couldn't wait for pancake day

Thank goodness it's friday right! 

Well i still have two days left in work.. never mind! 

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Last week, my boyfriend & I had a morning off together, so I decided to treat us to a pancake breakfast before he had to head off to a meeting. I have been craving pancakes for a very long time, but just never had the time or the cooking utensils to make them. So I made a mini goal for myself to buy the kitchen goodies on a budget and realised I only needed to purchase flour & eggs and bam! we had ourselves some yummy pancakes with strawberries. The only difference is, is that I had to substitute regular flour for gluten free flour. I'm having a few issues with gluten & wheat at the moment, and whilst i figure that all out, i'm cutting it out. They didn't taste as good as my Mumma's used to, but they were still yummy none the less! So I thought I would share a few photo's and the recipe i used to make them - hope you enjoy! 

Recipe

Ingredients:

110g/4oz plain sifted flour *i used gluten free flour

a pinch of salt

2 eggs

200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz of water

50g/2oz

and any topping you wish *we used strawberries & sugar!

Method:

- Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl

- Make a well in the centre of the flour, and crack the two eggs into it

- Whisk the eggs with either a whisk or a fork until you get a paste 

- Gradually add the water/milk and mix until you get a smooth batter

- Melt the butter and then add 2tbsp into the batter and mix

- Use the rest of the butter for use in the pan before you make each pancake

- Get your pan really hot, then turn it down to a consistent medium heat

- Using a ladle, spoon the batter into the pan, so you have a good thickness to the pancake

- To keep your pancakes warm, have a pan of water on a very low heat with a plate on top, this allows you to rest the pancakes on top without them losing heat *it says to use greaseproof paper in between each one, but i don't see the need to

- Once you've made your pancakes, you may eat them with your favourite toppings! 

Ever since I was little, my Mumma used the Delia Smith recipe for the pancakes she made for me from a DS recipe book. Luckily, this recipe was on the BBC website *link just here*. 

Don't get me wrong, I do like american style pancakes, but these are just the best! 

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Hope you've enjoyed this post!

Have a wonderful weekend!

elfums x

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adventure time, snowdonia time

Happy Sunday everyone! 

I really can't believe that it's February already. The last month, as I'm sure you'll all agree, has gone way too quickly. I really hope the entire year doesn't go that quickly! 

Anyways, I thought I would share with you some photo's from this week that I took. Myself & my boyfriend, Alfie, took a little trip up to North Wales to stay with my parents for a few days. I didn't get to see them for Christmas, and this week was the only time I had. Even though we were only there for four days, and I miss them so much, but it was so so lovely. The four of us went up to the top of Snowdon on the week of my birthday last year, but Alfie & I really wanted to walk up. So that's what we did on Wednesday. As it's winter, and the weather is so bad, we didn't go all the way to the top. It didn't matter though, as the views were still spectacular, and I got to climb the 'Miner's Path' with my favourite. So here's a few snaps from our little adventure, which I took on my Canon 550D - also, here's a link to my Behance where you can view them too. Enjoy! 

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I hope you enjoyed having a look! I truly recommend going to Snowdon if you haven't before. We will definitely be going back to go further and also along a different path. I'm also lucky enough that my parents live only an hour away, and also a Mumma who is amazing to wake up super early to drive us there! 

Hope you've all had a wonderful relaxing day! 

elfums x

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