Archive for October 2013 | Monthly archive page

First autumn wreath

At every second market stand we saw brightly shining spots of lilac, pink and white heather. So I just bought some of them for my nearly empty summer flower buckets. Back home I remembered all the pictures of autumnal wreaths I had seen on different web sites. I cut off some twigs of heath for […]

Cream puffs

Do you know anybody who doesn’t love them, these fluffy little cream puffs? Last week I got a bag of convenience blend for those puffs and decided to try it. For pastry and filling I kept exactly to the instructions on the backside of the bag. I mostly prefer doing things by myself but must […]

Noble table light

For this noble light you only need a simple jar (preferably cone-shaped), some nice glassine paper, colored ribbons, a tea light and maybe a pendant. The sheets usually sold in Germany have a size of 11.6×8.6inches so that I cut them in halves obtaining bars of 11,6×4.3 inches. The paper is to be placed round […]

Hotpot with grounded meat

Moving lockers, masking doors and windows, mixing colours – hungry! Fried potatoes were requested but time too short. Fortunately 0.5lb grounded meat and a pot of steam vegetables (peas, carrots and Indian corn) were available. Cook the vegetables in your microwave and sear the meat in a seperate frying pan. Cut some potatoes, 4 shallots, […]

Damson Cake

We celebrate reunification tomorrow but the rest of theweek-end is booked for redecoration of our living-room. There won’t be much time left for cooking and baking. A little break on our sunny terrace however should be possible. This sponge cake with damson is made within the time of drinking a cup of coffee and while […]