Raspberry Cupcakes and a Giveaway!

Naomi over at Arthelia's Attic is having a fantastic giveaway of one of her crocheted 1940s snoods, a vintage hat, a tote bag, mug and a copy of her favourite vintage book! She has a lovely Etsy shop and her blog is full of interesting vintage fashion, cooking etc. so do take a peep for details on how to enter the giveaway! Last week I also had another go at some vegan cupcakes! These were for my friend Steff's birthday, and I devoured the leftovers...

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I won CHOCOLATE!

I recently filled in a survey from UK based chocolate company Montezuma's and was entered into a draw for a chocolate hamper, which I won! It looked like this one, with a few different items in it:As well as being ecstatic because I had never really won anything before (and because I was getting free chocolate, obviously), I was additionally impressed that they allowed me to request that my hamper be completely vegan. I love the fact that they are...

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Massive Cookie Fail!

Along this week's theme of vegan baking, today Aerospace Boyfriend decided that he would bake some chocolate gingerbread cookies. I was reading out the ingredients as he mixed, and mistakenly told him to add the extra ounce of sugar that should have been reserved for sprinkling on the tops. After a hideous melty oven incident, this cookie beast is what resulted:Yum. As you can see, it also had the effect of turning my boyfriend into a drooling cookie...

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Rum Cupcakes, Sushi and Spring Rolls: Vegan Yumminess!

This weekend has been a cooking frenzy! Aerospace Boyfriend has presented me with Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World which I have wanted for ages, so at his request, the first recipe I tried was Rum & Raisin cupcakes. You can find the authors' websites, full of scrumptious vegan treats, at www.theppk.com and http://vegancupcakes.wordpress.com. Here they are after coming out of the oven. A word of advice here; American cupcake wrappers must be...

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