Newspaper Nail Art

When I went to our usual catch-up dinner  with friends, I saw one of my friend had beautiful nail-art apprantly 3-D nail art. She goes to nail parlour to get it done. I was pretty sure, there ought to be something on the web. I started browsing and found a whole heap of websites for nail art. Since then I have started trying out different nail art. It is a fun world where you can play with colours and techniques. My collection of nail-polishes are growing bigger and bigger every week. I found this really cool nail art in the web and it is really easy. Anyone can do it.

You will need
Base colour- I picked grey nail polish
Rubbing alcohol  (I bought mine from pharmacy)
Top coat nail-polish
Newspaper

Paint your nails with base colour and let it dry completely.
Then dip your nail in rubbing alcohol for 10-15 second and immediately press newspaper into your nails. Newspaper print will transfer into your nails and then finish off with top coat. Here's picture of how my nails look.

Tip- firmly press newspaper into your nails and even out pressing it gently. I did not apply even pressure and the newsprint is not that prominent.

Here is the video to the nail art which will give you better idea. Enjoy!!!

Cup Cakes

Two years ago my cousin bought this book  and since then I have baked quite a few cupcakes from this book and there is going to be more baking. My cupcakes pictures in facebook always gets lots of likes so I assume it looks good and I gotta admit it tastes pretty good. :-)  Have circulated my cupcakes among my friends and I have had good comments. I am uploading recipe for one of the cupcakes I baked recently and took it to my friends party. It was a hit. Hope you will like it too.

For some reason, I seem to get more cup cakes than dozen as mentioned on this book. I usually use only half of the stuff. Here is the picture of my cupcake.

                                              

Baked cheesecakes

125 g (4/2) digestive biscuit crumbs (I break  the biscuits into small pieces and crush them with rolling pin)

5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted ( microwave for about half a minute)

450 g (1lb) ricotta cheesse

450 g (1lb) cream cheese, softened

2 tsb vanilla esssence

175 g (6 oz) icing sugar, sieved

3 eggs

150  g (5 oz) fresh blueberries

Preheat the oven to 160 degree C (325F/ Gas mark 3). Place12 paper baking cases in a muffin tin.

Put the digestive biscuit crumbs into a medium bowl and stir in the butter. Spoon tablespoons of the crumb mixture into the cases, pressing firmly into the bottom. Chill until set.

In a large bowl, beat the ricotta until smooth. Add the cream cheese, vanilla and icing sugar blending until smooth. Slowly add the eggs, blending well. Spoon the mixture into the cases.

Bake for 25 minutes. Remove tin from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack. Chill until time to serve. Serve topped with blueberries/

Store covered for up to 2 days in the refrigerator.

Enjoy