Easter Potluck/Kath & Scotts Birthday Dinner

Easter weekend

I have been craving coconut for so long! I made my Mom pick me up some from whole foods they are absolutely amazing... but it made me want to go on vacation to the tropics so badly :( At least it was nice and sunny out that day 

For the potluck I made a few red velvet cupcakes since it was 2 of my good friends birthday celebration as well! 

I attempted to teach my neighbour how to pipe with a ziplock bag (since I forgot my piping bag at school)! This is the result... she thought the comparison was hilarious so I had to put it on here (mine are on the left, hers are the right) 

My first attempt at a flower (not bad... but definitely not exactly what it was supposed to look like haha)

boss loving the roti.. he was following me around the house attempting to snag it from my hands

a cute little brunch at my grandmeres house.. we had some amazing scones and muffins 

I came home after a late night of working to this! My roommates are too cute and of course they know me too well... my buddha collection is getting a little extreme but I love it ! 

Cupcakes!

One of my co-workers asked if I would make some cupcakes for her friends bridal shower! I found an awesome chocolate cupcake recipe (the bride to be really loves her chocolate) and I also found these adorable cupcake cups which made me really excited! The "rings" on top of the cupcakes didn't turn out as well as they did the first time which is a major bummer... I was being silly and rushed it 

Generally when I made my home made cupcakes I love to make home made icing as well (just for the extra originality) However, at school I don't have a hand mixer (which I know I have to invest in asap) so as a result bought icing it is :) 

These were the first ones I gave (as a sample so she could choose what design she liked best)

*note the ring in the top right corner and then note how bad they look in the last photo :( 

 I finally bought myself a nice little piping bag and a few tips! I absolutely love them! 

Baking in my student oven isn't exactly the prettiest site to see :p 

Dining and dashing !

As I said in my earlier post- my computer crashed! (literally one of the worst days of my life- everything got erased! :( ) With that being said, for now, I have nowhere to upload pictures, so all I can post for you is compilations of my life through my iPhone! 

After being sick for over a week with a sinus infection and fever I was barely eating! I had no appetite at all, so of course as soon as I could handle food I had to make something tasty! This is garlic naan bread pizza with banana peppers, grilled chicken, my Nonno's homemade tomato sauce and arugula with balsamic dressing ontop! Mmmm

One of my best friends is going to study abroad in Australia from February until August (lucky bitch)! I am so jealous! She is going to have the time of her life and come back so tanned while I am stuck in this little city covered in snow :( As our last bang before she left for her adventure, we went out to sushi at Spoon and Fork! It was delicious! I don't think I have ever gone for all you can eat sushi and didn't waddle my way through the door on my way out! 

For Christmas this year my awesome roommate bought me a cupcake recipe book and I have been baking from it non stop! With one of my best friends from home's birthday coming up I had to experiment with some new cupcakes! After all that delicious sushi my friends and I went back to my place to whip up a batch of home made cupcakes for out besties birthday! 

This had to be the coolest thing ever! I had never played with, let alone made from scratch modelling chocolate! It was so fun to play with and the coolest thing to feel it thicken up so fast as I mixed the chocolate with the syrup! 

my little chocolate modellers! 

Happy Birthday Girl!

My friend Brody is in a program at my school (HAFA) where one of his projects was to create a menu and cook it for anyone who made a reservation at the restaurant! With that being said we had to go have a taste of his fantastic food! It was very well done and I'm so proud! I had potato, leek and bacon soup (my favourite), and a leek and mushroom quiche with miso spinach salad! Even though it was only 11:00 we had to take advantage of buying a beer to go with our meal too hehe 

Typical action of my roommate and I! Minj has been dying to get another tattoo and so after finally deciding on exactly what she wanted we ran over to the tattoo parlour and got it done! It was so fast (I swear it only took 15 minutes to pay, draw out and tattoo) and now she has 2 awesome new tattoo's on the sides of her feet! She took it like a champ and was even taking pictures of the tattoo artist working herself! 

My latest obsession is with Buddha's and I recently bought a third statue to put in my room! It finally came and I can't wait to set it up! ... fully in love! 

Christmas Party Baking!

I have invited a few of my close friends over for a Christmas Pot luck tomorrow evening. I am so excited to have everyone over all dressed up and finally having a lovely dinner together to celebrate Christmas. Of course for the pot luck I decided to make dessert! I whipped up some home made quinoa brownies as well as some vanilla cupcakes! Here are a few pictures of the baking process as well as the table I have set up for the night! Enjoy! 

Of course I can't go through a whole night of baking without listening to Christmas music. 

My mom was supposed to give me this in my stocking for christmas but gave in and gave it to me early! She clearly knows me too well! I love making cupcakes! 

 Vanilla cupcakes from scratch

Quinoa brownies (as usually), I had to add some red food colouring to make it a little more festive though :) 

 My mom and I love baking! 

Wreath cupcakes!