Vodka Jelly!

Vodka Jelly!

Helloooo there!

So as its nearly the bank holiday weekend and I thought I would add the recipe I use when I make yummy vodka jellies...Perhaps if you get time over the weekend you can try them out. I try and make them when we have people round because its something a bit different and everyone seems to like them! Usually I put the mixture into shot glasses but I have found that its hard to get the jelly out and this time I used a mixture of silicone bakeware which worked great....I also used my little rose moulds for the first time too - check out the perfect roses that I got out of the jelly mould! I was soooooo happy :)


Ingredients:


Fruit jelly (choose your flavour preference - Strawberry, Rasberry,
Orange or Lime work well - I usually use the powder type)
Vodka (cheap or quality brand Vodka, either will do)
Boiled Water
Cold Water


How to make Vodka Jelly


Mix the jelly as recomended on the packaging but only using 3/4 or 75%
of the recommended liquid.


Example


If a pint of water is recomended then follow this process to make your Vodka Jelly.
1) Boil 1/4 pint of water and mix the jelly in a bowl.

2) Add 1/4 pint of Vodka to 1/4 pint of cold water in a container.
Let the jelly mix cool slightly before pouring in the Vodka and cold water.(this is to prevent the alcohol evaporating)

3) Pour the finished Vodka Jelly mix into your chosen containers.
Containers can be ice cube containers, shot glasses, paper cups, ice cube bags or this time I used silicone bakeware.

4) The container needs to be placed into the fridge to set. The time to set Vodka Jelly will depend on your fridge temerature, the amount of vodka in the Vodka Jelly, and the size of the containers. Ideally it is best letting the Vodka Jelly set overnight or at least a few hours.



Have a look at my lovely vodka jellies...

Have fun trying this out & please take care making and drinking vodka jelly - it is very potent !!! :)

Cinnamon Nutella Cake for my upcoming 25th Birthday!

Cinnamon Nutella Cake

Hi Guys!

I hope your all having a lovely week! It is now my happiest time of year - Birthday month! With just over 1 week to go I have been trawling my cookbooks, my favourite blog Katiecakes and magazines to try and find the perfect Birthday cake to bake and bring to work and I think I have found it! Ive come across a yummy Cinnamon Nutella Cake ....It took me a while to register the fact that this cake has CINNAMON and NUTELLA in it! I love them both and the taste of either of them takes me back to my childhood. Especially the Nutella which reminds me of getting into trouble for eating spoonfuls of its straight out of the jar! Good times...NOM NOM NOM. Now I don't know how I havent thought of baking with Nutella before but this might just become a new obsession :)

I don't need to make the cake for another week but couldn't resist a test run just to make sure it was as yummy as it sounds hehe

This recipe is from Good Food magazine, March 2003

Ingredients

175g softened butter
175g golden caster sugar
3 eggs
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
4 tbsp milk
4 rounded tbsp Nutella or own-brand chocolate hazelnut spread
50g hazelnuts, roughly chopped





1) Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C. Butter and line the base of a 20cm round cake tin.

2) Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and milk into a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes, or with an electric hand mixer for 1-2 minutes, until light and fluffy.

3) Tip three quarters of the mixture into the tin, spread it level, then spoon the Nutella on in four blobs (I made it into 8 smaller blobs so that the Nutella doesn't sink to the bottom) Top with the remaining mixture, swirl a few times with a skewer, then smooth to cover the Nutella.

4) Sprinkle with the nuts. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen, nicely browned, feels firm to touch and springs back when lightly pressed (cover with foil if it starts to brown too quickly). Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out, peel off the paper and cool on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in double thick foil to keep fresh for up to a week.

I think this recipe is super easy, everything goes into one bowl and after a bit of swirling it goes into the oven! I don't think I put even near enough Nutella in though so next time ill be doubling the Nutella to make it even yummier!

Do you have any yummy Nutella recipes that ive been missing out on for years?!