Gluten Free Cupcakes

Continuing from Wednesdays Post where I wrote about my Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes, today I will be posting a recipe for just plain Gluten Free Cupcakes.  From the Weekends Celebrations these were my favourite, they were lovely and light and all together just really tasty (Most of my family preferred Red Velvet, but both sets of cakes went down a treat and all 24 cakes had vanished by the end of the day)

The Mixture

• 125g Butter 
• 125g Caster Sugar
• 125g Glut Free Self-Raising Flour 
• 2 medium eggs 
• 3 tablespoons of Milk 
• 2 teaspoons of Vanilla Extract 

The ButterCream 

• 140g butter 
• 280g Icing Sugar 
• 2 Tablespoons of Milk

My method of baking is very relaxed with the Mixture I sift the dry ingredients first, soften the butter, then add the rest of the wet ingredients and then mix well.

For the buttercream I sifted the Icing sugar softened the Butter and added the Milk last.

Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes

I honestly adore baking there is something so therapeutic about baking, a feeling so utterly different to cooking a meal which I always get a little stressed about.

My Gran turned 70 (and my Uncle turned 40) over the weekend so I made two batches of gluten free cupcakes (Will post about the other ones later) I was a little apprehensive about Gluten Free Baking as most recipes online asked for several more ingredients than the simple ones that I had went for. Which made me worry that they were not going to taste right at all.

But these Gluten Free Red Velvet ones went down a treat and had easily vanished throughout the day.


 The Mixture

• 140g Unsalted Butter 
• 165g Caster Sugar 
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 3 Eggs 
• 175g Gluten Free Plain Flour 
• 2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
• 125ml Milk
• Red Food Colouring 
• 1 Teaspoon Gluten Free Baking Powder

The Cream Cheese Frosting

• 300g Icing Sugar 
• 50g Unsalted Butter
• 125g Cream Cheese 

My Method of baking is very much just throw everything together and hope for the best. I put all the dry ingredients together first, sifting everything first just to be sure.  I soften the butter before adding (Because it makes everything easier) add anymore wet ingredients and leave the milk for last. I added the food colouring after everything was mixed. You can use as much or as little as you want.  But I still haven't perfected the whole making a red velvet cake red yet.  

For the Cream cheese frosting I sifted the Icing sugar, softened the butter and added the cream cheese (I used Philadelphia) and Mixed together, be careful not to over mix though it can go too soft and then it doesn't look as nice. 

#MusicMonday: Reckless One - Sunday Lane

It's been a few years since I first heard this song. But I was lacking some serious inspiration for todays song choice there is a few I want to do, But I want to spend longer writing about them and not put out a rushed post like this one.

I'm going to try and use this week to be as organised as I possible can with my Blog. And music Monday is something that I don't want to stop doing, I will talk more about that later in the year and what this series really means. But for now I leave you with a song I have loved since maybe 2012?

You be careful... and I'll be the reckless one.

Much Love!

30 Days Vegan Challenge | Life Change

 On the 10th of January I started a life change, ready to start healthy habits again... for the millionth time. I decided to go vegan, to rid myself of temptation of my deadly sins (cadburys dairy milk and ben and jerry's ice cream) all set to go, I wasn't exactly optimistic about the whole ordeal.

Along the way I had my moments, wavering moments of temptation, but when I saw the results on the scale I knew I was doing amazing, and what was totally best for my body.

Some of the hardest moments is when I had to grab something quick making sure it was ok to eat can be a time consuming task, which is my preparation really works

in your favour if you are going to try a life change such as this.

I found out things about myself along the way, such as; I like kale smoothies (LOVE 'EM INFACT), my willpower is stronger than I ever had thought it could be, I feel so much better in myself and really love the changes. And most importantly I gained a really positive attitude to something that I wasn't overly excited about in the beginning.

I would defiantly do it again as I felt the benefits after the first week, just feeling brighter and more positive in myself than I had before.

#MusicMonday: Beautiful - Carole King

Not the Musical this time but the song.

Does anyone else have a song, that just makes them feel instantly better and more uplifted. For me this is that song. The lyrics really just speak volumes.

Monthly Motivation | Determined

In the summer of last year I was more determined than ever for so many things in my life, to film more, to blog more, to concentrate on my fitness. I felt like never before that I was finally in the correct headspace to do it all.  

By the end of October everything had pretty much fallen to the waste side. And I didn’t even feel that disappointed in myself, its like I had expected myself to just give up. Because thats what I had been good at.  Giving up and not pushing forward. Other things became more important and consumed more time.  

When January begun I vowed to be more organised with my time, to ease myself into everything else. January can be such a pressuring month, so many people start and fail resolutions. I made a a video about taking resolutions in steps. And for me thats what January was, the first step, trying to get myself into healthy routines, into actual routines, so that everything else could come to be.  

By January 10th I was determined to make spin class my main goal of January aiming to go to 3/4 classes a week to “ease” myself back into a fitness routine. I felt so much better for it. And because class is at 9.15am it meant that I was structuring my day better. Healthier habits seemed to follow on.

I was also determined to post more on my Blog, in addition to Music Monday to try and post at least once more a week. Which I seemed to have achieved. 

For feburary I am determined to continue on with what I have started, I don’t want to stop now on the first step. I’m going to add in other first steps to try and accomplish, which includes filming more. And planing more. I can’t wait to see what the next month brings. 

But when your in the right head space and have the right amount of determination you can achieve what you want to. It’s all about those little steps and keeping on the right steps! 

#MusicMonday | Jack of all Trades - Bruce Springsteen

I remember listening to Wrecking Ball on Vinyl for the first time in 2012, this was the first song that really jumped out at me as something amazing. The more I listened to the album the more I loved every song, but this song will always stick out at me. So when "We Take Care of Our Own" ( ultimate anthem) came on my dads shuffle in the car, I was compelled to go listen to the whole album again, and remember why I love this song.

Jack of all Trades is such a lovely slow paced song, with amazing meaning, and Springsteens voice is just everything.

Enjoy x