Oreo Cupcakes

The artistry behind cupcake baking in modern kitchens around the world never ceases to amaze me. The imagination and creativity that spurs such unique and adorable results as those pictured above demonstrate some of the variety and scope that comes with the mere addition of Oreos to the mix! I would like to show you my own attempts but I feel I shouldn't show you how my Oreo pandas got so disfigured, dismembered and destroyed on my first go. Next batch, honest!

Blau x

Images via theworldsbestever, toostinkincute

Sweet, for your cheeks

Having an other half who's ceoliac means we have been left behind in the cupcake trends. Until we stumbled upon Sweetcheeks, who have a weekly stall at Sunday Upmarket on Brick Lane. Not only are they beautiful, they are, unlike alot of gluten free baking, really really yummy. Like all who eat wheat free, when you get your hands on something good, it's the most exciting thing ever and the girls on the stand were just as enthusiastic. Which was nice.

Check 'em out.

Ezzie x

Love Ate My Heart

  Vital fundraising and awareness. 

Lily Vanilli is teaming up with the charity Trekstock this Valentines Day to offer people the chance to send their Valentine a personalised edible bleeding heart. Scarily realistic, each edible heart cake is baked with a delicious red velvet sponge, cream cheese frosting and blackcurrant & cherry 'blood'. A single ʻbleeding heart cakeʼ is priced at £7 and comes in a cute perspex box tied with a pink or red ribbon with a personal note.

You cut me open and I keep, keep bleeding love,
Blau x

Dreamcatcher

I've always been intrigued by Native American culture and dream catchers fascinate me. Traditionally, the Ojibwa made dream catchers by tying sinew strands in a web around a small round or tear-shaped frame of willow. The result hung above the bed, is used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares. Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through. Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day. Good dreams would pass through and slide down the feathers to the sleeper.

I managed to make my very own about eight years ago but have since lost it. I feel nows the time to make another...

Blau x

Image via We Heart It