Strawberry Sponge Cake

I have always found sponge cakes difficult to make until I made this one. Followed this super easy peasy recipe with less ingredients and my cake turned out so fresh, light and fluffy. I am always nervous when I bake anything new because I have had some bad experiences in the past, lol. But little did I expect that this recipe would be a hit. So why not to share with you all?!

Ingredients:
Sponge cake:
Eggs (room temperature) 6 large or 7 small
Sugar 1 cup
Flour 1 cup
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence 1.5 tsp

Sauce:
Strawberries
Sugar (as required)

Frosting:
Whipped cream (Foster Clarks or any available one)

Directions:

• Beat the eggs with an electric mixer on high speed for 1 minute.
• With the mixer on, gradually add the sugar and now beat for 8 mins until the mixture becomes thick and fluffy.

• Fold in the sifted baking powder and flour into the batter gently with the help of spatula and make sure to scrap the bottom. DO NOT over mix.
  
  
  
  
• Pour into a baking pan lined with butter paper and flour dusted on it.
  
             
  
• Bake at 180 degree Celsius for 25-30 mins or till its done.

Strawberry Sauce:Blend strawberries with sugar as per your taste.
                  
Time to frost the cake.

Cut the cake into equal haves. My husband did that for me as I felt too nervous. :P

Look at that perfect brown colour. <3

Spread the strawberry sauce. Let it absorb and then spread the whipped cream.

                  

Cover with the second layer. Decorate the cake the way you want to.

ANDDD ENJOYYYY!!

Nikah Pen

Image credits: MM FOTOZ 

Hello all, welcome back to the blog! This is my first DIY post. I am trying to be more active here as well as on my instagram page these days. So you will get to see more content i'A!

The trend of fancy nikah pens is going on for a while now. There are a lot of sellers whom you can buy from in Pakistan. Small or big, I love doing DIY projects. The feeling when you put in effort and love while creating stuff is something else. So last year when I was about to get nikahfied, I wanted to create a nikah pen on my own. I sat down and thought of the things that would be needed. Nothing complicated or difficult to buy...

The pen turned out so good m'A and when I shared pictures on my social media a lot of friends asked me how I did it. Then recently I decided to post on my blog for the ease of every one who wants to make it.

Things you'll need:

Blue or black ball point (the one that has a cap)
Golden pearl string
Golden tape
Peacock feathers
Flowers of your choice
Glue gun

(I bought all the stuff from Universal, TV Station Rd, Khi).

DIY:

Stick the tape around the pen very smoothly. Putting on a golden tape gives good finishing. 
Using a glue gun, adhere the golden pearl string in a round fashion.
Stick the feathers onto the top of the pen.
Stick the flowers on the feathers closely so the tape and the feathers' base underneath becomes invisible.
Tadaaa.... You're done! 

A closeup of the pen.

Beautiful pens made by friends for their special occasions......

Singapore

I always wanted to do travel posts on my blog as I have a lot of content to share. I have been traveling frequently for quite a few years alhamdulillah and as much as I love photography, I love sharing pictures of beautiful places around the world. I believe traveling gives you exposure to different kind of places, people and culture.
   
In the summers of 2015 right after Eid ul Fitr, we planned a family trip to Malaysia and Singapore. Some of you might know that I am a pharmacist. I was in the third year at that time and one of my exams got delayed which I had to take early(unnecessary details). I mentioned because my exams had  always been a hurdle in our trips. :D Anyway, we first went to Malay and then to Singapore.

Singapore is a small, beautiful island city and the fact that its so neat and clean makes it more appealing to the tourists. We stayed for around 3 days that were enough to explore the city. I am sharing the photos that I got to capture while wandering around. Also mentioning the name of the places below the photos.

Singapore Flyer

Marina Bay Sands

As the sun sets....

Skyline

Merlion Park

Palawan Beach, Sentosa Island.

Train station

Traders Market, Clark Quay

Traders market, Clarke Quay

Clarke Quay

Clarke Quay view from a bridge. SO gorgeous!!

Jurong Bird Park

You can feed the parrots.

Birds' show

Random Singaporian cute kids getting ready to enjoy the show.

Flamingos entertaining the audience.

Night Safari- it was one of the best things that I got to see in my life. But unfortunately could not take pictutes as the flash photography was prohibited.

There are a lot more photos to share but maybe next time! Follow my facebook and instagram accounts to see more of my photography work. Thank you!