Valentine's For The Kids: : Strawberry Icys & Berry Flower Cupcakes...

Sharing Valentine's love with the kids is a simple as this:

Berry Flower Cupcakes...

And Strawberry Icy's!

Not only will they LOVE to devour these treats,

they will want to help make them too!

Just whip up a batch of your favourite vanilla cupcakes.

And cool.

Drop and swirl a large teaspoon of raspberry flavoured icing on top.

Pop raspberries onto the centre of the cupcakes, and slice petals from strawberries.

Place as shown.

Next:

In a blender place 2 and half cups of milk, 3 scoops vanilla ice cream,

 and 1 tablespoon of sugar.

And a good cup of ice.

And 1/2 cup chopped strawberries. Whizz and serve with the Berry Flower Cupcakes.

Valentine's for the kids = SORTED!

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How To Create A simple Valentine's Vignette...

Bring a little love in the home décor for Valentine's Day with a vignette.

 

On a sideboard, Dining table or side table, this vignette is very simple to create.

I used a ceramic double vase, but you could swap that for a tall white jug for the heart branches, and a matching white shorter style vase for the roses.

The wooden letters were sourced at the dollar store, and cost $3 each letter.

The bonus is they were already painted and dotted with spots ready to use.

But you could buy undecorated letters and paint then in your own design.

I used free online small heart templates.

There are many heart shapes to choose from.

Just Google search 'Free Heart Templates' and choose the style you like.

Use the printed heart templates as a stencil to cut using some pretty papers.
Or print directly onto A4 size coloured paper.

Use as many hearts as you desire...
I used 32 hearts on my branches.

Punch a small hole in the top of each heart... 

and string with ribbon.

Hang your hearts onto the branches,

It did take a while (yes we are talking an hour!) to cut out and hang the hearts.

But don't they look cute?

The finished Valentine's vignette just shouts out 'LOVE'!

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Passionfruit & Pistachio Slice...

I know I say it all the time but...

this slice is DELICIOUS!
(But that could be because I LOVE passionfruit!)

It's an unbaked slice...

It has pistachios and biscuit crumbs in it...

Combine those flavours with sweetened condensed milk 

and passionfruit...
(I have adapted this to use passionfruit topping but the original recipe uses fresh passionfruit.)

And you have 'eat it straight from the bowl' deliciousness.

But if you are well-behaved, you will press the mixture in a slice pan, 

and ice the top with creamy passionfruit icing.

Then wait an hour or so, before you slice it into little squares.

This Passionfruit & Pistachio Slice will be devoured with glee...

It is moist and moreish!

I'm sure this recipe is one straight from Grandma's handwritten cookbook.

I like to imagine that it is.

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PASSIONFRUIT & PISTACHIO SLICE

 Base:

2 x 250 gram packets of plain vanilla biscuits (5 US Cups) finely crushed to crumbs

2/3 cup coarsely chopped pistachio nuts

1 x 395 grams (1.29 US cups) of sweetened condensed milk

200 grams (7.05 ounces) of melted butter

zest one lemon

Grease and line a 20cm x 30cm (about 11 by 7 inch) slice tin.

Combine all ingredients.

Press into slice tin.

Place in fridge while making icing.

Icing:

Sift 2 cups of icing sugar (fine powdered sugar)

Add 50 grams (1.7 ounces) of diced soft butter.

Add 3 Tablespoons passionfruit pulp or topping.

Mix and add milk to make a spreadable consistency.

Put on the slice and refrigerate until set. Cut into pieces.

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