Vintage Rose

Oh Etsy!

My blue rain edibles esty store launh is today!
So for things like these chocolate biscuit creams

Gorgeously moist chocolate brownies

Or other naughty but so so nice chocolatey treats

Take a trip to my Etsy Store with the click of a button right...

Here

For the first week if you enter the code shown in the message at the top of the etsy store page, you'll get a 20% discount :D

Fingers crossed this will go well eh girls!

Kerry
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Chocolate Sheet Cake

I've decided to stay at home for the next few days, to bake and sew and generally calm down, things are very hectic at the moment so I most definately need some 'me' time. Plus I have to bake and take pictures for my Blue Rain Edibles Etsy store. The launch is on the 30th March, 6 days to go! Im so excited! I hope people buy stuff!

I was browsing blogs for something to make and came across a fabric flower in this lovely tutorial from Molly Chicken's blog right here, go check it out, shes such a funny woman, I've giggled many a time from reading her blog. Needless to say my flower turned out pretty bad and I won't be posting a picture of it for fear of everyone laughing in unison.

Today my gorgeous girls and boys in blogland, we will be making a chocolate sheet cake :D

Oh man, just looking at that picture makes me want to go grab a million slices out of the fridge and gobble them all up! Lol

For this delicious treat you will need:

226g Butter
12tbsp water 3 tbsp cocoa
453g flour
453g sugar
1tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
pinch of salt
2 eggs

for the topping you will need:
127g chocolate
75g butter

Preheat the oven to gas mark 6/200C/400F, grease and line a shallow baking tin.

Heat the butter sugar and cocoa in a saucepan. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and salt, then mix in the hot mixture from the saucepan. Add the eggs and fold into the mixture, pour into the baking tray and bake for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile melt the butter and chocolate in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water.

Remove cake from the oven and spread the topping over the cake once cooled slightly, add chocolate chips/sprinkles if desired and serve with a scoop of ice cream, yum yum!

Enjoy!

I feel rather lonely at the moment, my best friend has gone away until next week so we can't meet up on our weekly wednesday outing tomorrow, what else should I do instead? I'll probably end up baking, crafting and baking a little bit more, and send some treats out to friends and family :]

What recipe would people like to see next? I want to try something different so just give me a note and I'll not only do the recipe but if you're within the area, I'll send you what I bake aswell, just as a little treat as I'm feeling pretty giving today :D

Au revoir
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Busy busy busy!

It seems like everythings been nonstop recently! So to make up I will post a lovely recipe :]

My lovely recipe cards (also in pink and yellow) that I'm selling at my etsy store linked here :]

So today we shall be baking Chocolate Gypsy Creams, a recipe I found in a cookery magazine i bought a couple of weeks ago

How yummy do they look?!

To make 12-14 biscuits

To make you will need:
For the biscuits
125g soft butter
125g golden caster sugar
1tbsp golden syrup
1 large egg yolk
175g plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1/2tsp ground ginger
50g dark chocolate

For the filling:
75g soft butter
100g icing sugar
1tbsp cocoa
1tbsp strong coffee (an espresso would do perfectly)

Preheat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas3.

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, mix in the syrup and the egg yolk.
Sift the flour, baking powder and ginger together and stir gently into the butter and sugar. Bring together to form a dough. Remove heaped teaspoons of the dough, roll them lightly into balls then put them onto nonstick baking sheets. Flatten slightly with the back of the spoon and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden, leave to cool.

To make the filling, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in the cocoa and coffee then use to sandwich the biscuits together like an oreo.

Break the chcolate into small pieces and melt in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water, push all the biscuits together on the rack, then, using a teaspoon, drizzle the chocolate over them in lines, leave until the chocolate has set.

Enjoy!

I hope you all enjoy your week, and there wont be a swap :[ alas, but I will photograph some stuff and do a giveaway this friday!
I promise to start posting more soon!

Kerry
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Shock, horror

I am cleaning up my place, and I'm throwing away the things that I don't need,
Since when do I do that? I am rather scared myself,
Someone please tell me who's taken over my brain!

I am all about collecting unnecisary things, I mean who isn't?
Maybe I should host a swap? If enough people show an interest I will most definately set up a lovely themed swap, so If you all want to have a go at my first ever swap, then leave me a comment and next week I will host one!
Ohhhhhh this'll be tres exciting to see how many people are interested, so tell your friends, your neighbours, your kids, the little old lady from down the road!
Vintage Rose's first swap will take place very very soon, (I hope, if everyone lets me know!) I will decide by Thursday.
I'd better get back to cleaning, it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it :D
I hope everybody is having a wonderful Sunday!
Au revoir
Kerry
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I really miss

The 90's
They were so amazing
I have been contemplating making a time machine to go back all day, haha i have had the least productive day ever, the only thing that i did do was redye my hair, and go buy some cellophane bags for the chocolates im making tomorrow.
I am so very tired recently, and i dont know why, i keep on dropping off randomly during the day, its so strange
I hope you all have had more productive days than I have
Au revoir, and sleep tight
Kerry
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Updated etsy!

Hello my lovelies, chaos time is over
I'd like to say thank goodness but it's so good seeing my family that no matter how hectic things are, we always manage to have a wonderful time!
Anyway onto my rather small post, I just want to say, have a look at my etsy store! I've uploaded more of my work and hope that everyone would like one!
Fingers crossed that they are nice prints, I so desperately wish people would buy them *hint* lol
If not, just send me a lovely email and tell me what you think, critique is always welcomed!
So go visit!
My Etsy store can be found if you click here!
I hope you all have a wonderful day!
Heres a picture of things you can expect in my store:

Au revoir!
Kerry
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