Melbourne Adventures: part two.

Hello all, and welcome back for my Melbourne adventures part two. 

On Sunday we explored the Botanic Garden, which were simply breath taking and so beautiful - I could easily spend a day working there. 

We visited the Eureka Skydeck and got our hands on the 'Sun & Stars' ticket, which allowed you to visit twice in one day or over two consecutive days to see the Melbourne skyline in the day and at night. 

Although the view are not quite like New York, it is extremely picturesque. 

Sun… 

Stars… 

It was extremely hard to take good quality photos at night due to the reflection on the glass, but I tried my best. 

Melbourne Docklands. 

  So that concludes my Melbourne Adventures. I hope that you enjoyed these posts and there are only 3 days until Blogmas begins, so I have a lot of work to be doing over the next couple of days so make sure you stay tuned for a lot of Christmas sparkle heading your way. 

M x 

Melbourne Adventures: part one.

Hello all and happy Wednesday,

I am kicking off todays post with part one of my Melbourne Adventures from my weekend away. A large portion of both posts will be predominantly photographs, however I will explain snippets of our experiences and outings as I go.
*I will give credit to my Sister for taking some of these photographs that I have included and the rest are my own. 

Melbourne City. 

Waiting patiently at the gate ready for take off. 

The following (4) images are from Queen Victoria Market. 

 Beautiful flowers - sadly I could not buy any due to the short amount of time we were visiting. 

Melbourne Architecture!

Melbourne's Yarra River Skyline. 

Gorgeous views - this day was particularly warm and sunny! 

A visit to the ultimate department store Myer! There Christmas stock was incredible as well as the 6+ levels of continuous products. 

For lunch we visited Grill'd Healthy Burgers, which some of the most delicious tasting burgers I have personally tried. I also fell in love with the interiors and design of the restaurant. 

I tried the Tuscan Delight Burger, which was filled with a  grilled chicken breast, roasted peppers, basil pesto, tasty cheese, salad & herbed mayo - absolutely delicious! 

I actually stumbled upon this Cupcake shop called Little Cupcakes that is so perfect it makes me fall in love with it every time. (Is that even possible with a bakery?) I came across it at night (apologies for the quality of the images) so there were no cupcakes being baked and ready to taste, and sadly I did not have time to go back, but thats ok because I follow a number of their social media accounts to stay updated with daily inspiration of cupcakes and business possibilities. 

I hope that you have enjoyed an insight into the first part of my Melbourne adventures and remember to stay tuned for the second part tomorrow. Follow any of my social media links to see what I am doing on a daily basis! 

M x 

Lemon Curd Cupcakes.

Hello … 

  

Whilst I am sat squished on a plane traveling to Melbourne for the weekend I thought I would make the most of my time and try to write as many upcoming posts as I can. Firstly let me say that I completely forgot that seats on internal flights were extremely close together and quite intrusive in your personal space, but seeing as the fight is only an hour long I think I can handle it.

I can happily say that I have graduated from high school and I cannot wait for new adventures to begin. I will defiantly be back into the swing of baking, which is exciting as I am excited to start experimenting and learning new techniques ready to share and document.

I am a enormous lover of cupcakes, and I find the construction of the cake to the filling and frosting to be three extremely adaptable components, which allows the range of flavours to be wild and wacky. I would say one of my top five dreams would be to manage my very own bakery, but as that is a mile from now, in the meantime I hope to trial new flavours and develop a potential menu that I can someday use.

Today I am sharing with you a delicious Lemon Curd Cupcake that is divine, soft and has a burst of tanginess from the lemon zest and curd centre.

This style of cake is perfect for gathering in the spring and summer that can be shared with family and friends or could be packaged nicely as a sweet gift.

This Vanilla Cupcake recipe by Martha Stewart is one of my favourites, however I am still hunting for the perfect recipe that is light, soft and ideally well risen and flat to the top of the cupcake case. Yes my list of expectations is quite high however someday I will perfect it. A classic lemon curd recipe can be found anywhere on the Internet or can be simply bought from the supermarket either way is perfectly fine for this scrumptious cupcake. However, if you would like to have a go at marking your own try this one from Not Quite Nigella and see what you think. Then add you favourite buttercream recipe to the top of the cake and voila you have a lemon curd cupcake. Now feel free to add a yellow fondant daisy or a spoonful of lemon curd for extra presentation and taste. 

I hope you have enjoyed this sweet cupcake post and stay tuned for my Melbourne posts over the next couple of days. 

M x