It is not October yet, still everybody is crazy about the Beer Festival in Munich. I have never been to the Oktoberfest myself, but there is something I really like about the Bavarian culture – gingerbread hearts. Not that I like the flavour that much, they look just so cute. One day I decided it was time for art and took out my polymer clay set. Thinking of the Oktoberfest, I wanted to have one of these hearts dangling down my necklace. So I made this.
With ´icing´ I wrote ´I love you´ in Bavarian style. Love the purple ribbons. :) Have a nice weekend!
When I lived in Bulgaria, I was always looking forward to autumn. This time of the year inspires me with all its colours and gifts from nature.
Pumpkins were one of my favourites. My grandmother had butternut pumpkins in her garden, which I could never carry by myself when I was little, and they were so sweet, that once you have tasted a spoonful of them, you waned to eat more. Bulgarians have a very simple way to prepare a pumpkin dessert, which is made in no time and with only a few ingredients. To some of you this recipe might sound strange but I am sure that a lot will like it once they have tried it.
There are several kinds of pumpkin, but this recipe works best with a butternut or a hokkaido. If you have one lying around, go and try out this recipe.
Sweet Baked Pumpkin
1 small/medium butternut or hokkaido pumpkin
480 ml (2 cups) water
5 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinammon powder
Preheat the oven to 220° C (425°F). Wash the pumpkin. Cut it into pieces of about 5 cm (2″) length. Remove the seeds. Place the pieces next to each other into a large pan.
Spread sugar and cinnamon on top.
Pour the water over the pumpkin.
Bake for a good 40 minutes. Let cool and place the pieces on a plate.
Eat with a spoon like a kiwi :). (This is why I can eat this dessert despite my illness ;).)
I was at my uncle’s two weeks ago. It was my cousin’s birthday that weekend so I brought the project for a special birthday cake with me. You must know, that my cousin, who turned 7, LOVES Star Wars, which I considered to be the topic of the cake. Luckily, he is not the only boy freaking out about that story so I found a lot of ideas on the internet. I decided to make a yoda cake.
The following pictures show the creating process and the result of our work.
First we prepared the dough for the cake. I chose a pound cake recipe and multiplied the volume with 1,5.
Yeah, that’s the way it looked when everything was combined. Until now, this still-six-year-old was allowed to help.
Mhh, delicious dough. Wait until it is done baking.
After taking the cake out of the oven, I continued decorating the cake with my older cousin to prepare a surprise for his little brother.
So we covered the cake in buttercream and put some structure basics out of fondant on top.
Then we covered it with a sheet of green fondant and added details with a knife. Anything still missing? Ah yes, the eyes. :)
Here they are.
Done. Yodas head on a silver plate.
Yummy!
