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.
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.
December is finally here, and I started baking the first Christmas cookies of the year This one is a favorite – cookies with dark chocolate and almonds.
I started off by chopping the chocolate.
Then mixed chopped chocolate and almonds together with flour, coconut sugar and the rest of the ingredients.
Formed small cookies out of the dough….
And put them in the oven … In a few minutes they’ll be ready
Fairly quick and easy since I am using an already mixed blend.
Basically Stone Age bread is oil, seeds, nuts and eggs – and no flour. It gives the bread this absolutely crunchy taste – somewhere in between a snack and bread.
So I added eggs and oil to the blend and stirred it for a while (by hand – to honor the Stone Age ;))
Then poured the mix into small bread forms. Since the bread is so heavy and full of taste, I like to make them small.
Baked the breads for 50 minutes or so… Until they were done
