I tried a new muffin recipe today: cocoa and peach muffins. Unfortunately, I can’t say I’m too impressed with the outcome. They’re neither particularly sweet nor very fruity and they’re still undercooked although I almost doubled the baking time stated in the recipe. Harumph.
I’ve got a week left of maternity leave so I’m trying to make the most of it, treating it like a holiday.
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I thought I’d make yet another new cake for today’s first. And I came across a truly amazing-sounding recipe in a magazine last week: chocolate truffle cake. Continue reading
Excuse the terrible title – it came to me when my brain shut down with pain earlier today. So while today’s “first” actually went quite well, it may just have been a “last” as well. Continue reading
Rather than drowning it in eggnog, I thought of another way of rescuing the dry base of Friday’s cake today: custard!
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Seeing as yesterday was a public holiday, today feels like a Sunday somehow. Thus, we’ve been having some typical Sunday treats today.
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My first mother’s day! What a strange yet amazing feeling. I still can’t believe I’m a mother now!
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We were invited for dinner tonight and after two amazing courses of home-cured salmon (which is now on my to-do list) and lasagne, we had a dessert that is beyond description.
Once again it’s Sunday, so it’s time for cake again! Being a mum has made me quite homely. Continue reading
So what so stereotypical Germans do on a Sunday? That’s right, we have coffee and cake.
