The other side of wonderland

Cinnamon rolls - yummy choco

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:36:00 +0000

Who doesn't like a cinnamon roll? why not bake them yourself instead of buying them? this recipe for the beloved cinnamon rolls comes with a twist: chocolate ganache.

Ingredients:

dough:

350-400 gr flour

2 eggs

100 gr butter

7-8 spoons of sugar

50 ml milk

10 gr yeast

filling: cinnamon, jam, coconut flakes, raisins and/or cranberries

ganache: 1/2 dark chocolate, 2-3 spoons of butter, 1 tea spoon cacao, milk

For the dough: yeast mixed with warm milk, flour, sugar, eggs, butter and a pinch of salt. Knead for 10 min until the dough does not require more flour, then leave the dough in warm place until it doubles the volume.

When the dough is ready, then you need to use the roller pin to flatten it, until it is about 1cm thick.

Cover the dough with butter, then cinnamon, sugar. Or with jam and dried fruits.

Then roll the dough and cut it in equal parts, either with a knife or with a thread.

Lay the rolls one by one in a baking tray which was previously prepared with butter.

Put the tray in oven and leave it on a very low setting of heat for the rolls to raise again.

Bake for 15 min at 180 degrees C.

For the ganache, you need the ingredients listed above. It is made in the bain-marie method so the chocolate does not stick. Low heating, mixing till the consistence is like a sauce.

Then pour it on the rolls when they are not so hot anymore - about 10 min after you take them out from oven.

They look like this and they taste fantastic! Enjoy!

Autumn joy: Plum cake

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:13:00 +0000

Hello :)

Autumn is just an amazing season, with the richness of goodies we can find and the mild days to bask in the sun.

So for those quiet moments when you just crave for something sweet here is a quick and easy recipe for plum cake:

Ingredients:

5-6 plums

5 eggs

100 gr (1 cup) of flour

10 spoons sugar

vanilla sugar or essence

4 spoons oil (sunflower)

1 tablespoon of baking powder

Baking time: 25-30min; Prep time: 15 min

Wash and cut the plums into small piece and then cover them with 2-3 spoons of sugar.

Eggs are whisked with the rest of sugar until they triple the volume. Then you can slowly add the flour and incorporate it into the eggs mix. Now it is the time to add the oil and the baking powder too.

On the tray for baking, lay a thing layer of oil and then flour. Add a first row of fruits and then the batter. Add the rest of fruits and the rest of batter and it's ready to go into the oven.

The oven needs to be preheated at 200 degrees C.

I baked it for 25-30 min at 200 degrees C and then just checked it with a toothpick.

The result is amazing: a soft and extremely flavoured cake, the nice aroma filled the whole house.

Enjoy!

Tomatoes soup - a delicious recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 18:42:00 +0000

hello,

Long time has passed since I posted here. well, now the time has come for a new recipe, something light for summer days, because it can be served both cold and hot - the one and only Tomatoes soup!

this soup has so many recipes and ways to cook it, but I'd rather use fresh tomatoes and keep as much as possible from the fruit itself. Yes, tomato is considered a fruit :)

Ingredients:
2 kilo tomatoes
celery
2 onions
1 carrot
1 parsnip
1 spoon of olive oil
spices (pepper, salt, thyme)
1 glass of water
cooking time: 1h

First, we make a soup using the vegetables listed above. In the same time, we need to prepare the tomatoes: we want them without peels and any hard part found inside. for this we have two options: either we boil them in hot water until the peel is cracking or we put them in a tray in the oven till similar result is obtained.

Then in separate pot, we fry the 1 onion in olive oil and then add the peeled and cut tomatoes. We add a bit of water - 1 glass - and let it boil about 30min until all the flavours are mixed.
We add the vegetable soup over tomatoes and boil for another 10min, adding the spices too. At the end, we add some thyme.

It can be served with toasted bread with garlic.
It is so tasty that I usually go for the 2nd bowl :)

Bon appetit!

Black currants cake

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 20:50:00 +0000

Hellooo :)
Today I am presenting you a delicious cake - easy to bake, but amazingly tasty.

I love forest fruits and this time of year, you can find them in every supermarket. Black currants for this cake - very smooth taste, so you won't need much sugar.

