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Pumpkin risotto
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Chop up the pumpkin or squash into 1.5cm cubes (kids- ask for help if it’s slippery). Put it on a baking tray, drizzle over some oil, then roast for 30 mins.
While the pumpkin is roasting, you can make the risotto. Put the garlic in a sandwich bag, then bash lightly with a rolling pin until it’s crushed.
Cut up the spring onions with your scissors.
Heat 1 tbsp oil with the butter in your pan over a medium heat – not too hot. Add the spring onions and garlic. Once the onions are soft but not getting brown, add the rice and cumin. Stir well to coat in the buttery mix for about 1 min.
Now add half a cup of the stock, and stir every now and then until it has all disappeared into the rice. Carry on adding and stirring in a large splash of stock at a time, until you have used up all the stock – this will take about 20 mins.
Check the rice is cooked. If it isn’t, add a splash more stock, and carry on cooking for a bit. Once the rice is soft enough to eat, gently stir in the grated cheese, chopped coriander and roasted pumpkin.
First attempt at a paper flower. I'm going to attempt to make a bouquet of them. Loved how simple it was.
Ingredients
Spice Cake:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups water
2/3 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Frosting:
2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
Decorations:
1 (.68 oz. tube) black decorating gel
24 large spiced gumdrops
black shoestring licorice
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
Combine flour, white sugar, baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in bowl; whisk to mix. In separate bowl, mix water, canola oil, vinegar, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Pour liquids into dry mixture and stir until smooth. The batter will be very thin.
Transfer batter into a measuring cup or pitcher; pour batter into prepared cupcake pans.
Bake in preheated oven until tops spring back when gently pressed with a fingertip and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Allow cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack.
Beat cream cheese, butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually mix in confectioners' sugar until frosting is creamy and spreadable. Frost the cooled cupcakes.
To decorate cupcakes, use black decorating gel to draw a small circle in the center of each cupcake. Draw a larger circle around the first, and continue making larger circles until the last circle is about 1/4 inch from the edge. There should be about 5 rings on each cupcake. Use a toothpick to draw about 8 lines radiating from the center of the cupcake to the edge, like spokes on a wheel, to make webs.
Cut the licorice strings into pieces about 1 1/4 inch long for legs. Poke four licorice legs into both sides of each gumdrop. Use decorating gel to make eyes and a smiley mouth on each gumdrop. Place a gumdrop spider onto each cupcake in the center of the webs.
Dollar store birds. I used cardinals and doves.
See my blog for more details and a tutorial on how to glitter these birds in less than a half-hour!
I made this jewellery stand using very thick wire and then wrapped it with yarn. The tiny hangers were made from soft wire and also wrapped with yarn.
What you need:
1/4" foam core
exacto knife, cutting mat and metal straight edge
fabric
scissors
pencil or fabric chalk
sewing machine with zipper/cording foot
fabric glue
needle and thread
Steps and tips on how to make this lavender wreath. Click for blog
I did this shot here to show again how Bill secured the cord to the drywall with clips, and to show the position of the lightbox relative to the ventilation fan/heat lamp.
The flare off the heat lamp bulb was again unintentional, but I think it's a really nice touch.