Hello and happy Sunday, dear readers! :) Totally looking forward to Christmas and the holiday season, I have already sewn lots of colorful Christmas stockings for my shop which you can either use for home decor purposes or to fill them with chocolate and little presents for your loved ones. :)
You can find all those stockings here in my shop (and some have already been sold :)). :)
Which one do you like best?
Enjoy your Sunday!
Lu
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Hey everyone! Here’s the recipe for my very favorite chocolate cake, the cake my mother has always made for me during my childhood, I love it so much. :)
Happy baking! :)
What you need:
A spring form pan for your cake
8 eggs
210g / 7,41oz butter
200g / 7,05oz sugar
140g / 4,94oz dark chocolate
110g / 3,88oz breadcrumbs
120g / 4,23oz ground hazelnuts
½ package of baking powder
Ingredients for the icing:
40g / 1,41oz butter
70g / 2,47oz chocolate
4 table spoons of sugar
4 table spoons of water
Sprinkles (optional)
Take the butter out of the fridge the evening before you start baking (or use margarine)! :)
When you start baking, separate the egg yolk from the egg white.
Beat
the egg whites in an extra bowl until they are stiff. Next, put the
butter, the 8 egg yolks and the sugar into another bowl and stir the
mixture really long until everything is totally creamy.
Next, melt
the chocolate and add it to your dough. Also add the breadcrumbs, the
ground hazelnuts and the baking powder. Finally, carefully fold in the
stir egg whites; this makes your dough extra soft!
Bake the cake for about 60 minutes at about 180°C / 356°F; insert the
baking sheet with the cake on it into the lower third of the oven.
Afterwards, let the cake cool down for a while and then make the glaze.
Therefore,
use a small pot. Put all ingredients for the glaze into it (butter,
chocolate, sugar and water) and carefully melt everything while you are
stirring. Afterwards, directly pour the glaze over the cake and spread
it all over it. :) After the glaze has cooled down just a little bit
(but is still warm), distribute some colorful sprinkles all over the
cake to make it even prettier. :)
Happy weekend!
Lu
New brooches in my shop.
Hellooo! :) Here are finally my new brooches on which I’ve been working for so long! :)
It took me a few weeks to finish them all, because they are completely sewn by hand, I didn’t use a sewing machine at all. Moreover, I didn’t sew them all at once, but always finished one or a few, depending on how much time I had.
I love this tiny collection and you can now find them here in my shop!
Which one is your favorite?
Lu
Giveaway Winners.
Hello and happy Monday! :) Wanna know who has won my latest giveaway? :) Here are the three lucky winners:
Congratulations! :) I’m gonna send the three of you an e-mail and then you can send me your address. In case I don’t get an answer within one week, I’ll chose another winner. :)
To all the others, thanks so much for participating!!! :)
Lu
Cozy Sunday Outfit
Dress: Olenka Vintage
Tights: dm
Boots: bianco footwear
Scarf, turquoise skirt & wrist warmers: H&M
Handbag: pieces
Headband: handmade by me
Brooch: handmade by me :)
Wooden rings: gifts from Hanna
Wooden bracelet: Christmas gift from Flo a few years ago :)
Cardigan: a H&M sweater I restyled and made into a cardigan
Hello and happy Sunday! :) No matter if you were one of those lucky people aready having snow or one of those still having sunny autumn weather, I hope you were having a cozy and relaxing day! :)
I spent my Sunday with sleeping in, having brunch, a long walk in the woods with taking outfit photos and then I had do to some things for university. :) What have you been doing?
I really loved my Sunday outfit with one of my favorite dresses from Olenka Vintage (here you can also read the article I wrote about Alex’ awesome shop on DaWanda) and my new, handmade brooch (I’ll soon add the full collection to my shop). What is more, I’m currently totally obsessed with handmade headbands, there’s no better accessory (if you want one, you can find them in my shop). What about you? Any current fashion obsessions? :)
Wish you a nice evening and a good start of the week tomorrow!
Lu
