Spiderman Slice

Hey everyone,
these are my own invention. I named it spider man slice, inspired by my nephew. Its a crunchy caramel flavoured base covered with peanut ganache and then the "spiderweb" is chocolate drizzled on top. Give it a go :) Your little spider man will love them.

makes about 30 pieces.
Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups SR flour
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 150g butter, melted.
• 60g dark chocolate ( for the top)

Peanut Ganache:

• 180g white chocolate
• 1/3 cup thickened cream
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter ( or smooth whichever you prefer)

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180'c or 160'c fan-forced. Grease and line a square slice pan with baking paper.
2. Combine flour,coconut,sugar and butter in a bowl and press over base of pan. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until Golden. Cool.
3. Make Ganache: Place chocolate and cream in a saucepan on low heat. Stir with a metal spoon until combined. Stir in peanut butter. Set aside to cool for 5 mins. Pour over base, cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or 1 hour in the freezer until firm.
4. Melt the chocolate and drizzle with a spoon in a spider web shape, do the X on the slice first and just continue the pattern.
5. Wait for chocolate to set and then cut into squares.

Blueberry Muffins

These cupcakes are scrumptious, so soft and the cheesecake cream on top is delish. I've been searching for a good blueberry muffin recipe for a while.. and this is it :)
You could use any kind of berry you have, even a mixture.

Makes: about 15 normal sized cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 250g cream cheese
• 1 1/2 cups (330g) caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups (300g) self-raising flour, sifted, plus extra to dust
• 300g blueberries, plus extra to serve

Cheesecake cream :

• 150g cream cheese
• 1/3 cup (50g) icing sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup (125ml) thickened cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and line the cupcake pans with paper cases.
2. To make the cheesecake cream, place all ingredients in a bowl and beat with electric mixer until thick and combined.keep in the fridge until ready to use.
3. Place the butter, cream cheese and caster sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until pale. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until just combined. Add the vanilla and fold in the flour and a pinch of salt. add the blueberries.Spoon into the muffin cases and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
4.  serve with extra blueberries and the cheesecake cream.

Black and Pink Simple Nail Design

Hi everyone,
I used to want to be a nail designer/nail art technician. I realized its probably not a good idea with all the fumes and being around that all day, so i just do it for friends and i can post my designs :)

This one is a really simple one, You paint your bass colour ( which is black) and the use a nail pen to just draw the line where you want it (doesn't really matter what colour, preferably pink). Then you carefully paint the side with your other colour ( pink)
It can take practise, but some pick it up in no time.

Elena xo

Key- Lime Pie

Hey guys,
I made this pie for a family dinner, It got great reviews. It tastes sort of like a cheesecake but in my opinion, better :)
Give it a try.

Ingredients:

• 200g Granita biscuits
• 1 tbs caster sugar
• 100g butter, melted
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 395g can condensed milk
• 2/3 cup cream
• Finely grated rind and juice of 3 limes + one more for decoration.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Line base of a 20cm springform tin with baking paper.
2. Process biscuits until fine crumbs. Add sugar and butter, process until combined. Press mixture firmly into the base and 3cm up sides of tin. Place in the fridge 
3. Whisk eggs, milk, cream, lime rind and juice until smooth. Pour into biscuit crust.
4. Place on tray and bake for 40-45 mins or until set. Cool. Serve with extra lime slices.