Love Antics

February in London has been pretty cold and even a bit snowy these past few weeks. But things are heating up with all this LOVE in the air! Despite being that girl that never has a Valentine, I still love the holiday.  I was up to  few antics over the weekend to spread some love to London...

Friday my darling flatmate Daniela and I went for tea at the Mercure hotel and shared lots of roomie love over some delicious treats

An English lady now??

our demolished spread!! 

Between champagne and tea; cucumber sandwiches and chocolate torts I was in love with life by the time we left.... and waddling slightly  

Saturday, my flatmates and I threw a banging Valentine's day party. "We Found Love" in flat 7!!

An aphrodisiac table to help our guests in the venture of finding love...

Ambassadors of LOVE!

Showing some love to the guests

The love flowed all night and the party was such a success! 

I am still waiting to see what my Valentine's Day proper may hold, maybe a nice dinner?? Hm, we'll see. 

Enjoy the day and Spread some LOVE!!!

Sunday Kind of Love

Love is in the air.... well, actually its the smell of some valentine's day treats.

I found a simple recipe for a white cake I though might make good gifts for my friends:

from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
  
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• Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch

oven ready

30 minutes later

fresh strawberries to finish it off