Christmas Cake Made! Order yours now!

These are the shapes of christmas cakes i will be selling, they can come traditionally iced or as they are! :)

To order please email nannygladscupcakes@gmail.com thanks!

My First attempt at making Macaroons!

Ok so its a big thing these days and macaroons have become very popular so i thought id try my hand at making some! (also i accidentally ordered a macaroon box online! lol)


The recipe i used was very simple...

http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/multicoloured-macaroons

Its so easy to follow and works perfectly, i made three colours!

Also leaving them on the tray at room temperature until they form a skin is VERY important!

Heres some picture of how mine turned out! :)

Time to start thinking about making Christmas Cake!

When do you guys make yours?

Some of my recent work!

A Week Later and I'm down 10 Pounds!!

OK so as some of you may be aware i started the Beyonce Maple Syrup Diet last Thursday, i did it for a week and I'm not going to lie it was hard and i did eat chicken (just plain chicken nothing else) when i was starving!! I was surprised on how little my body could run on, i rarely did get really hungry and because of the sugar in the maple syrup i had energy!

What did shock me was how much maple syrup and lemons i had to buy!!

I started with the small bottle but after just one day it was almost empty so i brought a larger bottle!

As you can see that's 10 lemons squeezed on day two and to be honest the juice did last me all week so in total i brought 15 lemons! Id definitely suggest having a lemon juicer handy!

So i began at 17 stone 1 and now i am 16 stone 5

I have been walking a lot as well and now I am beginning to introduce healthy food back into my diet. I must admit it is a bit extreme and the only reason i tried it was to kick start my weight loss for a holiday in September!

as i said in my previous post do please as your doctor before starting a diet like this!

The Maple Syrup Diet (Beyonce Diet)

Ok so yesterday i began the Maple Syrup Diet!!

The Drink consists of Lemon Juice, Water, Maple Syrup and Ground Ginger or Cayenne Pepper.

Sounds gross right?.... To my suprise it was actualy very nice, you can have it with hot or cold water, i prefere ice cold!!

It doesnt look appetising at all but i enjoy it!! It does take alot of lemons and alot of maple syrup, i brought a small bottle of maple syrup and 5 lemons and squeezed them all as you will see below and they have nearly all been used in one day!!

The idea is that you can drink 6-9 glasses a day (250ml each) and you dont eat, the sugar in the syrup gives you the energy to keep going, but you are not taking in any fat therefore burning it off!! Yesterday I had to eat some brocilli, i chose brocolli as its a super food!! There are different levels of the diet and i will post a link for more information!! It seems to be working, yesterday i was 17st1 and today i am 16.10! I will not weigh myself daily as i know my weight can fluptuate between 3-4 pounds daily!!

Here is the link, please make sure you read all the information and check with your Doctor before beginning the diet!!

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/maple-syrup.htm