christmas and coconut ice....Nice!

Well I sure hope that you all had a lovely christmas. I had a very relaxing time with my family. Christmas day was spent at home with Harrison's grandparents, uncle and of course mummy and daddy.
He's too young to understand about santa, but he had fun playing with family and all of his new toys.
We ate a lot, drank not too much and enjoyed a relaxing time together, and that's what it's all about.
Normally we are all running around trying to guess what gifts everyone would like and it becomes so stressful, but this year we decided to just buy for the little fella.
This christmas he discovered trifle...seems he couldn't get enough of it, that along with the odd pringle and his advent chocolate!! Well it is christmas....if you can't be naughty then, when can you?!!

I made some more coconut ice, this time in the shape of hearts.............

I used a heart cutter to stamp out shapes before placing them in cello bags as christmas gifts.

It's late now, but I will blog about finding our new home and my gingerbread house tomorrow.
Early start tomorrow as we are signing paperwork for moving in the new year!!
See you soon. x

Coconut Ice

I love making Coconut Ice at home, not only is it easy and quick to make, but it tastes pretty good too!

Ingredients:

405g can carnation light condensed milk ( 'light'...like that s going to help!!)
300g desiccated coconut
300g icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3 drops scarlet food colouring

Method:

Line a 24cm square tin with baking paper( If like moi you dont have that size tin, measure out a  24cm x 24cm square onto baking paper and spread out within the markings ). 
Mix together the condensed milk with the coconut, icing sugar and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
Spoon half of the mixture into the base of the tin and spread it out evenly with the back of a spoon or spatular.
Add the food colouring to the remaining mixture and mix until evenly coloured.
Spread over the top of the bottom layer until smooth.
Leave overnight, or at least  four to five hours in a cool place.
Da Dah......homemade Coconut Ice for you and your loved ones!

If you don't want to stop there, you can make pretty homes for your Coconut Ice and give them away as gifts .

I bought some paper doilies to decoate the top of the jar,along with some pink ribbon and a handmade label using 'paperchase' stickers.

This jar idea was from 'Lucykatecrafts'. I thought that I would change the idea slightly rather than be lazy and just copy someone else's hard work. I made two and they have gone to very good homes (Ma and Ma in law), so it was all worth while! You can follow the tutorial on Lucykate's blog.