Creamy Carrot

SO, our new little man has finally arrived and this calls for visits and baking. Although most people don´t expect freshly baked cakes when visiting to see the baby, I have found that this is a great excuse to spend some much-needed quality time with his brother. He has actually, like me, fallen in love with the Hummingbird-book as he chooses to read this in stead of his own books. This is the carrot cake, two layers of creamy heaven, moist and with the crunch of walnuts. Enjoy:)

...... and chutney!

After last year's succsess, Maisey and I had to make the mango chutney this year as well. We also ended up making an apricot and fig chutney with a little less spice for those not so though ones. We have saved empty jam-jars since the summer, and got some at Ikea as well. Quite lovely! My dad made a label (a task he took quite seriously) and I had bought some no less than fabulous fabrics at E-quilter. I don't have a pic of the fininshed project yet, but will post one as soon as we finish the designs!

C is for Christmas, cookies and cozy november nights...

So I have finally put all my academic projects behind me and can now focus on what really matters; spending time with my family. It is still a month to Christmas, but I really don't want to stress so I decided to start early this year. I decided to make two types of macaroons; oatmeal with rasins, and cocout with fresh ginger. They turned out really nice! I was a bit of a sceptic towards the ginger, but it is such a nice contrast to the coconut! Lovely with your daily "cuppa". The bowl with the oatmeal cookies is made of beautiful chrystal, and used to belong to my great-grandmother. It is one of my most cherished belongings.

Turning Two!

I really cannot believe that my son has turned two. It is absolutely amazing. We had a big party with family and friends, and he sure enjoyed being the centre of attention. I made my cup cakes once again, but this time I had ordered a Wilton stand to put them in. Fab or what? I just love ebay.

Tangy lemon for sweet news

As my hubby got the news of a fantastic new job, I once again saw the chance to use my Humming bird book. I will soon post more knits, but right now it´s all about cooking. This is a tangy lemon and poppy seed cake, and the most fabulous thing about it is that while the cake is still very warm from the oven, you pour a lemon sirup all over the cake to make it super moist! Yummo! Perfect with strawberries for those late summer nights.

Food to celebrate a year gone by.

So, once again I decided to turn to my newly discovered Bible of Cakes when asked to bring something to a summer party with my lovely colleagues. I made one portion of just as lovely choc-cakes, and one portion of a never before tried Strawberry Cheese cup-cakes. I guess it is not necessary to mention that it was a HUGE success. What you cannot see in this pic is that the bottoms of these heavenly bites are covered with fresh strawberries to make up for the rather heavy topping. On top I have put crunched Digestives (to add to the chesse cake feeling) and red sugar from Dean and DeLuca. 

Food for rainy days...

As the rain poured down outside I gathered it was no coincidence that the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook arrived at the p.o yesterday. A rainy day was the perfect excuse to bake for my two favourite choc-muffins in the whole wide world. So cupcakes I made and lovely they were! I will definately make a point of trying all the recipes in this book. 

Merry Christmas!

What a perfect time to start my blog. Christmas day. A new year approaching, leaving heaps of expectations for all my crafty projects for 2009. I made this blog for my beloved sister-in-law, who recently has taken interest in the world of knitting, and amazed me with her talent. Unfortunately she lives an ocean away, but luckily we live in the age of the computer. 

The name of this blog was invented by my hubby. As a kick-off I will post the short breads I made for Christmas, and the recipe can be found here.