maandag 24 januari 2011

January 3rd: Fake Cupcakes



My wife loves baking, but also sewing. So now she is combining both: making cupcakes from cloth. She also makes fake bananas, raspberries, turkey and carrots. Oh, and her fake omelets are a feast for the eyes (as long as you don't try to eat them).

If you came her to look for a real cupcake recipe, why not try the following:

Vegan Cupcake Recipe

Ingredients

15 ml apple cider vinegar
355 ml almond milk
250 g all-purpose flour
200 g white sugar
9 g baking powder
2 g baking soda
3 g salt
120 ml coconut oil, warmed until liquid
6 ml vanilla extract

Instructions

- Preheat oven to 175 C)
- Grease two 12 cup muffin pans or line with 18 paper baking cups.
- Measure the apple cider vinegar into a 2 cup measuring cup.
- Fill with almond milk to make 1 1/2 cups. Let stand until curdled, about 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. - - In a separate bowl, whisk together the almond milk mixture, coconut oil and vanilla.

- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir just until blended.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, dividing evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Cool in the pan set over a wire rack. When cool, arrange the cupcakes on a serving platter. Frost with desired frosting.

zondag 23 januari 2011

January 2nd: The Backmeisters



Since we got a baking machine we are getting fresh home-made bread every two or three days. With olives, with peppers or just with spices (chili, pizza, paprika)...
The house smells nice, the flour from Aldi Süd makes for delicious bread (you can mix it as well) and we never have to eat stale bread.

donderdag 13 januari 2011

January 1st: Little Drummer Girl



Eat your heart out, Ringo Starr! A new drum sensation is hitting the streets, banging the bongos like a little monkey...

Project 365: One Photo A Day

We are starting a new project: One Photo A Day. As you may deduce from the title, we will try to take one picture every day in 2011 and upload it here. It can be something that happened at work, an object we found interesting or a memorable situation.

maandag 10 januari 2011

Proudly introducing...


Great news! Our little family will soon be extended with another baby. Everything is going fine and we are all looking forward to May 2011 when she will be born. The doctor is quite convinced it will be a girl, and our gut feeling tells us he is probably right.

We'll keep you posted and can hopefully publish some nice pictures. The scan at the beginning of our post is not so clear unfortunately.