Those of you who follow me on Facebook and Instagram might have noticed that our little Missy turned 5! She had two parties, one with the family and one for all her school friends hosted with her best friends who also have birthdays this month. For the Royal Party we invited 20 kids and we…
Sweets
Sweet soup of citrus, cinnamon and star anise – what a dessert!
This is a great recipe. Just great! Let me tell you why: 1/ it is easy to prepare for dinner parties 2/ leftovers are even better the day after 3/you can adapt the fruits according to the season, for example red fruits in summer, pears and prunes in autumn. Just use the fruits you…
Power breakfast: oatmeal meets pancake
Since a couple of weeks my eldest is into eating oatmeal for breakfast. We prepare it the Starbucks way pouring hot water over the oatmeal and covering our bowls up for 5 minutes. Then adding some almond or soy milk, cinnamon, nuts and berries and he has his own power breakfast. When his best friend…
Perfect springtime lime cake
When I received the cake tins from Nordic Ware I started to experiment to create light fluffy gluten free cakes. I have made cakes with cinnamon, little heart shaped cakes and this great lime cake. With spring around the corner I am already dreaming of summer and what better way to do this then in…
Cinnamon pull apart cake
As you might already know I really love cinnamon rolls but they tend to be full of sugar and butter. For Christmas I have prepared cinnamon buns deluxe, but you really can’t eat these every week. When Nordic Ware offered to send me some cake tins I was really curious what they would send and…
A lovely treat for Valentine’s Day
A couple of weeks ago I have received some cake tins from Nordic Ware. They are absolutely lovely and so easy to use. When we were in New York last year I was really drooling over these great Bundt Cake tins at Williams Sonoma. I still have the jubilee one on my wish list. I love the…