They who are my army, the wall of arms around me- Twist on the Trend

 

Wall of arms- The Maccabees

 

1)Bree from The Urban Umbrella 2) Rachel from A Girl from the Countryside 3)Emilyfrom The Tale of Two Buttons, 4)Paloma from Cos It's the Bee's Knees, 5)Jess from Cos It's the Bee's Knees

 

Hey everyone! Heres the third 'Twist on the trend' to feature on our blog, this week we chose to style the A/W 2012 trend of leather, something which I previously would have been too scared to try!

 

Leather is huge for autumn, with everything leather from skirts to jackets popping up on the highstreet. It was a great trend to style, have a look at how the other girls styled it over on their blogs! Definitely worth a read :)

 

More on how we styled the trend:

 

 Jess is wearing: Top- New Look, Leggings- H&M, Boots- Primark, Jacket- F&F

Paloma is wearing: Shirt (worn underneath)- H&M, Jumper- Mercer and Madison, Leggings- H&M, Chelsea Boots- Primark

 

Neither me or Jess have really attempted the leather trend before now, so were really excited to try and have a go at styling it!

 

Jess went for a monochrome, teaming her bold print top with boots and a leather jacket, creating a great autumn look.

 

I wore my leather-esque leggings and new purchase chelsea boots(I have been looking for a pair for ages!) with a collar and box jumper to give the look a more casual feel :)

 

How has eveyones week been? No Great British bake-off has finished- what do I do with myself on tuesday evenings now?! I think this may call for some therapy baking!

I also got the cutest little hamster last week, she is called Ayla, after one of my favourite songs by the Maccabees :)

 

 

Paloma xxx

 

 

How to make homemade custard creams :)

 

I felt that it was time for a baking post, biscuit time! Everyone has their favourite biscuit to go with afternoon cuppa, and for me it has to be a good old custard cream. I can eat millions of the things, sereiusly once I start, I can't stop!

 

 I was very keen to try making some homemade- somewhat healthier versions of the buscuit tin classic, so I could eat them without so much guilt!

 

I found this recipe online, whilst browsing through Ed Kimber's (winner of Great British Bake off) website, which I would definitely reccomend!

 

There are only five ingredients in this recipe- so don't be afraid to try it!

 

Ingredients

For the Biscuits--- 225g flour--- 50g Custard Powder--- 30g Icing Sugar--- 175g Butter--- 1tsp Vanilla Extract

 

For the Filling---50g Butter---200g Icing Sugar---2tbsp Custard Powder

 

 



 

Step 1--- Put the flour, sugar and custard powder in a blender, and pulse.

 

Step 2--- Once all mixed, add the butter and vanilla extract and pulse until the mixture forms a dough

 

Step 3---  Form a ball with the doudh, and wrap the in clingflim and refrigerate for 40 mins

 

 

Step 4--- On a floured surface roll out the dough so that it is 3-4mm thick

 

Step 5--- Using a biscuit cutter cut out roughly 40 biscuits (so when sandwiched together this would make 20 biscuits).

 

Step 6--- Bake the biscuits in a preheated oven (180C/160C Fan/350F) for ten minutes until just firm.

 

 

The Icing

Step 1--- Cream the butter, sugar and custard powder togther in a bowl

Step 2--- Spoon the icing into a piping bag and squeeze onto the biscuits- or use a knife to spread onto the biscuits

 

 



Step 3--- Sandwich the biscuits together

 

 

Best served once cool and with a hot cup of tea- enjoy! :)

Lots of love, Paloma xxx