinking about making some videos on my life. I thought i could show Rafi doing his tricks, my wardrobe and how i do my make-up for work every day. Let me know what you think.

xoxo