Etsy Picks - White

I have rediscovered my love for Etsy, and so I have decided to restart my weekly Etsy picks post. So if you like anything here why not pop over to Etsy and have a look around.

1. Bunting by heidi adnum photography

2. Blouse by Sweet Cake Cookie

3. Journal by Burgundy District

4. Love stone by sJengraving

5. Texas necklace by truche

6. Pretty print by K. Helseth Photography

7. Decal by Modern Walls

  8. Sculpture by Art Mind 

9. Skirt by GypsyAccessory

On the ninth day of Christmas (White Christmas)

Okay my Internet connection is ridiculously slow at the moment so this blog post has been a pain in the butt to put together. Just imagine waiting for 5 minutes for each web page to load up - yes it really is that bad right now. Hopefully this will only be a small glitch and then we will have "lightning" speeds again tomorrow. Well we better.

Anyway onto the baking - it seems Better Homes and Gardens has let me down again! This time the White Christmas recipe (a classic Christmas treat in Australia) was close to a diaster. The recipe calls for 250g of Copha (vegetable shortening) however I found that it was nowhere near enough to make the slice stick together. So my White Christmas quickly became slightly yellow Christmas because I needed to add some unsalted butter (since I didn't have any extra Copha) to make it all stick together. But in the end it tastes pretty good - if you don't mind Copha. It really is a love or hate kind of ingredient. I don't mind it, but Mat thinks it is like eating wax - yummo. So if you can handle Copha then this is another treat that is great to package up and give us a gift or to eat yourself. It was last up to 3 weeks in an airtight container in the fridge.


White Christmas (from Better Homes and Gardens - December 2009)

250g Copha (vegetable shortening), chopped (I would have 2 packs on hand just in case you need more to bind it together)
3 cups puffed-rice cereal
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup icing sugar
1 cup powdered milk
300g rose-flavoured Turkish delight, chopped (I used red glace cherries instead)
1/2 cup toasted almond flakes

1. Line base and sides of a lamington tin with baking paper.
   
2. Put Copha in a small heavy-based pan over a low heat and melt. Remove from heat and stand until lukewarm.
3. Combine cereal, coconut, icing sugar, powdered milk, turkish delight and almonds and stir to combine.
   
4. Make a well in the centre, add Copha and stir until mixture is uniformly moist and coated in Copha. Spoon into prepared tin and pack down with the back of a spoon. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for 2-3 hours or until firm.
5. Remove White Christmas from the tin and cut into bars or squares.

Rating?
3 out of 5 reindeers!

Tuesday Etsy Picks - Black and White

Black and White - A tribute to Michael Jackson, RIP

1. Black Bird Listening to Music on Headphones by Designfruit
2. cozy/cuff by megan auman
3. Black and White Stems Large Fabric Thumbtacks by fabricfarrago
4. greta is not amused by mary's granddaughter
5. Micro Tile Hydrangea by Element Clay Studio
6. Chalkboard Journal by burgundy district
7. Floral Skull Necklace by Tilly Bloom
8. The Captain Silhouette Print by The Little Chickadee
9. Emo Stripes Bloomers by Rae Gun