Chocolate is actually the candy I love eating. And I can eat a lot of it. At once. Its making is also fun. Just a little annoying, that producing the chocolate isn't as easy and fast as eating it. Making chocolate is also an activity to do with my Miss A.. We like to experiment... Continue Reading →
Brownies is my favorite cake because of the rich, deep chocolate taste, crunchy walnuts and chewy yet at the same time soft, melt-in-a-mouth structure. And yes, it took me ages to develop a brownies receipt the way I like it. A little too much sugar and it got too heavy. Too many walnuts and it... Continue Reading →
Miss A. is a picky eater, except for cakes. I know what you are thinking. No, not every picky eater fancies cakes, I know actually a child that never touches a cake. Anyway, Miss A. loves to make them as well. She watches baking shows and of course YouTube. So she gets inspired and I... Continue Reading →
This is a very simple, easy chocolate cake for any occasion. We like to serve this with some buttercream and fresh sliced strawberries in between the layers. For 6 sheets (baked in 22cm round tins each) or 32 6x3,5cm round forms 700g sugar 500g butter 400g flour 8tbspoons of cocoa powder 4tspoons of vanilla sugar... Continue Reading →
We have been baking this cake for a couple of times for Ms. A's birthday occasion for her classmates, and surprisingly, kids have been liking it 🙂 She loves to decorate it with some basic sugar glaze and sprinkles. We also like to bake this as sheets and combine the layers with fresh blueberries and... Continue Reading →
This is actually an all around dressing. It also turns into a nice dip or as a cold sauce for BBQ meat and veggies if added finely chopped herbs like chives, parsley, mint, and so on. For 1kg new potatoes*: 250g Greek yogurt 100g mayo 2tbsp Dijon mustard *Normally when making a buffet for around... Continue Reading →
Our picky eater daughter for two years ago said to me: "I will eat bread buns every morning, if you bake them, and they are soft and delicious as X [her older already adult cousin] makes them". I said all right to that. And promised that we develop the bread recipe together, her and me.... Continue Reading →
It makes a good sense to renovate a room for Miss A as a fist indoor renovation project, we concluded back in 2018, when Mr. J and me were discussing priority of renovation projects at home.The house is huge (to my personal opinion), and the kid's room could be both on the second floor and... Continue Reading →
In general, the different sorbets I make, get commented by my family members as: it is good, it just tastes too much of insert name of a berry or fruit. But this is the sorbet, that always gets a long 'ummm' when tasted. So, I know this is so far the best one I can... Continue Reading →
This is the second year of 'the purple tansy meadow', and it is all above what I imagined it would be. There are many more plants this 2019 year that there were in 2018, it is full of wildlife and absolutely gorgeous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP1e1npPZ5s&feature=youtu.be This year in April we removed some of the useless plants, like... Continue Reading →
The House Near the Forest 