All Loved Up

I love today, it's love day! I have had the best day so far, and all my treats for Andy worked out amazingly so I thought I'd share the photos with you all.

Breakfast was heart shaped pancakes and this arrangement of letters which I achieved by using an empty tomato ketchup bottle filled with pancake batter. So fun and there were so many other things I could have designed and made into pancakes!
Andy actually doesn't like pancakes (I know!) so I made him eggs florentine instead but he gobbled it all up before I could snap a photo. Tasted good though!

Here are the jammy love heart biscuits that I finished off this morning before Andy came over. The recipe I used was from my sister's friend so I don't actually know if it's available online for me to include a link, but if you'd like to know how to make these I'll be happy to send you the recipe and I'll write it up on my computer especially! They look so good, I think. Haven't tried one yet but I have a feeling they'd go well with a nice cup of green tea or even a glass of fruit juice!

My main 'present' for Andy - a chocolate fudge heart cake! With lovehearts to decorate. If you read my last post on the trial heart shaped cake there is a link to the exact pan I used for this cake - it is nonstick and really works, so good. The recipe was a simple chocolate cake recipe (100g sugar, 100g butter, 100g sr flour, 2 eggs, 40g cocoa mixed with water) and the icing is a recipe from home which is quite tricky but again, if anyone wants to know how to make it I will send you the recipe with specific instructions because it is a chocolate fudge icing it requires special attention ;)

And here is what I received this morning when I was rushing about trying to get everything ready for Andy coming over. Like every other girl in the world, I absolutely love receiving flowers and these are from my 'secret admirer' ha ha! Andy knows my favourite flowers and I love these! Just trimmed the stalks and leaves actually, and they are now in a vase on my desk.

Andy also got me Tegan and Sara's new album, Heartthrob which I was so grateful for - I'm not big on 'gifts' on Valentine's day - just nice gestures, but he really pushed the boat out and has treated me. We went to Ask Italian for a late lunch and tonight we're going to see a comedy magician at the town hall. This is our second Valentine's day together and it's been just as beautiful and perfect as the last one was. Such a lovely day!


Goodbye, Flower xo