Easter Muffins - Recipe

Happy Easter!!

Every now and then I try to surprise my family with some sweets baked by me. It makes me very happy when somebody smiles because of something that I made. It could be a hand-made greeting card, a gift box, a cupcake..anything. I love making people smile   J

I got this recipe from here and I changed it a little bit. Instead of using a baking tin I used muffin cases and I added some raisins.

I really hope you will try this recipe sometime because it’s so so simple to make and it’s really tasty. 

Here are the ingredients that you will need:

• 170 g Self Raising Flour
• 170 g Caster Sugar
• 110 g Icing Sugar
• 50 g Raisins
• 170 g Butter
• 3 Eggs
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• a pinch of salt
• 2 Lemons

After you have prepared your ingredients, preheat your oven to 180° Celsius

First you will have to melt the butter with the Caster Sugar on very low heat

                                                                                 

Mix all the dry ingredients together 

When the melted butter and the sugar have cooled down a bit, mix in the lemon zest and the eggs 

Slowly add the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir until everything is well combined  

 

Lastly add the raisins  

Pour the mixture into muffin cases and bake for 25-30 minutes

While the muffins are baking, make a lemon syrup by melting the icing sugar with the lemon zest on very low heat 

When the muffins have golden take them out and check if they are done with a toothpick (if the toothpick comes out dry, they are done)

Make a few holes in the muffins with a straw like so

Pour the lemon syrup in the holes that you created with the straw

Put raisins in the muffin holes to make it prettier 

Now taste your creation J  

I really hope my pictures were helpful and that you enjoyed this recipe.

I’m gonna post more recipes soon.

Here are my Easter flowers and a very happy chocolate bunny

Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

Hello!!!

    This week’s #MusicalMonday is a fantastic live performance by Bon Jovi. I love this song!!

Enjoy  ;)

      Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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19 things I’ve learned before I turned 19 - Katey Chrest

     I stumbled across this post by Katey Chrest on tumblr and I really liked it so I thought I’d share her thoughts with you :)

1.  Always carry $5 and a lighter with you (even if you don’t smoke).

 
2.  Ask every person you meet how their day is going. Genuinely ask with the soul intention of learning how their day is. Ask the coffee shop employee. Ask the person next to you in line at Walmart. Ask your distant friend. Ask everyone.

3.  Take many photos of yourself. Take photos of yourself when you’re happy. Take photos of yourself when you’re sad. Take photos of yourself because there are millions of trees in the world, and we all look at the same sky, but there is only one of you.

4.  Stay in contact with your parents. Try not to hate them. They are the reason you have the ability to feel anything at all. Try not to hate your parents.

5.  Opening your skin will not set your demons free. Open your heart. Open your mind. Open your hands.

6.  Nobody knows anybody completely. That’s okay.

7.  Be gentle, but be aggressive. Take a stand. Nobody hears your voice if you stay silent. 

8.  Respect everybody. We are all humans trying to survive. We all deserve respect. 

9.  Wearing black will ALWAYS make you feel better about yourself. 

10.  Always give tips, whether it be a couple extra dollars or a piece of mind. You never know how much you could be helping someone. 

11.  Change is the only thing consistent in life. Do not allow that bother you. Embrace chance and move with life, whichever direction it chooses to take you.

12.  Smile often. Smile at strangers. Smile at your friends. Smile when nobody is looking and you’re alone in your bedroom. Smile when somebody is rambling to you. 

13.  Body image means nothing. Your body is merely just a seatbelt in the car. Your body is here to protect you. You choose the direction you go, and your body will not hold you back. Only you can hold yourself back. 

14.  Don’t hold grudges. Don’t allow yourself to hate anybody. Forgive them. Learn to love them for the person you never got to see them to be. Believe that a beautiful human exists in that person. Wish them well.

15.  Drink orange juice. Lot’s of it.

16.  Don’t allow the opinions of others to choose your destiny. We are all simply trying to live our own life.

17.  Sing all the time. Sing off key. Sing in a silly voice. Sing like you’re on stage. Sing no matter who is around. Singing is breathing for the soul. Sing.

18.  Take time to think. Write your feelings down. Write letters to the people you love. Texting is overrated and not as heartfelt as a nice handwritten letter.

19.  Live for yourself. Breathe for yourself. Do everything in your life for nobody but you. This is your life. This is it.

               Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

“I know you’ve never loved

The sound of your voice on tape

You never want

To know how much you weight

You still have to squeeze into your jeans

But you’re perfect to me”

        Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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Goodbye March...Hello April :)

I took advantage of the amazing weather and I went out in the garden and tried to capture the beautiful April springy atmosphere.

Here are the results :)

As soon as I went out my dog greeted me, keep in mind though that he doesn’t like his picture taken so in all the pictures he seems either angry or sad,  but he is a lovely and happy dog.

I begged him to look into the camera and smile but this is all I got

'Ok you can stop taking pictures now’

All our blossoming trees where full of enthusiastic bees

‘Oh no she turned the camera on me again’

‘I’m done. I won’t look at her anymore’

Look another bee

And another one

I hope you liked my pictures.

