White Chocolate and Raspberry Cupcakes.

There are some combinations that you just can't go wrong with like; chocolate and peanut butter, maple and pecan or marmite and beans on toast...(no, just me?). The bloomin' delicious combination of white chocolate and raspberry is no different. To start with; the vibrant pink rasberries paired against the delicate, creamy white chocolate looks amazing but, it also tastes great which, is definitely the most important! The juicy, tartness of the raspberries perfectly accompanies the luxurious, rich, sweet flavour of the white chocolate and I discovered that this lovely flavour combination doesn't disappoint and continues to work perfectly together to create a really lovely cupcake too so, do enjoy if you decide to whip up a batch yourself!

On a side note, I reverted back to my 13 year old boyband obsessed, fan-girl self again on Friday morning and managed to get tickets to see 5 seconds of summer in Birmingham next year which, I am fairly sure I am far too excited about for a 20 year old but, oh well! I had 3 laptops going, recruited my sister to help out and managed to get my tickets which, I am over the moon about. I felt slightly insane refreshing the page every few seconds, panicking that I wouldn't get any, it was really a very stressful time. I am definitely too obsessed for a grown woman but, nevermind, it's a healthy obsession... largely. A group of handsome Australian guys (albeit most are two years younger than me :/ but hey, what's two years?), playing instruments, writing great music, singing great songs, wearing great clothes, having great hair and generally looking gorgeous all the time, what grown woman wouldn't fall slightly in love? Needless to say, next June regardless of whether I am supposed to be a respectable, sensible and adult 21 year old, I will definitely be rocking out with my socks out for 5sos and won't care at all!

Recipe

For the White Chocolate and Raspberry Cupcakes-

300g plain flour

2 tsp. baking powder

150g caster sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla extract

• 225ml whole milk
• 50g butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 100g fresh raspberries, cut in half
• 110g white chocolate, chopped into chunks
• For the Raspberry Filling-

80g fresh raspberries

1 tbsp. caster sugar

1 tbsp. lemon juice

2 tsp. corn flour

60ml cold water

For the White Chocolate Frosting-

170g white chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

230g unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

240g icing sugar, sifted

1 tbsp. whole milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 tsp. salt 

To decorate - white chocolate shavings, white chocolate chips or grated white chocolate and 24 fresh raspberries.

Method

1. Start by preparing the cupcakes. Line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cases and pre-heat the oven to 200C.

2. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and stir the sugar into the flour mixture.

3. In a separate bowl crack the egg, whisk in the vanilla extract, milk and melted butter (melt for approximately 30 seconds in a microwave and allow to cool slightly before adding to the egg and milk). 

4. Stir the liquid mixture into the dry mixture.

5. Using a metal spoon, fold the raspberries and white chocolate chunks into the cake mixture.

6. Fill each cake case 2/3 full with the mixture, making sure that each case has some white chocolate chunks and raspberries in. Bake for around 17-20 minutes or until the cupcakes are golden and spring back when the surface is pushed lightly.

7. Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack and allow to cool.

8. While the cupcakes are cooling, prepare the raspberry filling. Combine the raspberries, lemon juice and sugar in a saucepan and begin to simmer over a low heat.

9. Whisk the corn flour into the cold water until smooth, add to the raspberries in the saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly until the desired consistency is reached and set-aside to cool. The sauce will thicken further as it cools.

10. Using an apple corer, dig out a hole in the centre of each cupcake and once the raspberry sauce is cool, spoon 2 tsp. raspberry sauce into each.

11. Finally, prepare the white chocolate frosting. Beat together the butter, icing sugar, milk, vanilla extract, white chocolate and salt until the frosting is thick, smooth, light, pale and fluffy. Pipe a swirl of frosting onto the top of each cupcake and sprinkle with the white chocolate shavings and top with two fresh raspberries.

Bury Me In Rock and Roll.

Today I wore...

The Whitepepper Gingham Sleeveless Smock similar here

with my

Topshop Cream Lace Crop Top similar here

Topshop Round Sunglasses

Vintage Wrangler Denim Jacket from Ebay similar here

and my

All Black Vans Authentic.

Hi there! I hope you have all had a lovely sunny day today. I just got back from playing with my nephew on the beach and munching on a yummy cheese and onion pasty for my tea which, was a really lovely way to end the day. 

This morning I got up, full of energy and got ready to take these outfit photos, only to walk outside to find that the sun was shining directly above me so, that I couldn't even see the screen of my camera or take off my sunglasses because it was so bright. I decided to take a few outfit photos anyway just because I was all dressed up ready and these are the pictures I have used in my post because the sun literally didn't stop shining in the area I wanted to take my photos until 6pm tonight by which time I had just got back from the beach, was looking a bit windswept, had eyeliner smudges under my eyes and had climbed into my cosy, pyjamas so... not looking my finest and far too comfy to get all done up again. I think most fashion bloggers would scrap these photos and take them again when the light was just right to get the best photographs but, I'm still learning and hopefully they don't look too terrible anyway. 

On to the outfit! Today, I wore my Whitepepper gingham sleeveless smock which, I got a few months ago from ASOS. As I mentioned in my post the other day, I am really loving The Whitepepper brand at the moment and I really love this smock dress. It is really comfy and pretty and adds a nice girly edge to a grungy outfit. It is so easy to throw on to create a simple, cute and eye-catching outfit. I placed my cream lace crop top from Topshop underneath, popped my all black vans authentic on my feet and then finished the outfit with my new round sunglasses from Topshop which, I adore because they have such a cool, grungy, 90s vibe about them. 

I hope you like my outfit! P.s. The title of my post comes from this awesome song by Kids in Glass Houses so do enjoy!

Polka Dot Days.

Today I wore...

The Whitepepper Blue Polka Dot Smock

with my favourite

Black and White Vans Authentic.

Good evening! This is my first attempt at doing an outfit of the day post so, I do apologize if it isn't the best outfit post you have ever seen or if the photos are a little bit shoddy but, I promise I will try to get better. I love clothes and really wanted to try and share my love of fashion on my blog as well as my love of food and baking but, I've never been one to take the most flattering of photos. I thought it would be fun to have a little go though so I hope you like my first outfit post!

 I decided to wear my pretty new Whitepepper polka dot smock dress which, I absolutely love because it is so light, summery and just looks really adorable. It feels very Alice in Wonderland-y when you slip it on. It is a gorgeous baby blue colour which is perfect for the summer months and  the polka dot pattern is just really sweet and girly and I adore polka dots. I have fallen in love with The Whitepepper brand actually and I would pretty much love to get my hands on their entire range but, I particularly love this beautiful check smock dress they are selling at the moment. Their dresses are quite expensive but, absolutely worth it as they are so well made from such lovely material and they are always just the most unique and gorgeous pieces.

 I simply paired my dress with my black vans authentic because I literally wear nothing but, vans or converse on my feet and then I headed off up to my local park and hid behind some trees to take these photos as I was a bit self-conscious about letting people see me take pictures of myself. I also wasn't even sure about posting these photos at all because I was worried in case they weren't good enough or in case I looked a bit silly in them but, my lovely Mum has told me she thinks they're great haha and convinced me to post them so, thanks Mum! Aren't Mum's the best?!