Friday, April 27, 2012

Hi Lil'guys!

I have been making little movies to make life again to really short videos and pics of the kids that now I got by millions!!! They are a really cool gifts for your loved ones, and if at the beginning it took me a little time to get use to all the tools, i Movie is an awesome application, you really can make amazing videos!!!

I had a lot of fun yesterday with Jack and Matilda, making this little trailer for the blog using the program i Movie, have a look!...




The Art of Life





See you soon!
Miss Drey.

Monday, April 23, 2012

"Mummy, they are the Most Beautiful and Yummy Chocolate Fairy Cupcakes Ever !!!!"...

Hi Lil'guys!

Here are the Gorgeous Cupcakes that we made with Matilda for my Birthday! Matilda has a thing for those tiny pastries, she LOVES to decorate them! The frosting would be turquoise one day, pink or yellow the other days, matching the appropriate candies and glitters on top!!!
Although they look very sweet, they are not on the sugary side, the frosting is made mainly with cream cheese... which make them even more delicious!!


"Make a wish mummy!" Jack & Matilda


... "They look really completely delicious mummy!"... Jack.


"This one is my best Fairy cupcake!" Matilda

Here is the recipe of those Divine Cupcake to die for... You will now realize how easy they are to make!!!...


THE CAKE:

You will need :

-16 cupcakes paper cases
- 16 holes cupcake baking tray
- A small saucepan
- An electric mixer + mixer bowl

The Dark chocolate version:
- 200g dark chocolate
- 125g butter
- 115g brown sugar
- 3 eggs + 1 yolk
- 80g flour

The milk chocolate version:
- 200g milk chocolate
- 125g butter
- 100g brown sugar
- 3 eggs + 1 yolk
- 100g flour

The white chocolate version:
- 200g white chocolate
- 125g butter
- 90g brown sugar
- 3 eggs + 1 yolk
- 120g flour


Preheat your oven at 180º C.

In a little saucepan, melt the butter and the chocolate together under small heat.
In the bowl, mix the eggs + the yolk with the sugar using the electric mixer until the mixture looks pale and creamy, it should take at least 3 or 4 minutes.
Stir in the bowl the melted chocolate/butter.
Finally add the flour and mix.

Put the paper cases in the holes of the baking tray.
Fill up the 3/4 of each cupcake case with the batter.
Bake for...

10 minutes for the dark chocolate version.
12 minutes for the milk chocolate version.
14 minutes for the white chocolate version.



The milk chocolate version, after they cooled down, ready to be frosted...


THE FROSTING:

You will need:

-A piping bag
-Electric mixer + Small mixing bowl
- 200g cream cheese 
- 1 Tablespoon of milk
-1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
-Icing sugar to taste
-Food coloring
-Sprinkles
-Edible glitters

In the Bowl, the cream cheese, the milk, the lemon juice unti nice and smooth.
Add little by little the icing sugar until you have the sweetness wanted.

From here, you can play with the color of the frosting using the food coloring, start by very little drops until you have the desired color.

Fill up the piping bag, then start to decorate each cupcake.
(the cupcake have to be cold before frosting)

Finally, have fun customizing your frosted cupcakes with the glitters, sprinkles, fresh fruits like blueberries, candies, chocolates!!!... 

Enjoy!



Experimente, try new ways to frost your cupcakes!!!


Yellow frosting with an edible spray pearl effect...


Blue frosting, edible spray pearl effect, disco dust glitters.


Blue frosting, disco dust glitters, sprinkles.


I had some left over batter so I used a small heart shape silicone tray and used the left over frosting with some glitter on top of course!!!


See you soon!
Miss Drey.


Friday, April 20, 2012

Pretty Spring... Joli printemps...

Hi lil'guys!

Yeah!!! Springtime! Matilda's favorite season, she is just amazed by the bright colors of the trees, but above by all the cute flowers that she can pick wit real care and displays later all around the house in her odd but sweet little vases!!!

For the holidays, it became a tradition to put together a holiday book, Jack and Matilda would present what they've done, seen, collected... during those special days. For their covers, they made beautiful trees mix matching techniques, collage, wax crayons, tempera paint, glitters...

They were just stunning!

Salut Lil'Kids!


Aaah, Le printemps! La saison préférée de Matilda, elle est tout simplement émerveillée par les couleurs toutes tendres du feuillage précoces des arbres, mais surtourt par toutes ces jolies fleurs qu'elle sélectionne avec soin pour plus les placer tout autour de la maison dans de surprenants petits vases!!!


Pour chaque vacances, il est devenutradition de confectionner un cahier de vie où Jack et Matilda présentent ce qu'ils ont fait, vu, collectionné... pour ces périodes toujours un peu plus spéciales.


Pour leurs couvertures, ils ont décidé de faire des arbres en mélangeant des techniques comme le collage, crayons de cire, gouache, paillettes...


Je dois dire qu'ils ont fait du bon travail!!!

Spring tree by Jack. L'arbre de Jack.

Spring tree by Matilda. L'arbre de Matilda.

See you soon!
A bientôt!

Miss Drey.