8.30am Panic!

I woke up this morning absolutely panicked about the wedding and everything surrounding it!

Its 5 weeks today! So close but still feels so far. There is still so much to do. I guess there really isn't when I think about it, but my control/panicky nature means I like to go over everything a million times and have a backup for everything AKA I complicate things always and then freak out cause Ive made everything a million times harder than it had to be hahaha!

Also, Id like it noted that I was awake at 8.30am today! Its a new record for me on weekends!

I think Im getting old because I do love a good sleep-in but Im really starting to hate the whole "wasted a whole day" consequence. Weird. Didnt expect that any time soon.

Heck its 5 weeks till Im a married woman! Im so so excited! Sometimes I think Id like to be a wedding planner because Ive had fun doing this and I always find these awesome things for a wedding. Maybe that can be my new career prospect? Maybe not, I dont deal with stress very well and dealing with bridezilla's everyday would drive me bonkers. So this last paragraph was a bit pointless. Not deleting it though.

Anyway, Im off to enjoy this lovely part of a saturday morning I never get to see.

Raya X

Sometimes I think about things

Well its 5 weeks till the wedding! I cant wait! I never ever thought I would actually be able to say "I get married in less than 6 weeks!" but now that I am, its the most exciting thing ever!

It makes me think so much about what it means to be a wife and what my future entails! I have this picture perfect idea of a 5 bedroom house with a giant kitchen and double oven, surrounded by a white picket fence, children playing in the front yard and me standing on the street in a gorgeous floral dress, perfect hair and makeup, talking to my friends who also live on the same cul-de-sac with their children playing on their front lawns too. Ahhh. Perfection.

Now the real picture I know will be completely different, but in the perfect world of Raya, this is how it is. Let me dream.

But in all seriousness, the wedding feels like forever away but really its not and I really should get on top of everything other than shopping for things hahaha!

I bought some gorgeous striped paper straws for the wedding, which I fell in love with!

I got some Grey, Blue and Pink ones and Im dying to use them!

Anyway, Thats enough dreaming for one eve.

Raya X

Some Of My Favorite Pictures From Paris

Wow! What a long long gap!

I have been thinking about this blog for a while now! I keep meaning to post but never get around to it. But, here I am...
Ive been so busy lately! Wedding plans have tended to side-swipe me on a daily basis and this hideous exhaustion thats going on in my body is getting a bit out of hand. Im finding that Im constantly exhausted and by about 3pm Im at vomiting and crying stage. Sigh. It has been so great the last few weeks as I have been getting through the day well and can last till about 11pm but the last few days have been pretty bad again.
So sitting on the bed relaxing and watching birthing shows on Foxtel (cause Im weird) I decided to peruse my old blog and here I am. Boring you with my rambling. Infact Im boring myself. So I might go and sleep.
Hopefully see you kids again soon,
Raya X

White Chocolate Profteroles (Choux Buns)

Every Wednesday I only have 2 kids to look after at work, so I've started doing some baking with them in the afternoons. Last week we made White Chocolate Covered Choux Buns. They are delicious french sweet buns that are usually filled with cream or custard. Profiteroles are very similar but just a little different.
These were so easy to make with kids and so delicious to eat.

Ingredients:

• 80ml (1/3 cup) water
• 40g butter, at room temperature, cubed
• 50g (1/3 cup) plain flour, sifted
• 2 eggs, at room temperature

Method:

1. Place water and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until butter melts and mixture just comes to the boil.

2. Add all the flour to the butter mixture at once and use a wooden spoon to beat until well combined. Place over low heat and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes or until the mixture forms a ball and begins to come away from the side of the saucepan. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Whisk 1 egg in a small bowl and set aside. Whisk the remaining egg in a small bowl, then add it to the flour mixture, beating well with a wooden spoon. Gradually add a little of the reserved egg and beat until the mixture just falls from the spoon but still holds its shape.

3. Preheat oven to 200°C. Brush a baking tray with oil to lightly grease. Spoon 25-30 teaspoonsful of the mixture onto tray, about 3cm apart. Alternatively, use a pastry bag fitted with a 1.5cm-diameter plain piping nozzle to pipe the profiteroles onto the baking tray. Brush the tops with a little of the remaining egg. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until the profiteroles are puffed and golden.

4. Remove from oven and turn the oven off. Using a skewer or a small knife, pierce the base (or top) of each profiterole to release the steam. Return the profiteroles to the oven and leave them for 15 minutes to dry out. Remove the profiteroles from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

This recipe is from www.Taste.com.au


Raya X

Sugar Paste Creations

So since my last post I decided that I should delve deeper into this passion of mine. So I went out and bought some Sugar Paste and some Colour Paste's (which totally changed my life because they are such amazing colours and so super concentrated that you need less than a drop to colour something) and went to work.

This is what I have made so far

This is meant to be a baby with a dummy but it looks more like a nipple



I know they're nothing outstanding, but I'm pretty pleased with my first attempt.


Raya X

Dreams

I love baking. It is my passion. We all give to others in different ways, and mine is to cook for people but primarily bake.
There is nothing better than spending a day at home with music blaring, baking up a storm in the kitchen then having people come over and the look in their eyes when they see a beautiful pile of cookies or a giant cake that screams "EAT ME!" and that moment when they realize that its theirs for the taking. Amazing.
Although I love to bake, I've never ventured into the designing side much. I sit at the computer for hours and look at pictures of peoples amazing cakes, cupcakes and cookies and I think "Gee, I would love to be able to do that." I would love to be able to create wedding cakes and know that for someones special day, they were cutting into something that I spent hours designing, pouring my heart into and for them to then know that they had the best possible cake for their big day. That would be a feeling I could live with.
Well anyway, here are a few designs I found this morning that one day, I'd love to be able to accomplish.Raya X