Happy Easter to you all!




Happy Easter to you all!
I had leftover caramel at home so I thought I’ll use it wisely. I whipped up a can of double cream and added the caramel, it resulted in a silky, smooth, thick cream, which went perfectly on top of my cupcakes. I usually bake with chocolate chips, but this time around I had dark chocolate chunks to spice up my vanilla cupcakes. To finish it off, I used mini chocolate swirls bought from Hungary. My kids were over the moon!
Dinosaur party for my little girl? Hell, yeah!
Kind of a last minute idea, kind of easy, and a lot of fun! Didn’t need much preparation, which was essential this time, since we just bought our new house (literally got the keys 2 days prior the party), and we are in the middle of moving.
Before my daughter’s birthday, I organized another event at her preschool. We made a Fairies and Elves party as a fundraising event, that needed much more prep work, but then it was a party to host a larger number of kids. With so much going on lately, I haven’t really baked anything for us, hence the lack of posts. And another reason for not baking is that my husband is gluten intolerant, and we just found out several weeks ago, so ever since then I haven’t really baked anything. I definitely need to try out gluten free baking soon, but first things first, we are moving! Yaaaay!
The older girls applied dinosaur tattoos on the little ones.
Another fun activity was to eat little donuts off a string without touching them with hands.
We also had frozen dinosaur eggs which I made by inserting little dinosaurs in water balloons, filled with water, then put them in the freezer. We then poured warm water over the eggs to discover the dinosaurs when the ice was gradually melting off.
After everyone went home late afternoon, my little 4 year old (who’s birthday was actually on the day of her party) stayed out and played on her own at the sand pit for a good 20-30 minutes. After all the excitement she needed some time alone to cool off, process everything and take it all in….Happy Birthday my sweet Darling!
My daughter and her friend baked blueberry-chocolate chips muffins on Thursday, and I put aside a few. They took care of the rest, meaning they decorated them and eat most of them. They did a very good job, and the muffins were delicious. The best part of all was that they genuinely had lots of fun in the kitchen!
Not much to say about these beauties except that they were light as feathers and very easy to make. Perfect for a summer afternoon if you can pick your own fresh strawberries, or on any other afternoon if you can buy juicy strawberries at your local store.
I got a few vintage crochet lace mats and doilies from my mother which she got from my grandmother, which she got from my great grandmother, who made them…..yeah, we’re talking about old stuff here, very old! And beautiful 🙂
When I saw them, I knew I have to use them as a background for a batch of shabby chick cupcakes. I’m not all into this vintage design, but sometimes it feels good and relaxing to go through old black & white family photos, remembering our dear relatives who were around when we were kids, and those who we never met but we were told countless stories about.
Here is my great grandmother, standing in a white dress on the right of the framed photo. She died before I was born at the age of 82. She was 16 when she posed for this photograph….I never knew her, but I know she was the mother of my dear grandfather, and I LOVED her, and I treasure her photograph, which is in fact my absolute favourite of all the old family photos we have. The photo was taken in 1906, and every time I look at it, makes me wonder about that particular day….what was she thinking, how did she spent the rest of her day, how was she feeling, did she ever imagined that one day her photo will end up in her great granddaughter’s wall who she will never meet, but will think the world of her nonetheless….
No recipe here today guys. I only baked these for the sake of remembering and reflecting on the old times.
Very therapeutic 🙂
The most simple thing ever. Sometimes I bake white chocolate chip cupcakes and frost it with whipped cream and fresh fruits, but this time I left the chocolates in the cupboard and stirred fresh blueberries in the batter just before baking. They were amazing. Simple as that.