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Easy Chocolate Cake \(°∀.°)/三三

Hello~!!

When you are a little tired of doing nails,
how do you take a break??

I love having nice sweets and a cup of tea(^-^)v


I'd like to share a recipe with you today,
and that is an easy chocolate cake!!



=INGREDIENTS=
160g Cooking Milk Chocolate
75g Butter
3 Medium size Eggs
110g Icing Sugar
70g Plain Flower
3tbs Liquor(Rum or Brandy)
Small amount of Icing for decoration



=PREPARATION=
Take eggs out of fridge to make them room temp.
Measure all the ingredients.
Break chocolate into small pieces and sift the flower.



=Let's Start!!=
1. Boil some water in the kettle.

2. Put a piece of baking sheet in the tin.



3. Pour a small amount of boiling water into a bowl,
and put the chocolate bowl in it.



4. Separate egg whites from egg yolks,
and beat egg whites with 1/2 of icing sugar.



5. Beat beat beat beat beat beat...
for about 10 min till it gets fluffy.

From left, 3 min later, 5 min, 8min, and 10 min...

Now you can turn the bowl up side down!

It is the key to make the cake nice and soft!!


6. If the hot water in the bottom bowl gets cold,
please change to hot water to melt the chocolate completely.
(Preheat oven to 180C)



7. Add butter to chocolate and mix them together.



8. Add liquor and mix.



9. Check the egg whites, if it looks bumpy whisk a little
to make it smooth.



10. After checking the egg whites, beat the egg yolks
and add the rest of icing sugar (using the same whisk is ok).


Beat till it looks like mayonnaise.



11. Add a half of the egg whites...



=HOW TO MIX KEEPING IT FLUFFY=
Cut the egg whites with a spatula 3 times.
1. Pink 2. Red 3. Purple


Then, scoop whites from back and flip it over without pushing.
(Dotted lines are where you cut)


...So, cut, cut, cut, scoop and flip!!
Repeat this method until the ingredients are mixed.

☆★☆


12. After mixing them lightly, add 1/2 of flower
and mix in the same way...
 
cut 3 times, scoop and flip!!


13. Add the rest of the flower and keep mixing
till no powdery texture.



14. Add the rest of the egg whites and mix.
Cut 3 times, scoop and flip again(^o^)/
(Do this as quickly as you can to make your cake fluffy!!)



15. Add The chocolate at once and mix quickly!
AGAIN!! Cut 3 times, scoop and flip!!



16. Pour everything into the baking tin
and remove a little bit of air by dropping the tin on the table
a few times.



17. Bake it for 25-30minutes.



TING!!

18. Stick a toothpick in the middle of the cake and see.
If there is no liquid attached to the toothpick, IT'S PERFECT!!!



19. Remove the cake from the tin and turn it over.
Then let it cool down...



20. When it gets cooler,
decorate with icing sugar!!



Yaaaaay!! Handmade sweeeets!!!
Yummmmy and Healthy~~~~~~(°∀°)/
(If you eat this everyday, it's not going to be healthy of course(^-^;)


I hope you'll enjoy having a break from nails
and enjoy creating some other things too!!!

Yaaaaay!!
 

Spring Toe Nails2 (´∀｀;＊。・○〇°

Hello~!!

I forgot to write about my spring toe nail design
 on the other foot!!　Sorry!!



I did Mr. Bee on my right big toe,
and I did Mrs. Butterfly on my left big toe(^-^)v





I'll show you step by step procedure for the butterfly.
(please click to see how I did flowers.)



1.  Pick a small ball of pink mixture
and place it where you want the top right wing to be.



2. Press the mixture with the brush to make it flat,
and push it from both sides.



3. Repeat step 1 and step 2 to create
the top left wing.



4. Pick a tiny ball of mixture
to make the bottom right wing.



5. Repeat step 4 on the other side...



6. Let's add a colour to the top wings!



7. Pick a small ball of mixture and place it
in between the wings.



8. Drag the mixture downwards
and push it from both sides to make it long and skinny.



9. Apply a small ball of white mixture
on top of the body and make it flat.



And draw the face like I showed
in the previous blog.


Here is Mrs. Butterfly!!

Very happy flying around the flowers(^-^)


Thank you very much for your visit
°・;。○〇☆°\(´∀｀)/°☆〇○。;・°

Spring Toe Nails＊(´∀｀)。・○〇*☆°・○*〇。

The season here is changing~♪

It's getting cooler and cooler here!!
Now I feel a little too cold!! ha ha...


I didn't update my blog for about a week!!
I'm so sorry...
Especially for the sweet people who gave me comments,
I'm terribly sorry for not replying quickly...。・°(≧д≦)°・。

I'll be more careful...ｍ(u_u)m

☆-----------------------------------☆

I did my pedicure today!
Which is designed for Spring...

I was thinking of this lovely season coming to
most of the world!!!(not here but(^-^;)


I hope you'll like it!
↓

Small flowers are blooming and a little bee is visiting!



Here is the steps!

