Sweet Fudge Treats

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some sweet fudge treats with these gorgeous pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

• The wonderful composition in Gluten Free Fudge Brownies by Celine S.
  
• The lovely close up of Fabulous five-minute fudge / Fudge delicioso de cinco minutos by Patricia Scarpin
• The delightful presentation of Chocolate fudge cakes 4/4 by Junglefrog
• The pretty array of prints and colours in Yellow Cupcakes with Strawberry Jam filling and Fudge Frosting by ~Cinnamon Girl
  

Have a sweet day!

Eton Mess Fudge

I love fudge and have not made any for years, so thought it about time I make some. I started with a fresh strawberry creamy fudge with chunks of meringues in it, just like the real British summer time treat, Eton Mess. First served to students in the 1930s at the prestigious Eton College after a dog sat on a picnic hamper!

Next I want to have a go at some other British Summer pudding inspired fudge. Perhaps a fresh strawberry and custard fudge to emulate the trifle or a mixed fresh strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and red currants fudge to emulate the Summer Pudding.

I packaged mine up in pretty pink strawberry bags I bought in Jusco.

Eton Mess Fudge (makes 24 pieces)

Ingredients

• 1 cup of fresh strawberries
• 56g (4 tbsp) unsalted butter
• 555g (3 cup) caster sugar (superfine sugar)
• 1 cup double cream
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 4 meringue nests, crumbled
• Cooking spray or butter

Cooking instructions

1. Line a 8" square pan with foil, lightly butter or spray foil.
2. Blend strawberries in a blender so they are pureed.
3. Place the pureed strawberries, butter, sugar, cream, milk and corn syrup in a heavy based jug.
4. Stir over medium heat until mixture starts to boil.
5. Place candy thermometer in jug and leave until mixture heats to "soft ball", 238 deg F
6. Remove from heat, do not stir.
7. Leave to cool to 120 deg F.
8. Beat mixture with a wooden spoon until it loses its gloss.
9. Quickly stir in broken meringues.
10. Pour mixture into greased pan.
11. Leave to set
12. Cut into small squares
13. Store in airtight container in fridge.

Have a sweet day!

Selina Lake

Welcome to Friday Feature. This week I am sharing with you the delightful work of stylist, Selina Lake: a long time favourite of mine.

Selina Lake is a UK-based stylist with a background in Surface Design and author of Best Selling Interiors book, ‘Bazaar Style’, published by Ryland Peters and Small. Her beautiful work has appeared in Living Etc, Ideal Home, House Beautiful and Country Homes and Interiors, to name a few.

I love her eclectic style of mixing vintage with modern and the bright pops of pink seen in a few of her pics. To see more of Selina Lake's work check out her portfolio.

Happy Friday, sweets!

Tamar

This week on "Wonderful World of Etsy" I bring you the beautiful work of Tamar of Nest Pretty Things. After graduating from Parsons School of Design in NYC she worked as a Creative Director, Style Editor and Photo Stylist for women's magazines. Five years ago she and her family of five moved away from the big city life to a small rural village in the beautiful Lake Champlain valley in Vermont where she started her dream of living in the country and having our own home business. Well, I am so glad she did because her work is just so beautiful!

• Earring sampler gift set
• Swallow and pink rose bobby pin
• Bella 22k GP headband
• Chelsea garden necklace

Have a sweet day!

Rie Elise Larsen

This week for my 'shops i love' page, I bring you label love Rie Elise Larsen.

Rie Elise Larsen is a Danish stylist and author who, in the Spring of 2008, launched her own collection of home accessories. It has gone from strength to strength and is now available in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the UK, Belgium, Austria, Holland, The Faroe Islands, Switzerland, and Japan.

Rie Elise Larsen's collections feature folded paper lampshades in evocative colours and prints that you can hang using one of the fabulously colored cords. For the kitchen there are brightly embroidered tea cosies, varnished metal trays in bright pops of colour and a range of tea-towels in an array of colours (this season patterned with stripes and stars). You'll also find an extended stationery collection of quirky printed boxes, delightful wrapping paper and ribbons.

Available in the UK from Berry Red.

Have a sweet day!

My laundry wire baskets

I have been loving the wire basket look for a while now and treasure my vintage duck egg blue basket I have had for years. So, when on a recent work trip to HK with my day job I spied the white wire baskets in Jusco (HK's version of a pound/dollar store) and I immediately bought four. Now I am wishing I had bought more as they were so cheap!

As my dusters, sponges and cloths are in an array of pretty colours and prints it seemed a shame to hide them in a cupboard so I have filled my wire baskets with them and will be placing the wire baskets on open shelves above my washing machine.

Have a sweet day!

Laundry wire baskets

Today in my series of posts "Inspirational Pins", I bring you some wire baskets. I am loving this look and seem to keep seeing it, both for the laundry room and office. I recently bought four small wire baskets in white for my laundry room - more on this coming later.

• Follow Studio
• Vintage farmers market basket,
• Vintage wire egg basket
• Bailey's home and garden

Have a sweet day!