These sticks are quite sweet and simple.
I chased down some marsmellows, white chocolate, paper straws, red food color and sugar stars in white, and this is all you need
I melted the white chocolate slowly and added a few drops of red food color to make it more pink.
Placed a marshmallow on each stick and dipped in into the chocolate.
Had gathered the small sugar stars in a cup before and turned to marsmellow into this after. Then placed them on a plate to dry.
Celebrating my birthday with my dear friends are coming up… So the next few days, I will be all covered up in princess decorations, baking and more.
First of I made some napkin rings cut out as small princess crowns. I cut out some longer pieces of the golden glitter paper that I bought.
On the inside I measured and painted small dots to cut by.
Folded the paper over a table edge to make it bend nicely and put it together with a stabeler.
Here is the final result in my hand and around the napkin:
In my new home we once in a while enjoy a drink on a Friday to celebrate the weekend. Often this is Cubra Libre, especially with my Bacardi Oakheart Rum.
Today I was in the mood of baking as well as in the weekend kind of mood, so I found a selection of recipes on cupcakes that I could make from my Cupcake book. This one caught my eye – so cute with the small cola bottle, dark chocolate and rum essence.
Of course I had to make it.
It’s my birthday.. And I honestly spend all the day in the kitchen preparing for my family dinner tomorrow.
But I do like the kitchen… I really love it here.
After a move, money’s kind of short, but I don’t want my guest to lack anything. Not even the icing on the cakes. I usually buy fondant, but found a easy recipy on Pinterest on how to melt Marshmallows.
I had to work a lot with the Fondant, and happened to put in too much flour.. So it’s a bit to the dry end. Yet, it was easy -and I have loads for next half years projects.
A close-up of the Cupcake Flowers, where I added a small green sugar pearl.
Along with one from the actual birthday celebration with small birthday candles in it. It really makes a huge difference with lights lit in them.
My friend Betina is soon having a little baby girl. They are living in a quite small apartment with almost no room, but is making some special furniture for Anika once she arrives.
Betina had bought bookcases of wood, 3 different types of paint – and a wood letter.. Being both in the world of graphic we of course discussed the different ways of painting the whole case, the back or the sides.
We covered the table in old newspaper and taped in the bookcases..
Some muffins and a walk later (2 times paint and dry) we ended up with this nice result:
I don’t think I’d normally half-paint like this, but I do like the effect, especially along with the colors. Really love the result and love doing DIY with my friends.
These days I am trying to break my addiction to sugar. However, that will not mean stop baking cakes (EVER)… I love cakes in any way, but making small adjustment for a healthier version, without compromising the taste of course, is a new fun way to experiment for me.
These cinnamon buns has a mixture of shredded apple and coconut oil inside – instead of loads of butter. Of course lots of cinnamon too – which I think must be one of my favorite spices in the world.
Even my very traditional-loving great grand mother did approve
Fastelavn is the name for Carnival in the historically Lutheran nations of Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe islands which is either the Sunday or Monday before Ash Wednesday.
And as a Dane, baking Fastelavn buns is simply a tradition
I started Saturday by baking the bread – half of them with creme inside, the other half of them with creme on top. Replaced the butter in the recipe with 1/3 oil and 2/3 sour creme.
My sweet friend Ania stopped by to help me decorate them – we decided on bright colors purple and turquoise along with glitter and sugar stars.
Wanted to make a little snowflake for my candle, now that we are in the middle of the winter season.
So I browsed around Pinterest to come up with a nice idea, and found this easy glue/glitter version.
First off I sketched a snowflake on a piece of paper.
Then I turned the paper around, and put glue on it (this was textile glue, which made it a bit more soft than I wanted… So I will recommend using some other more stabile glue)
After that I sprinkled on the glitter – and let it dry
Dust off the extra glitter, that does not stick to the glue, and peel it off the paper. And there you have your silver glitter snowflake.
Here it is attached to the knitted candle holder
