Loosely Bound Zine Extravaganza!!

We shall be at this next weekend.....
Run by Bradford Zine collective Loosely Bound, this looks like it features a load of rad folk, and I like going to Bradford as I was born then, but left young, so enjoy the few times I have returned as an adult! Will be having a stall full of Sugar Paper, Tinnitus and whatever zines I have made that are lying around!

Happy International Women's day

Inspiring Sugar Paper #9

Oh and the awesome site that is ROOKIE!

Seleena's zine shop & NEW ZINE!!

So one half of Sugar Paper, (me, Seleena), has opened an online shop for all the other zines I makes, check it out HERE.

I've also just completed my first ever illustrated zine....

A 60 page full colour zine featuring 30 jackets belonging to Gerard Way!!

Songs to leap around to...

Happy leap Year!

Chocolate pancakes!

HAPPY PANCAKE DAY!!
I'm still deciding what to make later on this evening, but here's a recipe form our #7 issue....

You will need:
-4oz/100g plain flour
-1/2 oz/ 20g cocoa
-Pinch of salt
-1 egg
-1/2 pint of milk
1- In a bowl, mix the flour, cocoa and salt.
2- Make a well in the centre of the mix and put in the egg. Mix in.
3- Add the milk gradually stirring well, so as not to have a lumpy mixture.
4- Heat a frying pan with a little oil. When hot turn to moderate heat and spoon in some of the pancake mix.
5- Cook well both sides (top tip keep the pancakes warm in the oven).

We served ours with a coconut sorbet! The recipe can be found in Sugar Paper #7.
ps tried to locate a picture but couldn't, but hey we all know what panckes look like right!?

I'm cocoa-nuts about you!

So the last part of the valentines baking trilogy is a heart shaped cupcake.

here's how to make these raspberry, chocolate, coconut layer cakes...

You will need:

-6oz/175g margarine

-6oz/175g caster sugar

-Pinch of salt

-6oz/175g self raising flour

-3 eggs

-1 TBSP cocoa

-1 TBSP raspberries (mashed)

-2 TBSP dessicated coconut

-few drops of red food colouring

for the topping:

-4 TBSP icing sugar

-2oz/50g butter/margarine

-Few drops of vanilla essence

-Few drops of red food colouring

-dessicated coconut and raspberries to decorate

1.Pre heat oven to gas mark 4/180c

2.Beat together the sugar, margarine and salt.

3.Beat the eggs and mix in gradually with the flour.

4.Split mixture into two bowls.

5.In one bowl add the cocoa, mix well.

6.In the other add raspberries, coconut and food colouring and mix well.

7.Place cupcake cases in a baking tray (we used a heart shaped one!).

8.Layer in the mixtures alternately, IE desert spoon of choc mix, desert spoon of raspberry mix until 3/4s full.

9.Bake for around 15-20 minutes.

10. Leave to cool and prepare topping!

Topping:

1.Mix the icing sugar and marg/butter together until well blended.

2. Add drops of vanilla essence and food colouring.

3.Spread onto cakes and top with a sprinkle of dessicated coconut and a raspberry!