Month: February 2013

from Sarabeth’s Bakery: Expresso Cake

27. February 2013
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Cakes + Cookies

AUGURI  to all those who celebrate their birthday today!!  My kisses and wishes fly to Florence! Sarabeth’s Expresso Cake makes for  a true birthday cake: the batter tolerates the fanciest baking moulds, it’s moist and smooth. With its subtle coffee flavour the cake is perfect for the birthday breakfast. Expresso Cake ( from the book Sarabeth’s Bakery) butter for the pan 1 cup hot brewed coffee 3 tablespoons instant coffee, preferably expresso 3 cups flour […]

100 ayurvedic cookies

26. February 2013
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Cakes + Cookies / Snacks / Sweets

My dear readers, this is not a joke, I really mean one hundred cookies!   Antje passed by and brought me a nice little paper bag filled with some super healthy cookies. When I later asked her for the recipe, she sent me the below: Ayurvedic cookies 18 cups oat flakes 3 cups sunflower seeds 3 cups raisins (soaked in warm water, strained) 3 ts salt 6 ts cinnamon 3/4 ts clove powder 3/4 ts […]

big snow, 3 boars and a simple beetroot salad

23. February 2013
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Salads

I had a flu. Runny nose, sore throat, cough and fever. So instead of throwing myself into the planned spring detox and sports  in the (supposed) sunshine I’m spending my days lazily on the sofa, recovering, drinking hot English tea and trying to motivate myself to breathe the snowy air outside my warm cocoon not only for shovelling snow. Snowboots and ski pants on, camera hidden under the parka I bravely headed  into the forest. […]

weekend links

10. February 2013
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I’m sure you’ll like these seteditions. On her blog foodiecrush Heidi shares 10 favourite lemon recipes + some irresistible Fettucine with lemon. They definitely needed a bookmark! On  Eat this poem – a collection of recipes inspired by poetry- I found 10 amazing tips for blogging with soul. The pictures posted by Windermere Lake House  make me travel in my dreams to beautiful Lake District.