Katies Blog : First Post! 💕

Hello!
Good Morning! Today is a Saturday and it is the day before easter! I am excited for Easter and all of the chocolate! 🍫

Hope you enjoy this Post,
Katie xx 💁

Movies!

Tinkerbell and the Pirate fairy ✨🐊
This morning I watched the new Tinkerbell movie as I am quite obsessed with Disney and Tinkerbell. To b honest when it ended I was sadly a bit disappointed. In other Tinkerbell movies a lot more adventure happens but in this one, they were dealing with pretty much the same thing as a while ago which was saving the dust. However I did like the way it crossed on Peter Pan, after all that's were tinkerbell came from! The really cute crocodile in it is actually the crocodile in peter pan that makes the ticking noise because it eats the guy with the striped tshirts mothers clock so its eyes bop up and down. It also included things like skull island, Captain hook, the flying ship and again, the crocodile. Near the end u saw the crcocodile trying to bite Hooks leg, which its mentioned in Peter Pan, the crcocodile bites of Hooks leg. I give this movie 6/10

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Divergent 🔥💑
I have read the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth, and I have been really excited for the movie ever since. I saw the movie 2 weeks ago with my 2 friends, and I was fairly pleased with the movie. I taught it was as intruiging as the book was , but I was disappointed with how they left out some big bits from the book. Like Uriah was mentioned once in the movie but u never actually saw him and it wasn't clear that Will and Christina were dating, and Edward didn't get stabbed in the eye with a butterknife. It was quite rushed though. Although it was like 2 and a half hours long, I still found it quite rushed. I was really annoyed by the ending because although you want to see the next one because I have read the books and Im interested in how it goes out, really if I had no interest in the books, the ending was really disappointing and it could of been better. 7.5/10

Fashion!👗

I made these outfits on polyvore and Ill have the brand and the price bellow! x

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Outfit #1💕

Even & Odd crooped top print Tshirt- €17- www.zalando.co.uk

Black Denim Jacket - €24- www.newlook.com

Ripped Skinny Jeans- €28- www.pullandbear.com

Nike Womens Air Force 1 Low- €61- www.finishline.com

Pineapple Print Backpack- €41- www.topshop.com

With Love from CA Lace metal heart sunglasses- €12- www.pacsun.com

AEO Selfie Beanie- €12- www.ae.com

iPhone 5 Case in Galaxy- €18- www.saturday.com

Outfit #2 💕

Inspire Black Contrast Floral Border Semi Sheer Kimono Top- €22.99- www.newlook.com

Floral Mickey Crop Top- €18- www.etsy.com

Topshop Petite MOTO Brooke Acid Wash Denim Hotpants- €34- www.topshop.com

Black Authentic Vans- €32- www.urbanoutfitters.com

Victorias Secret Beach Tot Bag- €25- www.victoriassecret.com

Disney Mickey and Minnie earrings- €2.17- www.etsy.com

Mickey Mouse Stainless Steel Watch- €18- www.jcpenney.com

Black and Gold stud iPhone 5 case- €5.13- www.hottopic.com

Charlotte Rose cut out metal sunglasses- €10- www.80spurple.com

Hair Bow (set of 3)- €4.84- www.newlook.com

Blanc Nail Polish Essie- €9.64- www.debenhams.com

I will do 2 other outfits on Monday x

Hope you liked! Comment which ones your favourite! x

Baking!🍰

Macaroon Recipe!

French Macaron Recipe Ingredients

4 large egg whites (or 5 small) 140g (4.94 ounces)
1/3 cup or 70g (2.47 ounces) caster sugar [*US cups 1/3 cup plus 1 tsp]
1 1/2 cups or 230g (8.11 ounces) pure icing sugar [US cups 1 1/2 cups plus 4 tsp] OR 1 3/4 cups 230g (8.11 ounces) icing mixture [US cups 1 3/4 cups plus 4 tsp]
1 cup or 120g (4.23 ounces) almond meal [US cups 1 cup plus 3 teaspoons]
2g (0.07 ounces) salt (tiny pinch)
gel food colouring (optional)
(*cup measurements are metric cups where 1 cup=250ml in the USA cups use customary units so 1 cup = 236ml so you need to add a little bit extra as detailed in the recipe.).
Macaron Recipe Directions

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C

Place egg whites and cater sugar in a bowl and mix with electric mixer until stiff enough to turn the bowl upside down without it falling out, continue to whip for 1-2 more minutes. How long this takes will depend on you mixer. Add gel or powdered food colouring and continue to mix for a further 20seconds.

Sift the almond meal and icing sugar and salt twice, discarding any almond lumps that are too big to pass through the sieve. Fold into the egg white mixture. It should take roughly 30-50 folds using a rubber spatula. The mixture should be smooth and a very viscous, not runny. Over-mix and your macarons will be flat and have no foot, under mix and they will not be smooth on top.

Pipe onto trays lined with baking paper, rap trays on the bench firmly (this prevents cracking) and then bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Check if one comes off the tray fairly cleanly, if not bake for a little longer (make sure you are using NON-stick baking paper or they will stick).

Filling your macaroons

You can use jam and cream, butter cream or just eat them plain.

Ganache Recipe
100g (3.53 ounces) chocolate
30ml cream
Bring the cream to the boil and pour over the chocolate. Let stand for a minute and then stir. If it is not adequately melted then microwave for 20 seconds and stir – repeat until smooth. Allow to cool and thicken before piping onto macarons.