1. Pick a small amount of pink acrylic powder
and place onto the big toe.



2. Shape it to make a petal.



3. Repeat step 1 and 2 four times.



4. Pick a small amount of white acrylic powder
and place it in the middle of petals.



Here is a pretty flower!!


 Please add some more flowers if you like!
Using different colour powder for additional flowers
will be very cute!!


Then...


5. Pick a ball of white acrylic powder
and make it flat with the brush.



6. Add another ball of mixture
with light yellow acrylic powder.



7. Add 2 petals on top of the object
using light blue powder.




8. Draw the face and design on the bum
with acrylic paint.

A little bee is completed!!!!


It's very tiny and you can hardly see them
from a distance,
but they'll make YOU happy and smile(^o^)/


Please try if you like it!!


Thank you very much!!!


(^3^)/smooch!!

♪How to Draw a Flower 3 (on Nail)♪

Hello hello~!!

How to do hand painted nail art No.3!!
I'm sorry for taking so long to finish this topic(u_u)


Well,
I'm going to show you
how to draw cherry blossom flowers on the nail today!


What you can use is...
acrylic paint, either liquid type or paste type,
you can buy them from art stores(^-^)v


If you're using the paste type paint,
you need to mix with water carefully to make
 a perfect consistency.


This is a white acrylic paste
which is just squeezed from the tube.
↓



Dip the paint brush into the water and
bring a small amount of water onto the paint.



At this point,
the water is not enough and paint looks bumpy.



So, add another small amount of water
and mix well.

If you can leave brush marks on the paint,
the paint still need some more water.


Add a tiny little bit of water again and mix well.




Can you remember how to draw a cherry blossom
from my previous blog??

and
Draw the outline first and fill inside...(^-^)


Let's try drawing onto the nail with this consistency...

Can you see streaks on the design??
It means the paint needs a little bit more water.


BUT,
if you add too much water,
the design will look like this...

...like a leaf which is eaten by a little bug,
creates holes everywhere
and the paint seems to be following the brush!


If this happens, you can either mix the paint well again
or add some more paint(^-^;


Then you can draw flowers like this☆



As you do hand painted nail art lots of times,
you'll definitely get used of it!!

Just keep drawing what you'll like to draw
and have fun!!



Thank you very much for reading!!

♪How to Draw a Flower2 (Cherry Blossom)♪

I'll continue writing about how to draw a flower
for hand painted nail art!!


Today, I'll show you how to draw
a cherry blossom flower, my favourite spring flower!!


Before you start drawing on the nail,
let's check what cherry blossoms look like,
(See Cherry Blossom Images )

and practice on a piece of paper first(^-^)/

After checking a few different photos,
you can tell the flower shape is like this...
↓

A round petal with a little cut on the end.


Let's practice the shape
following the steps that I showed you
in the last blog
↓
How to Draw a Flower?!


Practice practice practice practice
practice practice practice until you find
a perfect shape, size and angle etc...(^▽^)～♪



Then, let's try painting them
using acrylic paint!!


I used black, so that I can see
how I'm doing better(^-^)



Adding water little by little with the brush,
mixing mixing mixing
until the paste becomes very smooth : )


It is always good to start drawing the outline first.

Then fill inside.


When the brush becomes hard on the end
and doesn't separate any more like this,


please dip the brush into the water
and separate the hair.



With practice, I think your body will remember
how to move the brush to draw cherry blossoms.



OK!!
I'll show you how to draw these cherry blossoms
on the nail next time!!



Thank you very much for reading （´∀｀）ノ☆





 

How to Draw a Flower?! (@_@)

Good afternoon~!!
How are you~??

It's getting nice and cooler here in Adelaide(^o^)yay!
I was wearing summer clothes this morning,
and my nails and lips turned blue! aha ha!!

The spring must be close to some countries(´▽｀）～☆
Winter and spring are my favourite seasons!!
My favourite colours are pink and white too!!


Anyway!!

I think a lot of people will try flower nail art
during the spring period!!

I got a really good question from a girl who
wants to learn how to draw a flower＊(^-^)＊

I think a lot of people would start with a flower
which has 5 petals,
 but
sometimes those 5 petals don't fit in a circle,
or somehow end up with 7 petals(^-^)
(yes, this is my experience...haha)


So, let's practice!!

Please prepare a piece of paper and a pen.


1. Draw one dot.


2. Draw 5 dots around the 1st dot.


3. Draw a circle around each of the 5 dots.


4. A flower with 5 petals!

Well...the gaps in between petals seem to be
a little too wide, don't you think?


OK! Try again!!

1. Draw one dot and 5 dots around the 1st dot.


2. Draw a circle around each of the 5 dots,
a little wider circles this time!

Doesn't it look better?!


Let's try without 5 dots this time!

and


You see?? It's very easy if you practice a few times!


Then you can start changing the shapes of petals
...like...
↓

raindrop shape, leaf shape and cherry blossoms p(^▽^)q


I hope you'll enjoy practicing!!


I'll show you how to draw a flower for hand paint nail art
next time!!


Thank you for visiting!! (^3^)/smooch!!