What a horrid weekend!!

So I failed my driving test on Friday! Not sure what came over me ~ sat at a round about in rush hour traffic a couple of minutes out of the test centre ~ thought the test man would thing I was hesitating, and that I had sat there too long so I pulled out in front of a blue Subaru Impretza! Brilliant!!  Even as I did it, I knew I shouldn't be! I knew the bloke was going to have to brake and I would fail!!  And I still did it?!  Clearly I left my brain at home, I then cried! The whole ordeal was awful!!  And I felt a right idiot by the end of it!! Then I had to tell everyone I had failed and the reason why! The humiliation!!  My lovely husband has booked me in to re-take it ~ and i'm hoping I wake up with a sensible head on that morning!!

Lots of cakes last week (decorated though my many tears!!)  Especially liked my little Owl cake ~ I have wrote a tutorial on how to make him > available from my website click here >  Little Owl

My little girl gave this cake as a gift to her friend.

I have a big Dragon cake to make this week, which I have to admit I am very excited about!!  And I have started making a few little parts of him already!  And I am itching for the builders to get finished downstairs so I can clear up and make a proper start on him!!

 

 

A few of last weeks cakes for you :0)  Hope you all have a fab week ~ and heres hoping mine is better than last!!

Cake in a Mug yum yum :0)

3rd cake is in the oven cooking, I have just about dried out from taking the Girls to school this morning ( drowned rat doesn't even come close!!)  The rain is still coming down, and all the teaspoons have gone missing again!!
So I thought I would share our Chocolate cake microwave mugs that we finally made last night, whilst I eat my porridge :0)  This is taken from  BBC Good Food  but we read all the comments and made the suggested changes ~

1 coffee mug
4 tbsp self raising flour
4 tbsp castor sugar
2 tbsp cocoa powder

we mixed all the dry ingredients together in the mug, then in a seperate dish we mixed ~

3 tbsp of milk
3 tbsp of oil
1 egg
splash of vanilla

Then we mixed them together in the mug until we had a smooth batter

Into the microwave for 3 mins ~ 800w

It rose up out of the cup very high and we opened the door a couple of times to let it sink back down again before restarting, I thought it tasted scrummy and really was a super fast pudding, the Girls ate theirs with cream and the only thing i would do differently next time would be to half the mixture between 2 mugs as there was too much sponge for them to finish :0)  But all in all very scrummy and well worth the 5 minutes it took to make :0)

The postman has been with lots of goodies for my website shop :0)  So i'm off to un pack and start uploading :0)  Have a look a little later and see if there is something that catches your eye :) Funky Fairy Shop filled with Jubilee goodies

Had a really busy week last week ~ trying to sort the house out after the builders had been in ~ slowly getting there!!

We had our first scan 45 minutes after getting back from our holidays!!  Good job I opened the post instead of crying over the plaster dust!  We dashed over to Burton and got there with minutes to spare ~ minus maternity notes too!! oops!!  The ladies were very kind to us all, and even let my 2 girls come in and see their new sibling on the screen :0)

And there is Baby number 3, I can feel it jiggling and wriggling around, and whilst baby was on the screen it couldn't keep still :0)  A proper little fidget, touch wood the sickness seems to have passed now too ~  I don't have to get up and eat a mountain of food every morning before I leave the house to ward off the nausea < I say that really quietly though as I don't want to tempt fate!!
My tummy is ever expanding and the girls are convinced I get bigger by the day, I'm kinda hoping I'm not!!  But I am loving being pregnant, and the date for our 20 week scan arrived the end of last week ~ everyone keeps asking if we are going to find out what we are having,  I'm not so sure I want to know ~ but I can see the practical reasons for finding out!  I might, as a few people have suggested to me, ask them to write it on a piece of paper so we can take it away with us and decide later :0)  Though I can't leave presents alone at Christmas never mind a piece of paper!!!

Off to fetch my youngest from a birthday party now, then she is off to Brownies :0)

I'll fill you all in on the chocolate cake in a mug tomorrow!!

Course Dates and Information

Summer Bugs Cupcake Courses

    

Dates:

June 26^th (Tuesday)        9.30am through to 4.30pm

July 3^rd (Tuesday)            9.30am through to 4.30pm

July 10^th (Tuesday)         9.30am through to 4.30pm

July 17^th (Tuesday)         9.30am through to 4.30pm

Price:  £75  

(Including light lunch and afternoon tea and cake, course notes.)

This day will be suitable for beginners as well as those looking to advance their modelling skills and learn a few new techniques.  Everything you need will be provided, including a scrummy lunch.  We will be working with sugar paste and florist paste, and you will learn how to dome top your cupcakes with butter cream and fondant, before adding your decorations.

There will be no baking involved in this day, though cupcake recipes will be included in the notes you take away with you.

I will take you through step by step how to create all the Bugs from my silver awarding winning cake with a few new ones too.  We will work through every detail from the wings, to the stripes on the bees, and the spots on the chubby, little Lady Bugs!  We will make the large flowers with the button centres, everything is modelled by hand and all the tools needed, will be provided for you on the day. 

By the end of the day you will have a box of 12 beautiful coordinating cupcakes to take home with you, and a folder with all the course notes, which will include photos and step by step guides of everything you have covered that day ~ with some useful recipes and tips also included.

There will only be 3 spaces available on each of the dates, (possibly a few more could be accommodated if you’re a group of friends wishing to book)

Location:

Norton Canes, Staffordshire

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The nearest train station is in Cannock which is 2.58 miles away.

Please contact me if you need any further details or to book a place, all bookings must be paid in full to secure your place.  Payment is by bank transfer only.

My e-mail address is sammyjane1978@hotmail.com

Or you can mail me on facebook.