I was suposed to fly home to Sweden tomorrow for christmas but then this happend! damn beautiful wheater caused caos everywhere!
It snowed today which is a rare thing here in Italy but quite a pleasant thing if you ask me, it makes me feel like home. Something a lot less pleasant is that I went to the hairdresser and got my hair colored in a horrible mousebrown/greenish color (?!) .What I wanted was a darker shade of blond not to look like a walking ghost. So to get rid of the depression it’s only hair after all, I thought I’d earned some chocolate cake. This Snowflake chocolate cake is my favourite chocolatecake.
150 grams butter
1.5 dl milk
2 eggs
3 dl sugar
3 tsp baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
4.5 dl flour
Glaze:
50 grams butter
3 tablespoons coffee, strong
1 tablespoon cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
3 dl icing sugar
Garnishing:
coconut flakes
150 grams butter
1.5 dl milk
2 eggs
3 dl sugar
3 tsp baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
4.5 dl flour
Glaze
50 grams butter
3 tablespoons coffee, strong
1 tablespoon cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
3 dl icing sugar
Garnishing
coconut flakes
1.5 dl milk
2 eggs
3 dl sugar
3 tsp baking powder
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
4.5 dl flour
Glaze
50 grams butter
3 tablespoons coffee, strong
1 tablespoon cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
3 dl icing sugar
Garnishing
coconut flakes
Yes it’s important to be warm during cold winterdays…
3.namolio
4.ChudCity
7. MouthyMitts
8. MouthyMitts
10. coffeelady
High five!
sorry I don’t remember where I found the picture it’s been lying in my documents folder for some time now.
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Claudia over at Clo By Clau is having a GIVEAWAY with the Complete Set of MY CHRISTMAS CARDS! why don’t you pop over to her blog and take part in the competition!
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My PDF cristmas cards are finally in my Etsy shop.
All you need is paper, a printer and a pair of scissors!
You can choose between 2 sets with 8 designs in each set or to be more specific 4 designs in two colors = 8 cards! And the best part about this is that you can print as many as you want!
The price is only 2 $ !!
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And A BIG thank you to Diana over at OurCityLights who bought the first set 
I had the day off today so what did I do? I baked some swedish “Lussekatter” aka Saffron buns!
(A Tip to swedish readers) In Sweden we put a thing called Kesella in the dough but since in Italy you can’t find that I used ricotta chese instead and I have NEVER tasted Lussekatter this good! They turned out amazingly good…you’ve gotta try it! (you can find imported ricotta chese in the big supermarkets usually next to the mozzarella)
(photos are for sale if anyone is interested)
**UPDATE**
Gabbi wanted the recipie so here it is!
This is what you need:
50 grams yeast, fresh
100 grams butter, unsalted
5 dl milk standard
250 grams ricotta chese
2 packet of saffron (1 gram for a recipe)
2 dl granulated sugar
17 dl flour
1.5 dl raisins
baking paper
0.5 tsp salt
Brushing :
2 eggs
This is how it’s done:
1. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the milk and heat to finger heat (37 degrees Celsius).
2. put the yeast in a large bowl and add the saffron and raisins (save some for garnish) then pour the milk and butter over it. Add ricotta, sugar, salt and most of the flour (save about 1 dl to later).
3. Work the dough on a breadboard or a bench until it becomes shiny and smooth, and releases from the bench. Add possibly a bit more flour. Let ferment covered in about 40 min.
4. Knead the dough on floured surface and bake out to about 30 balls or any shape. Place them on sheets with baking paper.
5. Preheat the oven to 225 degrees and allow the buns to ferment, covered in about 30 minutes.
6. Let them be in the oven for about 6-8 minutes.
Saluti!
I’m looking for a new bag and I found some inspiration…
2. TheQuietOwl
3. boiledegg
5. ipanema
10. allencompanyinc
Christmas Cards
Published November 30, 2009 Design & Stuff , Etsy & stuff , Portfolio & stuff 3 CommentsI’m working on some christmas cards, and these are two of the designs. Since I’m not going to have time to print and ship them I was thinking about if I should put them up on my ETSY shop as pdf files for a very reasonable price. All you’ll need is a computer and a printer and a pair of scissors. And the great part is that you’ll be able to print as many cards as you want! What do you guys say? is this something you would buy?
It’s been a while since I actually clicked on my etsy bookmark, I guess I’ve had other stuff on my mind lately. But since everyone seems so obsessed with vampires lately I kind thought I should do a tribute to my favourite monster…
1. emandsprout
2. xSIDESTAGEx
3. TheNuBlack
4. MaidOfClay
5. MetalTaboo
6. badbird
7. cinda
you will be missed…R.I.P
I’m building a fixie! hopefully when it’s finished it’s gonna look something like this
How much I’d like to have one of these at home!
