Hand made lemon meringue fudge

Last year I made Eton mess fudge which went down a treat. So I thought it was high time I made some more! This time I went for a soft creamy lemon meringue fudge...

Lemon meringue fudge (makes 24 pieces)

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp lemon curd
• 75g (3oz) unsalted butter
• 700g granulated sugar
• 200ml (7 fl oz) double cream
• 200ml condensed milk
• 50g meringue, crumbled

Cooking instructions

1. Line a 20cm (8") square pan with baking parchment
2. Place the butter, sugar, cream and condensed milk in a heavy based jug
3. Stir using a wooden spoon over low heat until sugar has dissolved
4. Now turn up heat to medium and bring mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally so mixture does not stick to bottom of pan
5. Place candy thermometer in jug and leave until mixture heats to "soft ball", 240 deg F
6. Remove from heat
7. Using an electric whisk or food mixer, beat mixture for about ten minutes
8. Add lemon curd and broken meringue and beat mixture for about ten minutes until it loses its gloss
9. Pour mixture into prepared pan
10. Leave to set for a few hours
11. Cut into small squares
12. Store in airtight container in fridge

Tips...
You must use a candy thermometer as making fudge is an exact science
You can use a heavy based saucepan if you do not have a jug
Remember the mixture gets very hot, so please take care

I packaged mine up in pretty floral bags I bought in Jusco, you can find paper bags in the same print from Etsy seller jamroll

Have a sweet day!

Raspberries

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Today on Inspirational Pins I bring you another seasonal fruit: raspberries.

There are over 200 different known species of raspberries but only 2 species are grown on a large scale!

To see more raspberry recipes check out my Pinterest board, Raspberries. I want to have a go at the raspberry and rhubarb crumble muffins!

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petits détails craft supplies

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you the gorgeous craft supplies from petits détails. To see more of petits détails' gorgeous work check out her blog, petits détails.

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites:

• The beautiful Vintage Cards
• The stylish shades of aqua and teal in Vintage Wooden Spools
• The pretty cards holding the Antique French Button Cards
• The wonderful prints in Vintage Fabrics
  

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Kitchen bird hooks update

When I saw the "Sugared Almonds" apron and oven gloves for just £3.87 each in Tesco, I couldn't refuse them at that price! I adore the mix of the pink polka dot print and the pretty cake stands stacked with pastel macaroons, adorable pink kettles, candy filled jars, and cute patterned cups. They are a perfect addition to my kitchen bird hooks.




Another addition to my bird house kitchen hooks is the pretty pink heart colander from Miniamo which my niece Molly gave to me for my birthday back in January.

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Garden tools, a makeover

I have had my garden trug and tools for a few years but the tools were starting to look worn and the paint on the trug had started to chip away. So with my new fondness for spray paint I decided to give them a makeover. I used Malachite Light by Montana Gold.

I chipped off all the loose paint

Then I covered the bare areas with a coat of outdoor metal undercoat paint

After a couple of coats of spray paint, it looked as good as new

Looking worn and tired

I placed the fork and trowel ends in sandwich bags, and carefully placed masking tape over the joins

I spray painted the handles and left them to dry

Adorable in aqua!

Here they are back in my garden shed makeover post from 2009!

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My potting bench details

Yesterday I showed you my new potting bench, today I am sharing with you the details...

Clibron & Son tin sign

Floral Cath Kidston gardening gloves

Hunter blue wellies, found for £44 in the sale at All Sole

My handmade herb label tutorial

Garden roses wooden tray, Pink and blue enamel buckets from The New Covent Garden Flower Market

Tomorrow I will show you what my old trug and hand tools looked like before they had their makeover!

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My potting bench

Last week I shared with you some of my garden details and last month I showed you how I made my herb etagere that sits just outside my patio doors. Today I wanted to share with you my new potting bench that sits further along my patio...