Ingredients:
250gr black currants
200 gr flour
4 eggs
vanilla sugar
sugar - 1 glass - I guess 100 gr or less
rum essence

The process - is the same, shown in many other posts.
The result is extremely delicious!

till next time, kiss, kisses

Sour cherries cake

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 20:35:00 +0000

Hellooo :)
What could be more unplanned than to receive sour cherries in a tram ride? Yesss, that's how I ended up with about 2 kilos of sour cherries, from a very kind grandpa :P

So who said work is over after work? For me not.

I had to bake this cake with these gorgeous sour cherries.
So here is what you need:

- 400 gr sour cherries, seedless
- 150 gr sugar
- 250 gr flour
- 5 eggs
- vanilla sugar, rum essence, cinnamon
- 75 gr butter
- baking powder

Well, the process is known - separate the yolks from the whites, add the sugar, and blend them well, till they are foam.
the yolks with the rest of sugar, essence, baking powder, butter, flour- mix them
Then the 2 bowls, mix them together, gently.

This time, I am going to show you how I prepare the tray, with no baking paper - you need a bit of butter, which you use to grease the tray, then you add flour and try to make it cover all the corners too :)

The tray with the cherries in the preheated oven:

And that's the final result, the cut result, since I didn't have patience anymore to wait for it to cool down:

The taste was delicious, judging by the great feedback I got from my colleagues at work.

Try it for yourselves ;)

Asparagus, bacon & mushrooms snack

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Hellooo :)

Today I wanna share with you my latest kitchen product - a very fast, easy to prepare, delicious snack: asparagus rolled in bacon, with mushrooms.

Ingredients:

500 gr asparagus

250 gr mushrooms

200 gr bacon

2-3 cloves garlic

cheese - optional

salt, pepper

baking paper

preparation time: 10 min

cooking time: 10-12 min

Sooo, first, the asparagus should be cleaned - google how to do it, if you are not sure, because asparagus is such a delicate vegetable, it would be a waste of money to spoil it.

Second, you only need to cut the mushrooms and garlic into pieces. Then you lay down the garlic pieces on the bacon and you roll it around the asparagus sticks. Garlic inside :P

Lay down all the asparagus sticks in the tray and shove it in the oven for 10-12 min, at 200 °C.

When it is done, you can add cheese (I used 2 types of cheese, that explains the green colour - it was cheese with basil), turn off the oven, and let the cheese melt couple of minutes.

Then it is ready to be served, with a glass of wine, of course :)))

Bon appetit!

Stuffed peppers, yummy ;)

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:41:00 +0000

Hello, dears! Stuff peppers are one common dish in all Balkan countries, but there can also be different variations of the recipe.
For the following recipe, the cooking time takes approximately 1h and 20min so the peppers get soft.

The ingredients:

- 6 big peppers
- 600 gr ground meat - mixed pork, beef)
- 100 gr rice
- 1 egg
- 200 gr sour cream
- 200 gr tomato sauce/puree
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- spices: salt, pepper,paprika, dill, parsley

We prepare all the ingredients, wash and cut the peppers, taking out the seeds, grate the carrots and cut the onion. The rice also needs to be boiled, not completely though.

We mix the carrots, onion, meat, rice and spices in a large bowl. At the end, we add the egg and we continue to mix for a short while.
Then the fun part begins: stuffing the peppers :)

For the sauce in which peppers will boil, we need to mix the sour cream, tomato sauce, salt and pepper.

We arrange the peppers in the pot and we add the sauce:

We cook for at least 1h, on low fire. To see if they are ready, just take one pepper out and check under the "lid" :)

We served ours next to a very fresh salad, with dressing made of yogurt and a bit of oil olive ;)

Bon appetit!

Kiwi cake

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:33:00 +0000

Helloo! It's time for something sweet and easy to bake, especially during weekend.
I bought some kiwi recently and since they were taking awhile to get ripen, I decided to bake something with them.
So here is the cake I made with them, and also a vanilla pudding.

Ingredients:
- 1/2 pack of butter - 100gr
- 200 gr flour
- 100 gr brown sugar
- lemon essence
- baking powder
- 8 medium size kiwi
- 4 eggs

For pudding - yes I cheated: I bought an already pack but to make it better, you can add some butter, brown sugar, and of course milk - 0.5l.

As usual, separate the egg whites from yolks and mix well in 2 bowls. Also I peeled and cut the kiwi into smaller pieces.

For the dough part, mix everything and carefully add the egg whites at the end. place the baking paper in the tray and pour the dough easily, adding the fruits.

I pre-heated the oven at 150 °C and the cake was baked at 200 °C during 1h.
And the result looked like this:

Or like this, when I finally took it out:

I couldn't help it and ate a piece immediately :)

Bon Appétit!

