Raspberry Macarons

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // May 1, 2015 // 28 Comments

Delicate almond meringue cookies with a tart raspberry mascarpone filling – if I can make these successfully, so can you!

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What a week this has been! I’m still recovering from the hen party over the weekend, it was a lot of fun but very exhausting and if you follow me on instagram you will already seen the bruises I came back with! I’m also all full of cold, which is never any fun. And my internet has been down for the last 2 days – and won’t be fixed until Friday afternoon 🙁 So I’m writing this post on Thursday on my phone, then I’m gonna use my phone to tether and format it all properly on my computer – that’s the plan anyway, fingers crossed it works! There is an upside to my net being down and that is I got a lot of spring cleaning done!

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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Banana Bread

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // April 15, 2015 // 14 Comments

Sweet and moist banana bread full of yummy chocolate and peanut butter, it’s basically cake you can eat for breakfast!

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Spring is here! I don’t know about the rest of the world but it’s been absolutely gorgeous here in the UK, we had one day of grey weather but the rest of the last week has been beautifully sunny! It’s been cold and windy some days, but as long as the sun is out I’m happy! Today is gonna be an absolute scorcher though and I’m not too fond of that, I wilt like a flower in the heat! Of course, my idea of too hot is probably a nice, mild day for lots of people!

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Sticky Toffee Pudding with Orange Custard

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // April 8, 2015 // 22 Comments

Rich toffee sponge pudding covered in sinfully sticky sauce, served warm with orange flavoured custard.

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Let’s talk about pudding again, shall we? I’ve talked before about how in Britain the term “pudding” means any kind of dessert, well we also have a type of pudding called pudding – because why keep things simple and easy to understand! This type of pudding is generally sponge based and usually steamed, there’s lots of different types including the ever giggle inducing spotted dick and well known Christmas pudding! Sticky toffee pudding is probably one of the most loved though, it’s hard to resist that deep toffee flavour and gooey, sticky sauce it’s covered in!

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Elvis Cake

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // March 29, 2015 // 37 Comments

Incredibly moist banana cake with creamy peanut butter Swiss meringue butter cream – filled with fried bananas and topped with candied bacon. Oh, and did I mention there’s a lot of bourbon thrown in too? A cake fit for the king!

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It’s my birthday! As I said before, I’m not big on birthdays, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want an awesome birthday cake! That’s the best part about birthdays any, a great reason to eat as much cake as you like! I’m eating a slice right now in fact, I only got up 30 minutes ago but it’s my birthday so I’m allowed!

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Amaretto Crunch Dessert Shots

by Michelle @ A Tipsy Giraffe // March 28, 2015 // 30 Comments

Almond cake soaked in Amaretto liquor, layered with glazed Marcona almonds and vanilla mousse. My homemade version of one of my favourite Mini Indulgences from Seasons 52

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It’s my birthday weekend, yay! Birthdays don’t really excite me, I’m not exactly “bah humbug” about them but they’re just not really a big deal for me, I don’t do much to celebrate these days. But I am excited about sharing a couple of birthday inspired recipes with you this weekend hence the yay! Tomorrow, on my actual birthday, I’ll be sharing my birthday cake. But today I have these Amaretto Crunch Dessert Shots.

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