Vanilla sugar is the quintessential scented sugar. I keep a big glass of homemade vanilla sugar in my kitchen at all times, I never, ever use vanilla extract or essence, I use vanilla sugar instead. I know exactly what goes into making it, and I get all the lovely aromas from …
The Ultimate Chocolate Cake with Oreo Mousse
This is my new go-to recipe for chocolate cake. It is moist, intense, velvety and so delicious. I used it for this cake and this cake, and several other cakes that I either forgot to photograph or haven’t posted about yet. It originates from the Confetti Cakes Cookbook, and is …
Wedding cake with beech leaves
A couple of weeks ago, my friend got married. It was a beautiful late spring wedding, it was warm and sunny, the church was lovely and the reception was held in an old train station (which my husband loved) decorated with beech branches. I had been asked to bring the …
What’s New!
Well, first the summer weather seemed to have left again, it was cold, gray and wet, but then summer came back! We had a three day weekend, where we had some family over for dinner, I spend an afternoon with some friends and we relaxed. Also, I bought a new …
What’s New!
So, it has been a while again. A whole month since last What’s New! post, but there have been a few cake posts since. I spend a lot of time at work (not surprising with a full time job), and 2-3 hours a day commuting, that time in particular I …
Purple Cake
I am sitting on my couch with my laptop on my lap, watching the full moon rise over the building outside my window, while darkness falls. I like our apartment. I like that we have space for our stuff now, I like that we have the wall space for a …
Robot Chemistry Wedding Cake
So, I think I promised you a post on the recent wedding cake I made. The bride and groom had requested chocolate, raspberry and caramel as flavours and had given me free hands to
Whats new!
It has been a week and a half since my last What’s new! post so it seemed like time for another one! But what is new? Well, first of all it has been easter, which means time of from work. We spend some family time and I made a lot …
Whats new!
I have considered starting a regular update on what is happening, since posting recipes on a schedule doesn’t seem to be going so well. So whats new? We went on our honeymoon in the beginning of March. We went to Cape Verde, to the island of Boavista and spend a …
Christening Cake vol. II
This cake was made for some good friends, for the christening of their little daughter. The cake was fun to make, I got to play around with my airbrush – it is a bit nerve-wrecking to stencil directly on a covered cake! The pictures are not great, they were taken …