Happy April everybody!!

   Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

“I dedicate this song to you

The one who never sees the truth

That I can take away your hurt, hearbreak girl

Hold you tight straight to the day light

I’m right here, when you gonna realize

That I’m your cure, heartbreak girl”

Laura

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Fat vs Skinny

        Hello!!

    I really wanted to write about this topic but then I realized that I it would never be as good as this video.

   I know it’s pretty long but please watch it! 

   I came across this video today, I liked it and it totally matched the subject so make sure you watch it too.

   Thank you very much for bearing with me on these ‘less writing more sharing videos’ posts haha.

  I hope you learned something from these vids and please don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

“Don’t let me

Don’t let me

Don’t let me go

‘Cause I’m tired of feeling alone”

Laura

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My Day in pictures

    Hello guys!!

Yesterday I had a very busy day and I had to leave the city as well so I decided that I’m going to take some pictures and I’m going to do a blog post to show you what I saw throuthout the day. I hope you like my pics. :)

The day started with some clouds spread all around the sky but soon the sun made an apparence and I was able to catch a little rainbow for you (it’s a pale one but I hope you can notice it)

The brightly shining sun made me very happy because I haven’t seen in in a while

After a good few hours spent on the road, driving, I came back to my city and went to the office, where these beautiful tulips made me smile assuring me that sping has sprung

On my way home from the office I got stuck in traffic so I decided to take a picture to show you how beautiful this church is

Happily I was able to capture the beautiful sunset of the day 

A little bit later I went to the studios so I took pictures there too

At the end of the day I found this beautiful quote from Anthony Robbins 

Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

'You’ve got the words to chnage a nation

But you’re biting your toungue

You’ve spent a life stuck in silence

Afraid you’ll say something wrong

If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song?

So come on, come on

Come on, come on

You’ve got a heart as loud as lions

So why let your voice be tamed?

Baby we’re a little diffrent

There’s no need to be ashamed

You’ve got the light to fight the shadows

So stop hiding it away

Come on, come on'

Don’t forget to smile today :)

Laura

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Smile every day :)

                Hello guys!!

I want to share with you this video that will hopefully make your day better. I think that we should laugh like this more often because laughter is the best medicine.

Try to find a reason to smile every day. If you can’t, just take one from here :)

Here is the video I was talking about. Enjoy!!

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Somebody was saying in the comment section “Some say the people on that subway are still laughing today” haha I thought that was funny

Don’t forget to smile every daaaaaay!!!

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

'Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof

Because I’m happy

Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth

Because I’m happy

Clap along if you know what happiness is to you

Because I’m happy

Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do'

 

I’m so happy that this song is so successful and that it prompted people all around the world to create similar dancing videos in their own cities.

       There are various cities in my country that have accepted the challenge but today I want to share the video that was shoot in the city that I currently live in. I think they did a great job and I’m very proud to say that I know some of the people that appear in this video.

            Enjoy happy people!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Laura

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Quick&Easy Hairstyles | Tutorial

           Hello!!

      I know that Valentine's Day was last week, and I'm sorry I'm late with this post but I still want to share this with you because this is a very helpful tutorial made by the lovely Ingrid Nilsen. As you will see in the video, she shows us how to do 3 quick & easy (everyday or date night) hairstyles. Make sure you subscribe to her YouTube channel because she makes great tutorials and she is very sweet.

Enjoy :)

Of course I gave it a go too, and here it’s my result of the messy bun.

 I hope you enjoyed this very unusual post and that you will try at least one of these hairstyles.

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

"Keep on loving what is true
And the world will come to you
You can find it in yourself"

I hope you enjoy my pick for this week :)

Laura

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The best is yet to come

      Hello guys!!

      This is my first (actually second, because I did the #MusicalMonday haha) post being 20. Wow… You never think about age and time, you just go with it every day, but when you sit down and think for a bit and you realize “woah I’m 20!”. I can honestly say that as the years go by my life just gets better. Day by day I’m happier and I’m more and more proud of the things I can achieve. I never would have thought that I would be doing what I’m doing today. I feel blessed.

      All you need to do it believe. If you believe strong enough, I promise you the whole planet will work in your favor. You just have to stop, look around and realize that things are not against you all the time, try to always look at the bright side of life and if you are patient enough, things will eventually come together. I promise. J

      Right now, today, I can safely say that I’ve never been happier and I never felt so at peace with myself. I finally feel like I have the strength to achieve everything I put my mind to. I am really really excited for the future but terrified at the same time.

      Always remember: “If you’re dreams don’t scare you, they are not big enough”
 

 

 

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

‘I found the one, he changed my life

But was it me that changed

And he just happened to come at the right time

I’m supposed to be in love

But I’m numb again'

     I love everything about this amazing performance.

       Enjoy J

Laura

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#MusicalMonday

Because I’m happyyyyyy

Laura

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