Royal Baby Cupcakes // The Easiest Cupcake Recipe, Ever!

To celebrate the birth of the Royal Baby(!) we had a family BBQ whilst all frantically refreshing our phones/ipads/laptops to see if there had been any developments.

During the afternoon I decided to bake a batch of cupcakes, following a Mary Berry recipe and then topped them with buttercream - decorating half pink and half blue - pink for a girl, blue for a boy! 

Here's the (super easy) recipe...

• - 50g/2oz cocoa powder
• - 6 tbsp boiling water
• - 3 free-range eggs
• - 4 tbsp milk
• - 175g/6oz self-raising flour
• - 1 rounded tsp baking powder
• - 100g/4oz baking spread or soft butter
• - 300g/10oz natural caster sugar
  
  
  1. Preheat the oven to 180C
  
  
  2. Put the cocoa powder and boiling water into a large bowl and mix well to make a paste.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3. Add the remaining ingredients and beat again until combined. (I added a few chopped walnuts too.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4. Divide the mixture into the cups.
  
  
  
  
  
  5. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
  
  
  6. Whip up some icing/buttercream and enjoy!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Congratulations to Will&Kate!
  
  
  
  
  
  Kisses,
  
  
  
  

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Style Crush: Kate Middleton

How exciting is the royal pregnancy news?!

For those of you who live under a rock (sorry!) Kate Middleton (that’s the Duchess of Cornwall, married to Prince William) is preggers!

How time flies it seems just yesterday the two were getting married at their fairytale wedding!

Could she look  any more  like a Disney princess?

This makes me very happy, I love Kate she’s such a cutie and her and Wills seem totally in love which is refreshing.

I am very much looking forward to seeing what the royal maternal wardrobe will entail – leggings anyone?! But for now, I’ll just have to satisfy myself by looking through some of Kate’s best looks to date…

Orla Kiely // Lipsy

Alexander McQueen // Harvey Nichols

Amanda Wakeley dress and Alexander McQueen belt // Nicole Farhi dress and Asos belt

J brand jeans and Official 2012 Olympic hoody// New Look hoody and Fashion Union jeans

Alice by Temperley Shirt // River Island shirt

J Brand trousers, Smythe blazer, Pied A Terre wedge slingbacks // Warehouse trousers, New Look blazer, Vero Moda blouse, LK Bennett wedges

Kate has a knack of looking stunning in everything she wears and I am sure that pregnancy is going to suit her very well!

Best wishes and congratulations Kate and Wills!

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