CHOCOLATE x3... YUM!

Chocolate cake, chocolate icing & chocolate sauce! Find me a choc-lover that can resist this one!!

Cake Ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder

4 egg yolks
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

4 egg whites
1 teaspoon baking powder

Method:
1.Sift together the flour, cocoa, salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder.
2. Beat the egg yolks, castor sugar, oil, boiling water and vanilla essence well.
3. Beat the egg whites with 1 teaspoon baking powder until stiff and fluffy.
4. Fold in the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture.
5. Lastly add the dry ingredients.
6. Empty into a greased bundt cake tin.
Bake for +/- 30 minutes



Chocolate icing Ingredients:
125g butter
3 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
3 tablespoon warm water
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:
1. Cream the butter and until light in colour.
2. Gradually add icing sugar and cocoa alternatively.
3. Add warm water and vanilla essence. Mix until smooth and light.


Chocolate Sauce Ingredients:
155g Nestle cream
100g cadbury milk chocolate
Oil

Method:
1. Break chocolate into pieces. Drizzle with oil. Microwave until melted.
2. Empty cream into a bowl. Whisk until smooth.
3. Add melted chocolate to the smooth cream. Mix well.


Assemble:
1. Cut the cake in half horizontally.
2. Sandwich with icing.
3. Cover with choc sauce.
4. Garnish with grated white chocolate/nuts/strawberries.

Finally dig in!!

SCOUTED- SISTERS IN HIJAB

"This is the perfect outfit for today, but I don't have a scarf to match!!!!" This my dear readers is a common cry among sisters who don the hijab(headscarf). Looking for scarves is another nightmare! To make our lives easier we have online stores, but online hijab stores in South Africa aren't plentiful. Sigh..

Through scouring the internet I have found one store that I particularly love. "Sisters in Hijab". Today on the blog we have one of the beautiful and successful sisters, Fatima Peck, of the sister duo behind the Sisters in Hijab store.

Please tell us a bit about yourselves and "Sisters in Hijab":
I, Fatima, work in a very fast paced tourism and events industry whilst
my younger sister, Nurunisa, studies Film & Media at UCT. We both lead quite busy lives, but felt that we needed a hobby we were both passionate about. This is how Sisters in Hijab came to life,, an online scarf and hijab accessories retailer.

How did Sisters in Hijab begin?
"Sisters in Hijab" was originally created when my sister and I began to wear hijab and began to look for scarves that really spoke to our style. Since we are of the generation that goes to the internet first for ideas, we noticed that all the online scarf stores were located outside of South Africa. So we thought, why not start one ourselves? The online store also doubles up as a blog, on which we showcase how one may
style the scarf with a particular outfit. The website has really grown since 2012, we have now partnered up with "Aashiqah G Collections" headbands and "Bespoke Hijabi by WH" to sell their offerings on our site. We believe that the only way to grow in this industry is to collaborate with ambitious Muslimahs that share our passion and values, and this is why we continue to open our doors to new entrepreneurs.

What a lovely initiative by these young entrepreneurs! 

How and where can you be contacted?

http://www.sistersinhijab.com/
https://www.facebook.com/sistersinhijabSA?ref=hl
https://twitter.com/SisterInHijabSA
http://www.pinterest.com/sistersinh/
http://instagram.com/fatima_sih

These lovely sisters where recently part of a fashion show where parts of the profits were donated to Gift of the Givers. Not only do they provide such an excellent service to the South African community, they are also making a difference!

Please show them some love.

CRUMPETS/PANCAKES RECIPE

You call it pancakes, I call it crumpets. Either way they are de-freaken-licious.

INGREDIENTS:
1 egg
1 1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon melted butter
3 teaspoons baking powder

METHOD:
1. Beat the egg well.
2. Add sugar and beat well.
3. Pour half of the milk, the flour and salt. Mix well.
4. Add the remaining milk while mixing the batter.
5. Stir in the melted butter.
6. Finally add the baking powder.
7. Fry on a non-stick pan coated with Spray&cook.

Whatalotigot!

This crumpet/pancake bar is perfect for a party.

Leftovers for breakfast. Yes Please!Jam and Whipped cream.

AR-TEE CRAF-TEE SLUMBER PAR-TEE

Do you remember when you were little and you'd put on your cutest, favourite pajamas and have your friends sleep over? You'd giggle and talk, play games and watch horror movies which seriously scared you and made you ever more grateful to have your bestie beside you.

The good old days aaahhh.

I really don't see the point in letting go of priceless pleasures just because you a few years older. I might not be a tween or even a teen anymore but a sleepover with friends still warms my heart.

An adult slumber party? Now that sounds rad. Add in some crafts and to the moon we go.

The invites.

Last night's Crafty slumber party was just what was needed to ease my ever busy mind. Sleepovers on a week-and-work night? Scandalous!

Here's what went down.

The Craft Station was the nights main attraction.

Summer nights are way too short. We only managed to squeeze in 3 crafts/diys, a pancake bar, a bunch of laughs and a movie.

First up, modelling clay. I did a little demo on how to make clay flowers.

Messy hands.

So pretty, right?

Second craft, a home made body scrub.

Good enough to eat!

Lastly at the end of the night as our eyes began closing we squeezed in an easy strain-less DIY.

Washi tape candles.

Snacks is a must.

Popcorn & Chocolate? What a wonderful combo!! Made by a generous, sweet friend.

Crumpet/Pancake Bar. Fluffiest crumpets ever! (Recipe over here.)

OM NOM NOM

Oh yes! Goody Bags that guests filled up with their crafts and carried home this morning.

Paints for the clay sculptures. Unfortunately we didn't get that far. That only means another crafty night should be planned soon!

JUNGLE FEVER

The latest addition to the HBC collection is the Satin Pullover Evening dress.

This dove grey and blue animal print beauty is made from a top quality foil satin.
It is oh so classy with an elasticated waist and shoulder tie.

Purchase from our Hello Pretty Store or email us at thehoneybirdchild@hotmail.com with the keywords "Farm Towns And Ball Gowns" and receive a 10% discount. Available in small medium and large. Please note that belt is not included.