I bought it in the sale from Greenfingers.com and gave it several coats of Cuprinol Garden Shades in pale jasmine paint. I then added some cup hooks to the side for extra storage space. I now have the perfect place to do all my potting and re-potting of plants and it brightens up my once dull green fence.

Potting bench from Greenfingers.com £29.99, unpainted

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Making Magazine - Indian Summer

Last month I had my first feature in the gorgeous Making Magazine - Beach Beautiful with a Q&A and two crafts I had made for the issue. This month the theme was "Indian Summer" and my ombre cakestand was on the front cover! I also made some floral paper pom poms in bright shades of yellow, red and orange...





My ombre cake stand was filled with brightly coloured macarons, infused with fragrant spices and inspired by the exotic flavours of India, by Bethan Davies.




For all the gorgeous macaron recipes from Bethan Davies check out this month's Making Magazine - Indian Summer. In this month's Making there is also a great bag supplement with 6 practical projects for everyday living. I, for one, am going to make the coat hook bag for extra storage in my new hallway room.

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Redcurrants

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Today on Inspirational Pins I bring you another seasonal fruit: redcurrants.

Redcurrants, Ribes rubrum, are members of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae, and are native to parts of western Europe.

To see more redcurrant recipes check out my Pinterest board, Redcurrant. I want to have a go at the raspberry and redcurrant torte!

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Hallway room bird hooks

I bought three sets of pink bird hooks in the sale at BHS and lined them up in a continuous row under my bird house key hooks. Then I hung all my pretty shopping bags from them...

Floral ball from Gap Kids, book bag from Cath Kidston

Pip Studio bag given free when buying a Pip Studio towel at John Lewis, pink Pantone bag

Pink bird hooks bought in the sale at BHS

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Bombay Duck, a review & giveaway

The lovely peeps at Bombay Duck asked me if I would like to do another review so, after spending ages deciding what to review as they have so many lovely products, I finally chose the cute heart shaped umbrella stand in cream. To put inside it, I also chose the fantastically cheerful jewel pom pom large umbrella in fuchsia and the gorgeous frill-finished large glitter spots umbrella in turquoise.

I adore the sturdy umbrella stand which I think looks super stylish in the corner of my hallway and the "Raindrops are falling on my head" words in pink at the bottom make me smile...

I love the whimsical pom pom trim and the girly frills..

A perfect addition to my hallway room...

I am delighted to announce a giveaway of a £50 voucher for Bombay Duck. What will you choose?

For a chance to win a £50 Bombay Duck gift voucher please visit Bombay Duck and leave a comment below letting me know what you would spend your voucher on. The giveaway ends on Friday, August 31st 2012 at 10pm (BST) and I will randomly select and announce a winner on Saturday, September 1st.

To increase your chances of winning this fabulous prize, you can gain one additional entry for doing each of the following:

• tweeting about this giveaway
• blogging about it
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For the first two, please leave a comment below with the link to your tweet or blog post.

The giveaway ends on Friday, August 31st 2012 at 10pm (BST), open to UK readers only.

Good luck and have a sweet day!

My hallway room update

A little while ago I shared with you how we had transformed our hallway room. Well, now the finishing touches have been added and it is finally pretty organized!

I have re-purposed my Winter Wonderland advent house into a great little storage place for all our nik naks, like postage stamps and loose change. I hung an enamel postage box on the wall and have a cute new storage place for my lovely umbrellas from Bombay Duck. More on that tomorrow, with a fab giveaway to boot! Now I just need to sort out the cupboard behind the floral print curtain!





My Bird house key hook tutorial, My pretty pinboard tutorial, My Bird thumbtacks tutorial

To see what it looked like before, check out my "Hallway room - A transformation" album on my Facebook page.

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My Garden

All photos by Torie Jayne

This past weekend I cleaned and scrubbed my wellies, painted and put together my potting bench and spray painted my trug and garden tools! So today I wanted to show you how it is looking so far...

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