the turkish are quite delightful.

today i got my masterchef on and baked like a pro. here are two recipies that i created. i will be putting the Turkish Delights to the test at my high tea party in february.

TURKISH DELIGHTS(makes about 30 very small cupcakes)
ingredients
(for the cakes)
2 eggs
1/2 cup caster sugar
3 tablespoons(tbsp) corn flour
3 tbsp plain flour
1 teaspoon(tsp) baking powder
5 tsp rosewater or rosewater essence

(for the chocoalte filling)
200mL milk
1/2 vanilla bean, split
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup caster sugar
1 tbsp butter
50g dark chocolate buttons

(for the merangues)
3 egg whites(leftover)
1/4 caster sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp corn flour
1 tsp verjuice or vinegar
pink food dye

cakes
beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy. sift in flours and baking powder, mix in thoroughly. add rose water and mix.
spoon mixture into very small(3cm diameter) patty pans, filling half way. place into a cupcake tray and cook in a preheated conventional oven at 200-degrees-celsius(190 in a fan forced oven). cook for around 20mins or until just golden.

chocolate filling
heat milk and vanilla bean in a saucepan on medium heat until milk begins to froth(do not boil). remove bean.
whisk eggs, sugar and corn flour until light and fluffy. take milk off the heat and pur in egg mixture, whisking slowly. return to heat and whisk until thick.
remove from heat and add chocolate buttons and butter. stir thoroughly until completely mixed through. allow to cool.
in your cakes, with a sharp knife, cut small squares out, avout 1cm deep. spoon the filling into the cake and replace the cut out cake piece. squish down until filling spills out slightly.

merangues
beat egg whites until stiff white peaks. add sugar slowly, continuing to beat the eggs until firm and silky. keep beating ass you add the flour, vanilla and verjuice. add pink food dye to desired shade and beat until mixed through(you can acheive a marbled colour if you stir dye in lightly with a fork).
on a baking tray lined with baking paper, spread out the tablespoons of the mixture to about 2cm thick. place in a prehetaed conventional oven at 150-degrees-celsuis(140 fan forced oven) and cook for around 20 minutes or until merangues have become golden brown. allow to stand and harden then split in half. place one half on the cake, using the excess filling to adhere.

alternately you can use fresh rose petals to decorate your cakes. here is the finished product.



PINK CHOCOLATE PAVLOVA
with your leftover egg white mixture and chocolate filling(which there will be), cook another large merangue which should take about 50 mins at the smae temperature used for smaller merangues. spread on chocolate filling and some whipped cream once merangue has hardened. layer on sliced banana, strawberries, blueberries, kiwifruit or any seasonal fruit and nuts of your choice. voila! pink chocolate pavlova.



after all this sugar you will probably need a large jug of milk to wash it all down.
enjoy!

when shit shoes are made good.

after buying a very very very cheap pair of sneakers from "live big for less" BIG W (who are clearly promoting obesity), i was furious to find that another fashion retailer, General Pants sold much snazzier shoes of a similar kind. angry at my cheap-skatedness, i returned home with pink and white shoes that made me look like a pre-teen princess obsessed with the likes of Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers.

so, by sacrificing a few hours and some blood from multiple needle pricks, i updated the shittyness that was these shoes into the finished product you see before you; the first ever "Red, White and Bloo" Sneakers in the bloobelle range.



hot. just like seeing angelina jolie's ass crack in the newspaper.

so next time you feel like you need to save $20 by purchasing bullshit sneakers from BIG W, make sure you have some pretty material, glue, thread, a needle and sewing skills handy. though, if you lack such tools, you will probably have to spend near $20 stocking up. but hey, you made them yourself and that satisfaction is yours to hold over the foolish masses who buy from expensive retailers.

onions make you cry...with laughter

after being brought to the attention of this site by frankie magazine online, i am 100.625% hooked. for those who like to lol over both the futility of the yanks and the media, the onion is for you.

with news articles sporting titles such as "Virgin Mary Night-Light Stares Accusingly As Christian Teen Masturbates", "New Mobile-Device Purchase Makes Asshole More Versatile", and "Man Unable To Wear Nice Clothes Without Everyone Asking Questions", its rather hard not to at least crack out a mas(for all you Tim Minchin fans out there, for those oblivious; mildly amused smirk).

HIGHLY recommended to be read late at night after watching SBS World News.

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kthanxbi, victoria.