8 Romantic Recipes For Valentines Day 2015

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This is a guest post by Laura from Little Lauras who shares all kinds of lovely things. 

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With Valentines Day right around the corner, Ive become completely and utterly obsessed with everything about the holiday. This is 100% new for me (we dont tend to do a great deal on Valentines Day. Pancake day is where its really at!) but I have to say, Im growing ever fond of the idea. Gorgeous flowers are popping up in every shop window, store shelves have been taken over by glittering pink & red cards and, my favourite part of all, Pinterest is totally overloaded with the cutest Valentines recipes Ive ever laid my eyes on. I seriously cant stop looking at them! Doughnuts, pancakes, cookies, brownies, cupcakes - you name it, Pinterest has got it! As were only 3 days away from the most romantic day on the planet, I thought Id share with you my favourite recipes to inspire you to get baking this year! Here they are: 

Meringue Pops  (Left)

Valentine Mini Baked Dounuts (Right)

Double Decker Stripy Valentine Cookies (Left) 

Valentine Sweets (Right)

Crepe Cake With Mascarpone Cream Filling (Left)

Rice Krispie Valentine Lollipops (Right)

Double Heart Cookies (Left)

Creamy Fudge Hearts (Right)

What do you guys think? Anything youd like to try? Let me know in the comments below!

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8 Places Id Like To Visit Part 2

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So heres the second half of the list (part 1). Writing these posts and looking at all the wonderful photos, whilst glancing out my window to a view of the back of houses and rainy weather, has made me really want to just head to one of the places now. But seeing as that isnt possible, Ill just have to take in what I have and look forward to hopefully visiting these amazing places.

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Switzerland

My dad did a bit of travelling with a group of friends when he was in his 20s and they travelled across to Switzerland, from France, and visited a few different places. They went down the backpacking route and instead of staying in hotels, opted to camp. He always shares great stories with me, one being that because of their accent and dialect, another group didnt think they where English and instead started running off countries (luckily I dont sound like that...well hopefully). I love looking at the pictures he took and would love to some day visit the places he did - Zermatt, Visp, Basel, Geneva and Interlaken. As well as the beautiful Swiss national park.

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New Zealand & Fji

Okay so technically, this makes it 9 places rather than 8, but Id love to go from one to the other. I only recently have been made interested in visiting here, whilst watching the lovely Carly Rowenas travel vlog from when she visited. Thats my type of holiday - full of adventure! Although I dont really mind the odd beach day, I would much rather be in the sea doing a water activity. Both places look glorious and I would love to do a bunch of the activities Carly did, they all look so fun; however Id probably get a little tense at the underwater cave swimming.

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Iceland

Until I was about 12/13 I dont really think Id heard much about the country (is that bad?) However, I somehow befriended some from Iceland - we lost touch after about a year. But, country looks to hold some beautiful scenes. Some of the things Id like to do are: visit the Skaftafell Ice Cave, relax in the hot springs at Blue Lagoon, witness the magic of the Northern Lights and trek in Landmannalaugar.

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South Africa

I remember watching a show on CBBC that was like a reality show for kids, which was based in South Africa called Safari 8 and it made me really interested in visiting. Literally, every show I watched like it - like Outback 8 and all the Serious shows - I wanted to go on. Fun fact: I actually applied to go on Escape to Scorpian Island in 2008/9. Anyway, went a little off topic there. South Africa is home to some beautiful animals and itd be amazing to go on a safari trip and view them in their natural habitat rather than in enclosures and zoos. Although I think Id be pretty scared, itd be great to go on an adventurous canopy tour. Also, to spend some time in Cape town.

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