Wishlist

H&M Home seems to get better and better! A while back they released some amazing owls, and now they have all sorts of pretty pastels! One of the items I have my eye on is this adorable cake tray.

It might not be a necessity for my new place, but it would definitely look amazing. And a housewarming party would be a perfect excuse, right?

Don't these make you want to make pretty cakes and cookies and pastries? I bet it could make anything look cute though!

They come in three cute colors: white, blue or pink. And there's a matching tin available as well.
Decisions, decisions...

Owl Things Considered

Despite the fact that I'm probably buying a little cake for my birthday this year, I figured it would still be nice to look into owl cake DIYs. And I found a lovely one with progress pictures and instructions.

Isn't it cute? It looks pretty doable, but the effect is still quite spectacular!

Find the whole post on the My Inner Need to Create blog. And have fun baking!

Lovely Movies: Toast

The moment I heard of Toast I knew I had to watch it. It has this atmosphere I love in movies: a bit bittersweet, some nice humor and a touch of magic. Throw in Freddie Highmore and it instantly shoots to the top of my watch list.

It tells the story of Nigel Slater's childhood. Now if you don't know Nigel Slater -cook and food writer- you can still thoroughly this film. And once you're done chances are that you'll want to read his book too. I know I do!

One minute rule!

One final tip: stock up on some ingredients! Because this might very well inspire you to do some baking of your own...

Owl Things Considered

You might have noticed that I've been baking lots of cookies lately. And you can probably imagine I was very excited to find this cookie stamp on Etsy. Isn't it gorgeous?!

Distlefunk is a shop full of cookie stamp with all the images you could possibly think of. If you are into baking (or making things with (paper) clay), you should really check this shop out.

I love how not only the images are pretty, but the stamps themselves are too. They come in all sorts of wonderful colors and would liven up any kitchen.

Here's a picture to prove that it makes even the most basic stamped cookies look cool. But I'm guessing there are lots of great ways to use them.

If you're itching to try some, just click here to see the whole shop. Enjoy!

First Try Pumpkin Pie + Recipe

Though pumpkin pie seems to be a pretty big deal in the US, you hardly ever hear anything about it in Europe. But due to my deep love of pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger and so on, I really couldn't resist making my own lovely pie. I don't think I even baked any other proper pie before, but this was delicious!

So delicious, that I thought I'd share the recipe with you:

First up, make sure you have a base. I used my favorite sand cookie recipe and used it to make the bottom and edges of the cake.


Then make the filling:


-Beat 2 eggs.
-Add about 500ml/2 cups of pureed pumpkin to those eggs.
-Mix in a teaspoon of cinnamon, one of fresh ginger and half a teaspoon of salt.
-Add about 180ml/ 3/4 cups of honey and 3/4 cups of coconut milk.
-And finally stir in 2 tablespoons of coconut shavings.


If this has a bit of a milkshake consistency, fear not! It will come out of the oven just right.


Bake at 230*C/450*F for 15 minutes and then at 175*C/350*F for about 45. That's it!

Enjoy!

Some Christmas Sweets

Christmas is about eating. And eating a lot. Some lovely sweets have caught my eye these past weeks and I thought I'd share them.

Aren't these merengues amazing?! You can make them yourself!

Strawberry Santa hats? So clever! And delicious with those brownies too.

Last up the cinnamon M&Ms! We don't get special editions here, but if we did I'd definitely try them. Have you?

Are you making anything special this year for dessert or a cute snack?

Lily's Favorite Autumn Recipes

My dear friend Lily, who will be back with a giveaway later on(yay!), has sent me her top 3 of autumn recipes. All delicious ideas of things to bake with pumpkin. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cheesecake

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Sugared Pumpkin Seeds

Feel Good Food

Baking is lots of fun, but it also takes up a lot of time and that does stop me from doing so at times. But when I read you could easily make a little chocolate cake in the microwave I tried it immediately. This was the result:

I just love this squirrel cake mold. It's from France and I bought it over the summer. It took me till now to try though.

This cake was made with some Milo instead of cocao, but it tasted really good. Later I've also tried it with some chocolate sprinkles mixed in and even some chocolate syrup. I love that it's so easily adjustable and that it's plenty for two to eat from. Here's the basic recipe:

Put in a bowl: 4 tablespoons of flour, 4 tbs sugar and 2 tbs cocao, mix together.

That crack an egg and add it to the mix along with 3tbs of milk and 3 tbs oil, mix well and (put it a mold if you like) microwave for 3 minutes.

Super easy and super quick! Now you can just whip up a chocolate cake when you have an unexpected visitor. Awesome, right?

Sunday Sequence

Words fail to describe how much I crave to bake right now. All weekend I've been wanting to whip up a batch of delicious cupcakes and eat one (or maybe a few) straight out of the oven. I already have the mix and the frosting (not that I wouldn't like to make them from scratch), so I'm hoping to bake some next week. I'll post pictures of course, but for now just some inspiration.

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