Re-Launching My Blog

Hello and welcome back! I haven't blogged in over a year (so bare with me) and I really want to get back into it. I'm pretty sure this is a very unoriginal post and stereo-typically I write one post then leave it a year but I want to break that tradition. My main focus will be sharing my own photography and other odd posts I think of. I hope you enjoy the future posts to come! 

Love, Scarlet x

An Autumn Look

Hello, everyone! It's that time of year again when the leaves turn shades of orange and you dig out your collection of warm, fluffy jumpers. I can't be the only one who loves Autumn, right? Today I am writing a little post about an Autumn look that I am absolutely loving!

 I am loving the colour grey at the moment. Pair it with a cosy, tartan scarf and some black jeans or black leggings. I got this tartan scarf from Primark for £5, bargain!

 Cute frills on your socks always adds a little uniqueness to your outfit. Since it gets colder in Autumn I have started wearing my black ankle boots that are so comfy just to slip on.

 

Carrying on the grey theme, I painted my nails with Barry M Gelly Nail Polish in the colour Chai. This nail polishes is one of my all time favourites, as well as the colour being gorgeous, it lasts for a long time!

 

 Thank you for reading this post and I hope you are all having a super week! I love experimenting with different outfits in Autumn as the colours are gorgeous and jumpers are my favourite thing ever! Write in the comments what your favourite thing about Autumn is, I would love to know!

Love, Scarlet x

Baking a Rainbow Cake

Hello everyone! I watched a vlog by Zoella in March of her birthday and she had a rainbow cake. It was then my goal to make a rainbow cake so I called over my friend and we set to it not expecting it to turn out as well as it did. I thought I would share the recipe with you all because it was so much fun to make! This recipe makes 6 layers (one for each colour!) I also did mine with gluten free flour but you can use normal flour :) So grab a friend, an apron and lets get baking!

You will need:

• 300g self raising flour
• 300g margarine
• 300g granulated or caster sugar
• 6 eggs (free ranged!)
• 2tsp baking powder
• 2tsp vanilla extract
• whipping cream (for inside)  

Preheat your oven to 180 (fan oven) Gas Mark 4.

 


Step 1:
I am always one for the 'all in one' method but if you have baked cakes before and have found a different method better for you then use that. But I just put all my ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whisked until light and creamy.










Step 2: Separate your mixture into 6 equal different bowls (one for each colour!) And carefully add your colouring into each mix. Be careful! Some colourings can be stronger than others and you don't want to end up with the wrong colours. 

Step 3: Once you have your desired colours then grease 6 round baking tins or line them with baking paper. Then spoon your mixtures into separate tins and pop them in the oven!













 Step 4: Whilst your cakes are in the oven for aprox. 15 - 20 minutes (if you have a small oven you will have to do them in two batches) you can get to making the butter icing.

You will need:

• 175g icing sugar
• 75g butter (room temp)
• a dash of milk

Weigh out the icing sugar and sieve it to rid all the lumps. Once all nicely sifted slowly, add the softened butter and beat in with a wooden spoon. This is always quite a work out ;) Afterwards you should end up with a lovely creamy butter icing. You can always add more icing sugar and butter if you prefer thick icing. 

Step 5: If your cakes are still in the oven then grab another bowl and pour out your whipping cream. Then use an electric whisk (or a hand whisk if you prefer) to whip the cream. You have to be careful here as whipping cream is very easy to overdo. Whip until the cream is light, thick and stiff. At this point grab your cakes out the oven and place them on a cooling rack. 


 Step 6: Once your cakes are cool and you have taken them out of the tins then it is time to construct your rainbow cake. Start off with purple at the bottom and use whipped cream between each layer and work your way up through the rainbow. Purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. 

Then grab your butter icing and start gently covering the cake. I started by covering the top with a flat spatula then used a piping bag for the edges. This gave a nice rippled effect on the sides. You don't have to cover the whole cake but I thought it would be nice because then there is the element of surprise when you cut open the cake. And to finish it off what more could you want then a good sprinkling of Hundreds & Thousands. Go crazy!

Thank you for reading this post! I have wanted to do this post for a while but I haven't because I'm not an expert baker but it was so fun making this and tasted delicious! I hope I have inspired you to make your own rainbow cake and I hope you are all having a brilliant week.

Love, Scarlet x