Cultural Explosions

So I went to Romania, mainly for sad reasons which were terrible but I will not bore this post with rambles about that.  Going was mainly for the opportunity and in support of my boyfriend so he did not have to go alone.  However, I swear it was actually one of the most culturally shocking, scary and interesting places I have been to!

On arrival we went to Hotel Dumbrava and by the way we are in Bacau which is not the capital but actually a smaller city that is classed as a city but I would never call it a city..because I live near London and THAT is a city.  Anyway, I fell in love with this painting, I need it, I long for it, but I don't have it.  Bacau was where the sad activity we had to take part in was, so obviously I did not take any photos because that would be weird.. so here are pictures of Romanian donuts and Bucarest (the actual capital city)!

National Cupcake Week!

Since it is National Cupcake Week I thought I would share my latest creation! Recently I have been doing a lot of baking and experimenting with piping, colours and flavours.  So I thought I would share my rainbow loveliness and quite frankly, these cupcakes are my favourite so far!  I am always a bit afraid of flavours and normally like to stick with vanilla because it's yummy and reliable, however, this time I decided to go with lemon cupcakes and rainbow butter icing!  

Preheat your oven to 170 degrees celsius!

For the Cupcakes:

Add the caster sugar, sifted self-raising flour, 2 large eggs and unsalted butter (at room temperature) to your mixing bowl and whisk until all together.  Add the bicarbonate of soda, milk and lemon juice to your bowl and mix until combined, light and soft.  With the lemon zest, use a grater and grate the lemon skin down until the centre of the lemon appears.  The reason we use zest is because the flavour is a lot more powerful than the juice alone and will be much more effective in creating a much more lemony taste.

City Social Date Night

I recently visited the beautiful restaurant City Social in Tower 42.  Located in Central London, I had heard about this modern classic through some friends who had been and decided to give it a try for date night!  - If you are looking for a classy traditional service with a modern, jazzy twist, this is the place for you - take a look at my snaps!

Turtles, Boats and Mountain Views

So this summer I took a trip to Turkey! I really judged this country thinking it would be the same as all the others, completely commercialised and just the average holiday with your family, a cheap getaway and a chance to just get some fun.  But oh wow I was completely wrong.  I loved it! The culture, the views, the mountains, the water, the animals, everything I wanted in a holiday I got and I can honestly say I would go back.  Now saying that is a big thing for me, the only place I have ever visited more than one is Cornwall, and I would happily go back to Turkey again, it was amazing!  

Here are a few snaps I picked up along the way, I also swam with wild turtles but the video is not very good quality on here so you will have to check out my Instagram for those snaps!