Relaunch Competition

Hi Lovelies, 

I'm back!! You're probably wondering where I went or whether the blog had been closed down. I have been so swamped looking after the kids and dealing with some personal stuff, I really haven't been able to get my mind into blogging at all. I've sat down and had several talks with myself and to be completely honest, I had contemplated closing the blog. But something stopped me, through blogging I have met some amazing people and after Cocoa Browns Passion Persistance Pink event yesterday, I decided to definitely relaunch. 

The event was amazing and seeing Marissa's passion for her brand and some of my blogger friends, reminded just how much I love blogging and that I need to continue doing it. So I am currently working on a schedule that will see three posts a week and a tweak to the blog by adding some non beauty topics.

To kick things off, I decided on a competition,which will run until the 10th October. 

Here is the prize:

To enter

• Comment underneath and tell me if you have ever tried any of these lovelies.
• Like my Facebook page and leave me a comment under the pinned post
• Follow me on Twitter (@anitabeautyblog) and tweet me using #anitasbeautyrelaunch

Sophie's Christening

A few weeks ago, we had Sophie's Christening and I wanted to share a few pictures with you all.

I was really worried about not having anything to fit me so I ordered my dress of Need That Look, I really love this dress, it fitted so well and the fabric is stretchy which made the dress so comfortable.I paired it with which black tights because the day itself was quite cold and wet.

Since I love baking I decided to do Sophie's cake myself. I wanted to forget about fondant and use buttercream. I wanted simple but elegant.I choose a vanilla sponge with pink buttercream filling and iced all over in bright white buttercream. I then decorated with pink and white non pareils. For her name I printed out her name in a font I liked and put in under baking paper. I then tinted white chocolate with pink and painted over her name. It turned out so well and will definitely use this trick again.

I also really wanted cupcakes, but I knew I wouldn't have time to do them myself. I turned to cake genius Agatha from Cakefield Avenue.I choose mini cupcakes, half malteaser and half vanilla with pink buttercream.Agatha was a dream to order from, she is so lovely and I'd definitely reccomend using her for a special occasion.

I also did a sweet table for the kids (and adults) which completely vanished before I had a chance to take a picture. I did manage a picture of the menu. I decided to do a menu rather than having to fiddle around putting labels on the jars.

I Am The Mum Who ....

Hi all, I'm just back from the UK and decided my first post on my return would be the I Am The Mum Who tag. I was tagged by Sharon over on Behind Green Eyes

• has two children, one boy and one girl.
• thought She would never have children.
• loves to bake.
• enjoys a dance while meant to be doing housework.
• gets nothing done in the house as I can't take my eye off Sophie.
• misses my mum every single second of every day.
• is addicted to makeup.
• recognises her stubborn streak in her son.
• is extremely grateful for my two children but don't want any more children.
• loves animals.
• defends those she loves when someone gives out about them.
• has a short fuse. 
• never thought she would get married. 
• is thankful for her supportive friends
• loves glass of wine at the weekends
• has a shoe obssession

I think pretty much everyone who is a mum has done this tag, if you haven't, please do it and send me your link.

Chocolate Biscuit Cake

On Wednesday, it was my brother's birthday. Not being bale to get up to Dublin for it, I wanted to do something nice for him with everything that has happened. So I invited him and my dad up for dinner yesterday and decided to treat him to his all time favourite cake - Chocolate Biscuit. I love that he likes this because it is so easy to make and you dont have to put it into the oven.

Here is my go to recipe for 4 people

220g Milk Chocolate

110g Dark Chocolate (brother isn't a massive fan of Dark chocolate, if you are simply double this and half the milk chocolate)

3 tbsp Golden Syrup

75g Malteasers

110g Butter

225g Biscuits, I use a mix of chocolate digestives and rich tea

1 bag Mint Aero and remaining Malteasers for decoration

All you need to do is melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave. (I give it 30 seconds at a time so the chocolate doesn't burn), mix in the golden syrup, crush the biscuits, pop in the malteasers and stir until combined. I used an 8inch round tin with a cake liner so it was easy to remove. when half set, decorate with chocolate of your choice.

I ran out of Malteasers :( 

It's hard to make a chocolate biscuit cake look fancy without going all out with fondant or doing a kit kat cake but it tasted amazing. Next time I'll mix in the mint bubbles.

Are you a fan of chocolate biscuit cake?