Girls just wanna have fun

...and cupcakes!

Yesterday afternoon I had a lot of fun baking with my girlsfriends Anna, Romi, Karina, and Lovi.

We had a great "cupcakes baking session" hosted by the Home ♥ sweet ♥ Bakery (that is in my own kitchen).

Cherries ended up on the floor, icing on the wall, and dough all over the kitchen counter, nevertheless we were quite successful. We baked cherry-mascarpone, chocolate-nougat, and rose-butter cream cupcakes... so delicious!!! Everyone agreed ;)

Thankyou girls, I love you! 

Enjoy ♥

Martina 

Me, Romi & Anna

 

Me & Anna

Romi & Anna

 

Karina

Anna

Karina & Romi

Picky & crunchy!

I really like muesli and cereals with dried fruits, nuts, chocolate chips, and and and... and I especially like picking out of the carton the ones I like the most. I'm a bit picky! So for some kind of reason, after a couple of weeks, I'm not that fond of them anymore and the best way to use the leftovers is to use them to bake crunchy cookies!

What you need for 20 cookies:

250 gr. butter
170 gr. dark brown sugar
2 eggs
500 gr. flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1-2 cups of cereals, oatmeal, raisins, etc

What to do:
Preheat the oven at 170° C.
Put the butter and the sugar in the mixer and beat until light and fluffy.
Then add one at a time the eggs.
Add the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cerals, and mix well.
Drop equal amounts of dough on the baking sheets and bake for about 12 minutes, or until golden.
Let them cool down before serving.

Enjoy ♥

Martina

knock knock the Easter Bunny is here!

Yeeeeeyyyyyyyyy the Easter Bunny has finally arrived, he has made it through the snow, brought sunny weather, and... presents!

Look what I received:

We enjoyed the sun today, visited the Festung in Salzburg, and ate at Cafe' Bazar along the river Salzach. The weather was nice but not that warm, nevertheless the Easter Bunny (i.e. me!) was able to deliver at our house some lovely butter cookie-eggs with royal icing.

...He also delivered a very special self-made chocolate egg with a personalized surprise: a beautiful gold charm from my boyfriend...

Enjoy ♥

Martina