Sunday, 15 December 2013
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Meet Bullet
This is Bullet. How cute does he look like this? When I took this photo he'd just decided to take offence to my tortoise, so was trying to bite me.
Monday, 11 November 2013
Pizza Cake
So I quite enjoy baking and saw this book on novelty cakes
that I just had to get. And because I love pizza the first cake I decided to make from it was... Pizza Cake! My first attempt can be seen below. It consisted of a sponge base, buttercream for the tomato sauce and orange coloured marzipan for the cheese. After a few attempts at other things, I decided to give it another go without the mistakes of the first time. The first mistake was the red food colouring I used. I tried several different brands and the results were either a lovely pink colour or if I managed to get the buttercream close to the red I wanted, then it tasted too bitter to eat. The best one I found was called Wilton. I originally got it from hobbycraft but it can be ordered quite easily from here
, or get a bunch of them from here. My second mistake was the "cheese" I grated it into a bowl before adding it to the top of the pizza and I found it clumped together when I picked it up. (Freeze the marzipan for at least two hours before using it. It grates much easier that way) I also decided to make it a bit more adventurous looking and added cherries for tomatoes and coloured marzipan for different toppings. As you can see from the photo below it looks delicious and it tasted even better.
that I just had to get. And because I love pizza the first cake I decided to make from it was... Pizza Cake! My first attempt can be seen below. It consisted of a sponge base, buttercream for the tomato sauce and orange coloured marzipan for the cheese. After a few attempts at other things, I decided to give it another go without the mistakes of the first time. The first mistake was the red food colouring I used. I tried several different brands and the results were either a lovely pink colour or if I managed to get the buttercream close to the red I wanted, then it tasted too bitter to eat. The best one I found was called Wilton. I originally got it from hobbycraft but it can be ordered quite easily from here, or get a bunch of them from here. My second mistake was the "cheese" I grated it into a bowl before adding it to the top of the pizza and I found it clumped together when I picked it up. (Freeze the marzipan for at least two hours before using it. It grates much easier that way) I also decided to make it a bit more adventurous looking and added cherries for tomatoes and coloured marzipan for different toppings. As you can see from the photo below it looks delicious and it tasted even better. |
| 1st Attempt |
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| 2nd Attempt |
Thursday, 7 November 2013
It's Cold Up North
Keeping warm on a really cold day. Taken somewhere along Blackpool Promenade, Lancashire, UK
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Monday, 4 November 2013
Wrong Side Of A Lens
This photo got an honourable mention some time ago in "Last Week In The Gallery" at Renderosity. Taken at Rufford Park in Nottinghamshire, UK
Sunday, 3 November 2013
There's A Block In Your Toilet Dave!
Someone left me this in the customer toilets of my day job. Weren't they nice!?!
Friday, 1 November 2013
London Landmarks
When a person visits London, it's a legal requirement to photograph the tourist landmarks. So here's mine.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Hooton Dike
Hooton Dike is just a little walk away from Roche Abbey near Maltby in Rotherham UK. There is some gorgeous scenery around there. Beware of the cows though... they stare at you and its quite odd.
Roche Abbey
Roche Abbey is an old ruined church type building near Maltby in Rotherham, UK. Here's a couple of photos I took on a recent visit.
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Friday, 26 July 2013
Friday, 19 July 2013
The Immortals
Finally gor around to watching the Immortals. Can't say I was particularly impressed with it. Lots of stabbing and blood flying everywhere, followed by some talking, then some more stabby action
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Silly Nazis
Watching "Nazis At The Centre Of The Earth" (wikipedia link). Started off with a nazi tank buried 2 inches below the snow. Then crazy doctors. Then a zombie with very questionable makeup. Then Hitler's head attached to a robot. Now theres a flying saucer.... I reckon this film is a bit silly
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Meet Murphy
This is Murphy. A recent acquisition, I'm looking after him "temporarily" while my brother-in-law moves house. Only thing is my brother-in-law has been in his house for over 2 weeks and I've still got Murphy
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Meet Dennis
This is Dennis. A female Leopard Gecko. Named after the Blondie song "Denis"(youtube) on account of the blue colour on her eyelids. She should be called Denis or Denice seeing as she's a girl but I don't like those names so Dennis stuck. Dennis thinks its lots of fun to hide under bookcases.
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