Cindy's Snowflakes: Cool Stuff

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Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Have you heard of Pinterest? It is an awesome site full of cool pics. You can create your own virtual "pinboards" with pictures you find on the net. It is a great place to go for inspiration, but also just as a "happy place". I love it. Today I thought I might share a few cute cupcake pics I found on there.

This one makes me want to get out in the garden and start digging!

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Talk about elegance plus!

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These definately bring out the inner child!

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Now THAT'S what you call an apple for the teacher!

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I WANT!! I WANT!!! I WANT!!!!

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Kiss me honey!

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What cool cupcake finds have you stumbled across lately?

Monday, 28 February 2011

Okay, I admit it, I love cake. I’m not a big cake eater, but I am still a cake lover. They are such beautiful things to look at and I love to dream about all the different flavour combinations out there. They are lots of fun to make and can be decorated in a gazillion ways. I’m guessing I’m not alone in my passion, whether you love cake to eat, to look at, or to bake, use cake lovers come in all types!

Look what I found by Easy Cake Ideas! The perfect way to declare your love to the world! You can choose from t-shirts, bags and aprons and they have heaps of cool sayings too, like “A Life Without Cake is No Life At All”, “Save The Earth, It’s The Only Planet With Cake”, “Love, A Temporary Insanity Cured With Love”, “Is Life Worth Living? It All Depends on The Cake” and “Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Cake”. Or, you can keep it plain and simple with

Which one is your favourite?

Monday, 14 February 2011

Cool Gadget–Kenwood Chef Kitchen Machine

This is my baby. My hard working, favourite of favourite pieces of kit. It does almost everything! I’m sure if I had of bought it a few years earlier, it could have changed nappies too! I’ve had it for coming up on 18 months now, and I honestly don’t know how I ever survived without it. I got rid of my breadmaker because with the dough hook, it kneads beautifully. I can put my bread ingredients in, set the timer and walk away. Fifteen minutes later, I can come back and guess what – it’s ready to rise! Seriously, how easy is that! I do have to admit, 9 times out of 10 when I make bread, it is a hand shaped loaf, so I only rarely ever used to bake my bread in the machine, preferring to use the oven.

It has a lovely big whisk, and with its planetary action, there are not spots in the middle that don’t get mixed. My favourite mixing “bit” though is the K-beater with a built in spatula. Yep, it beats and scrapes down the inside of the bowl at the same time! Awesome? I think so! When I bought it, Kenwood had a special offer available where you got the juicer, mincer and sausage making attachments free via redemption. I had my form in the mail that afternoon, and sure enough, a week or two later, they arrived in the mail. I was able to give away my old Breville juicer which took up an enormous amount of space in the cupboard, and the mincer is fantastic! To see what it can do, be sure to check back tomorrow to read about our sausage making escapades and how it matches up to the ever popular Kitchenaid!

When it comes to buttercream, you really need a bench top mixer to do it, and this one does the job really well. Unlike my Breville mixer, I can set the timer for 20 minutes, and it will mix on high speed without even heating up!

So what is your favourite kitchen appliance? Be sure to leave a comment and let us know what piece of equipment you just can’t live without.

Monday, 31 January 2011

Cool Gadgets–Measuring Spoons

Okay, I know what you are thinking, what’s so cool about measuring spoons? They’re just spoons right? Not any more! Measuring spoons have entered a whole new dimension! They’re not just the white Tupperware spoons thrown to the back of the draw any more, they have become a fashion statement in their own right!

Now like shoes and handbags, a girl can never have too many sets of measuring spoons. I only have 2, but I need more. You need 2 because how often are you measuring out one ingredient and it sticks to the inside of the spoon (yeast and turmeric ALWAYS do it), so it has to be washed before you can measure out the next ingredient. Only problem is, you can’t dip the now clean but wet spoon into the next food, so you dry it with a tea towel which brings in static, making the next ingredient cling too! And so on, and so forth! I have a metal set and a plastic set. I find that things tend to stick less to the metal spoons, but I don’t like using metal for acidic ingredients. Plus my plastic ones are a really pretty pink.

The fact that I like my pretty pink measuring spoons, brings me to the next subject – how cool have measuring spoons become? Uber cool I tell you! So cool, they are even being made out of sterling silver to hang around your neck!

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