Valentines Cupcakes

We've gone right back to basics for this weeks bake. Sometimes the simple recipes can be the nicest - not everything has to be fancy and exotic!

Ingredients 

 

100g self raising flour 

100g caster sugar 

100g butter 

2 eggs 

15ml whole milk

1/2tsp baking powder 

Red food colour (use as much or little as you want depending how red you want the buns!)

Icing sugar and sprinkle for topping 

********preheat oven to 180degs

Add the butter, sugar, milk, and eggs into a bowl and mix together really well until there are no lumps of butter.

Add the flour and baking powder and mix again. I also added the food colouring at this point - but I did this myself as I use Wilton food gel which is super strong!!

Pop the bun cases into the baking tray and then spoon in the mixture. This is the best time to get a taste of the yummy cakes! 

The buns take around 15-20 long minutes to cook. You don't have to sit and watch them the whole time, but the Zebra likes to! 

Stir a little water and food colour in with the icing sugar and then pour over the buns. Sprinkle on some hundred and thousands. Then grab a cake and shove it in your mouth before mummy can stop you! Serves her right for decorating cakes right before lunch time... 

Happy Valentine's Day Zebras x

Valentine's Day Cards

Love is in the air!! I may be single, but that doesn't stop us spreading a little love (and glitter)!!

Missing from this picture is the heart shaped cookie-cutter to make the glitter shapes! If you don't have one, just cut a heart shape from cardboard to use as a stencil.

We started with our hand and footprints! The Zebra just loves getting her toes painted.

On one piece of card, stamp a foot in the middle of the page - this is for the love bug. 

Using black pen or paint, colour in the heel of the foot to make a head, draw on some feelers and legs, and then decorate the body. If you have googely eyes you can also use them! 

For the word art, have two pieces of paper horizontally. On one do the handprint on the right hand side, on the other use two feet to make a 'V' on the left hand side.

Use glue to mark out a L and a E. Cover in as much glitter as you can! Stick the two pieces together to make Love x

 

Using the heart cutter or stencil, glue around the outside several times on the piece of card.

Time to bring the glitter out again!

These would all make a great cards for valentines, or even just to have as a pictures! 

Here's hoping you have a lovely day, what ever your plans xx