Cake Pops!

As promised, here are some pictures of the "little something something" I made for my boyfriend on our 16 months anni: Cake Pops!

Yes, those are my boyfriend's hands holding his cake pops <3

This was my 1st time making these, but it was pretty simple: I gently blended half of the remaining vanilla cake in a mixer so that the cake was in crumbles. Then I added some chocolate frosting until it was good enough to roll into little balls. (It may have been better to use vanilla frosting since it was a vanilla cake, but chocolate frosting was what I had. It ended up looking like marble cake though, which is pretty cool, I guess.) Then I stuck the cake balls in the freezer. In the meantime, I started melting semi-sweet chocolate and dipped some sticks into the chocolate and pierced the cake balls. I put that back in the freezer and melted more chocolate. Having the sticks stick nicely in the cake balls, I covered the cake balls in melted chocolate and then stuck the stick into a styrofoam block for the now cake pops to harden nicely in the fridge. And voila!

 P.S. Can you tell how tired I look? I stayed up late studying as I had part 1 of that test worth 25% the next day (although at that time, I thought I was doing the full test... it's a long story...)

A Very Chocolatey Cake!

I got to say, this is probably one of the best looking - and tasting - cakes I've ever made!

Well, I just came back from writing the 2nd part of my test for my summer course (which was worth a ridiculous 25% of my mark!) and I thought I'd share what I have been up to lately. First off, it was my brother's birthday recently and I made him a cake myself :) Now, my brother is a fiend for chocolate so when I came across a picture of a similar cake on Tumblr, I knew that I had to recreate it for him!

Here is what the inside looks like. As, you can see, not only did I bake him a rich chocolate cake, but I also added half of a vanilla cake in between for a nice layering effect - and also for a little break from all the other chocolate going on.
To attach the 3 layers of cake (chocolate, vanilla, and chocolate) I put chocolate frosting so they'd stick together.
Then I frosted the entire cake and layered the outer part of the cake with kitkat bars and then dumped a bunch of m&ms on top (you might be able to notice that the middle has smaller m&ms and the outer part has larger m&ms).
Then just to better secure the kitkat bars, I tied a ribbon around the cake.

It's really not that hard! It's definitely something different and it tastes delicious! <3

Btw, yes my brother did turn 16 and funny thing, but that same day my boyfriend and I celebrated our 16 months. <3 I made a little something something for him as well - using the other half of the vanilla cake that I didn't use for my brother's cake - nothing goes to waste with me! ;) ahaha
I'll probably post what I made for him tomorrow - this post is long enough!

Cheers!

"Your presence is a present to the world"

Wow, its been a while since I posted and I am sorry - so much has happened that I wish I had taken the time to post something - it could have even possibly cheered me up.. In all honesty, I've been pretty down and especially overwhelmed lately. Because of that I didn't want to post at all - I only wanted to post when I was in a good mood. What made me change my mind however, is that a while back, I had posted on my facebook status a quote reading "Your presence is a present to the world". I mostly posted it as a reminder to myself and I thought maybe other people would like it as well. Just yesterday, however, an old friend messaged me about how that quote touched her, not only because of what she was going through, but because one of her friends committed suicide earlier. She also said that she wished she had said that quote to her friend, that maybe hearing it would have changed things... I sympathized with her and gave as much comfort and support I could, of course. But what I realized is that sometimes even sharing our disappointments or troubles, helps others. Perhaps being able to relate makes people feel less lonely and instead more understood. Also, sharing how you cheer up yourself could even help others cheer themselves up.
I can honestly say that just writing this, admitting that I was feeling down, but realizing how much worse things could be, allows me to be thankful and that cheers me up! :) & if it cheers anyone up also, then that's a bonus!
I wish everyone all the best!

Tuesday's Yummy Brunch :)

So, having a pretty crazy weekend which consisted of many packed events and a 2 day sleepover (of which one night, we only got 1 hour of sleep!) and then having school the next day (Monday), I finally got my much needed rest and slept in! Unfortunately though, I do have a test coming up - that is worth a ridiculous 25% of my entire mark! So, I knew that I had to get to work :(
I made myself this delicious brunch to wake myself up and get ready for lots of readings and studying to do! & Let me tell you, it was delicious! :)<3
I must get back to work now, but I just thought I should share this delicious breakfast/brunch - it's very healthy and filling, and very delicious! It's also pretty simple to make: natural yogurt (I use Greek yogurt), blueberries and strawberries (any fruit is good, really), and then sprinkle with some granola clusters!
Cheers!
 

P.S. This photo was taken with my phone's camera, so excuse the poor quality... I couldn't find my other camera..