Hello Kitty Raspberry Muffins

                                         Hello there
   Today I felt like baking some muffins and went out to buy some ready mix muffins as I didn't feel like doing them from scratch and as before I had  saw these Hello Kitty Raspberry Muffins  packets, I was dying to try them out. So voila!


                                 They were really easy to do! 

   As the packet was going to expire next month there was a special offer when buying this packet you'd also get a packet of Hello Kitty Cake Loaf which of course was a bonus! 

   The packet contained - mix for muffins, pink sugar frosting mix, a sheet of decorative wafers and 12 muffin cases (I only used 10 muffin cases).


 The below information is taken from the back of the packet and I take no credit whatsoever.


   Just add: 100g cooking oil and 100g water = 110ml cooking oil and 110ml water 
                                      with the mix for muffins


1. Prepare the muffins
Place the 12 muffin cases in a baking tray. Preheat  oven (see below). Pour mix into a mixing bowl, add water and oil. Whisk everything together with a hand mixer for approx. 2 minutes until smooth in consistency.


2. Fill in and bake the mix
Use 2 tablespoons to evenly distribute mix in the muffin cases. Bake on middle level for approx. 20 minutes. After baking, allow muffins to cool on a cake grid. 


3. Decorating the muffins
Pour the pink sugar frosting mix into a small bowl, carefully add 3 tablespoons of water (20ml) and stir to create a thick glazing paste. Use a teaspoon to spread this frosting evenly on top of the muffins (1 teaspoonful per muffin) and create a smooth surface. Carefully remove the Hello Kitty figures from the wafer sheet. Use a knife to cut a small slot into the top of the muffin and stick a figurine into the slot.


Top-/bottom heat: approx. 180 degrees celsius, Gas Mark 4
Fan assisted heat: approx. 160 degrees celsius
Preheat oven! Bake for approximately 20 minutes.

                   Before putting the mix in the oven to bake.

                     Out from the oven! Now on to the decorations. 
   As I don't like the frosting instead I spread jam on top of the muffins and to make the muffins more fancy I added some millions and thousands (vermicelli) and some small chocolate decorations in the form of hearts, stars, and moon. 

                                         The final product!
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   I really liked these muffins so if you try them out, do tell me. I would like to hear your opinions on these. 


   Have you tried something similar? If so, what were they? Or do you have an entire different recipe? 


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                                         Hello there
   Hope things are all fine! I know I have been writing a lot of apologies posts but at the moment I wasn't up to writing any blogs, doing some cool stuff/ going anywhere or taking the photos of the not-so-recent-anymore purchases that I made as a few days later from my last post my grand dad passed away.


   I was really really close with my grand dad, he was like a second dad to be and when I heard that he had left us, everything felt like falling apart. I was sad, cranky,felt really lonely and couldn't believe that he has left me. Sometimes I'm still in denial thinking that I would see my grand dad soon but well I still need to adjust. 

   He has been sick for a lot of time, like 10 years? After recovering from an illness, another one comes up. Sometimes it's a relief that he has passed away because he is not suffering anymore although I miss him terribly! But well that's life. 


   One precious dream-wish I had because I knew that it could not come true as we (meaning me and my family) knew that he did not have a lot of time with us when he got his last chronic disease was the he would accompany/ be present at my some day wedding!


   Anyways, all in all I have a lot of precious memories which I cherish  from when I was kid and I do not regret having spent all this time with him and getting to know him.


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   I promise I will get back to you soon with the photos I had to take last month! I have also bought new stuff from New Look which I will take photos of too and post about them. 


   Coming up next, next weekend I am going to Gozo - a small island near Malta that forms part of Malta, for Carnival which I will post about with photos of Gozo, the costume, make-up and the stuff my friends and I will get up to do there. 


                                               Keep tuned!


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Last thing I'd like to dedicate this song to my lovely Grand dad and to our loved ones that have passed away.

                                                                                                          Berry Blush