Revision catch-up

So revision has taken over my life for the past few weeks so I thought I'd give you a summary of the past few weeks in pictures;

Bike ride to Wollaton park (a.k.a home of batman!)

A lovely sunny evening in the park

Glee and Organic chemistry revision!

Revision treats :)

Injured knee :(

Yummy Salted caramel cupcake from Johnnie Cupcakes

Healthy chicken salad for dinner

Our friends hired a hot tub which was a great excuse for a revision break!

My 2nd home during exams

Desperate revision times call for a Chinese to the library!

Yummy crayfish, avocado and rocket bagel from Bagel nash

Hope you all enjoy the bank holiday weekend...I'll be spending mine in the library :(

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Lemon Drizzle Cake

As it was Beth's birthday this week, it was my duty as a house-mate to make her a cake.
She requested a lemon drizzle cake.
So i pulled my resources and created a lemon drizzle cake

For the cake

125g caster sugar

125g self-raising flour

125g butter/marg

2 eggs

a teaspoon of baking powder

zest of 1 lemon

a squirt of lemon juice

For the drizzle

The juice of 1.5 lemons

70g caster sugar

• Set your oven to 180'C
• Mix together the butter and sugar until light and creamy
  
• Add the self-raising flour, baking powder and eggs. Mix well.
  
  
  
  
• Add your lemon zest and lemon juice. Mix.
  
• Pour into a loaf tin and put in the oven.
  
• Bake for 35-40 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• Meanwhile make the drizzle. Add the juice and sugar to a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved.
• Once you have taken the cake out the oven poke lots of little holes in it with a skewer or fork and pour the drizzle over it and leave to cool.
  
  
  
  
• Enjoy the yummy sticky cake. Another excellent revision snack!

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Homemade revision cereal bars

So, it is exam time...this means snacking!
However it is also leading up to summer and the dreaded beach body. A solution to this is my (Nigella's) home made cereal bars.
Made with oats and fruits and nuts they are a healthy snack that actually fills you up, rather than satisfying a craving.

250g oats

397g can condensed milk

150g mixed fruit and nuts (cranberries, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, raisins,almonds)

• Preheat oven to 130'C and line a tin with foil.
• In a large mixing bowl add the oats and mixed fruit and nuts.
  
• Empty the condensed milk into a saucepan and heat until it has thinned, keep stirring it so that it doesn't burn!
• Pour the milk into the dry mix and stir well to make sure the oats and fruit and nuts are all covered in the milk and pour into the tin.
  
• Place the tin in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
• Take out the oven and leave to cool before cutting into 16-20 pieces.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Happy revision snacking! x