Little ballerina

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 19:55:00 +0000

Helloooo,
first hello for this year :)
I was thinking to show you my latest drawing/watercolor. always fascinating subject - ballet and ballerinas, perhaps, I will try more drawings in the future.
For the moment, let me know what you think.

kiss, kisses,

Mussels & white wine recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:17:00 +0000

Hello dears!!!
Summer is here, with high temperatures and not so much desire to stay in a hot kitchen cooking :)
Well this recipe is fast and the it can be a perfect romantic dinner for your loved one.

I absolutely adore seafood and mussels in particular, especially with a glass with a wine ;)

So let's get down to business.

Ingredients:

1 kilo mussels
2 onions
7-8 garlic cloves
1/2 kilo fresh tomatoes
tomato juice
1/2 glass of white wine
spices
basil or parsley or mint

Start by peeling and cleaning the garlic and onion, while keeping the mussels in fresh water.

In a pot, fry the garlic and onion in a bit of butter and olive oil, then add water to cover the content.

Be careful not to get splashed by hot oil, so cover the pot with a lid. Boil some water and then drop the tomatoes inside that pot - it helps to remove the peel faster.

Add the tomatoes and tomato juice in the pot, along with the glass of wine and the spices.

After 8-10 min, you can add the mussels as well.

Cover them with a lid, and steam for another 7-8 min. Hint: the mussels which didn t open, throw them away.

You can serve them warm with the sauce in which they boiled or next to some pasta. A glass of wine is mandatory :)

Et voila:

Kiss, kisses,

Onion soup with a twist

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:31:00 +0000

Helloooo :)
This time I thought to share with you a little recipe for impressive results - the onion soup.
I tried to follow the French recipe so here are the ingredients I used:

1 kilo onion
1,5l water but it would be better to use chicken stock
fresh black pepper
butter - 2 tea spoons
salt

So I guess the most difficult part is to cut the onion, after cutting 2 of them, I almost gave up so I remembered I have this little vegetable chopper in my kitchen:

Then I fried the onion only a bit in the butter, then added the water/stock, spices, and let it boil for abut one hour.

When it got a more jelly-like texture, I added again some fresh pepper ;)

For serving, I wanted to keep it more diet friendly so instead of the French recipe which calls for croutons, I decided to replace them with fried mushrooms et voila:

It is delicious and as you can see very easy to make.

Let me know your opinions.

Kiss, kisses,

Easy bake and no egg cake!

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:04:00 +0000

Hello :)
Hope you all enjoyed the Easter Holidays and had a wonderful time with your families.
Because it is spring and we are already looking forward to the bikini body, I know cakes are out of the question, but once in a while, I guess we can indulge ourselves :)
Here is what I managed to put together, with whatever ingredients I had in the fridge/cabinets.
It is very easy to bake and not (very) fat either.

So what you need:
- 1 banana;
- 250 gr flour;
- juice from 1/2 orange;
- 1/2 cup sugar;
- 2-3 spoons of oil;
- baking powder;
- 1 cube of dark chocolate;
- 50 ml milk;
- peel from an orange;
- baking paper.

First, pre-heat the oven at 180 °C. I peeled the orange and grated the little piece of chocolate, also I smashed the banana and squeezed the juice from the orange (only half of it):

The rest is easy: you need to mix the banana, the chocolate flakes, orange peel & juice, add the sugar, and the oil. And then gradually add the flour. I also mixed the baking powder with a bit of lemon juice and added the milk to the overall dough:

Then I prepared the baking tray, covering it in baking paper and poured in the dough.
It stays in the over for about 30-40 min, at 180 °C. When it is done, don't take it out immediately, but let it "rest" in the oven.

The result is very fluffy and yummy, you can actually feel the banana taste. For the future I would try to add more orange ;)

Bon Appétit!

Healthier meatballs in oven

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:56:00 +0000

Helloooo!!! Although Valentine's day is approaching I am not going to post a recipe for cakes to sweeten your days. I have something more filling and less "cheesy" :)

So here it is my recipe for meatballs done in a healthier way - meaning no frying.

Ingredients:

500 gr minced meat (whatever you prefer, I had pork)

2 eggs

6-7 cloves of garlic

one small onion

one carrot

2-3 potatoes, depends how big they are

spices :)

The potatoes are grated and then pressed between hands to release the water from them.

The carrot and onion are boiled, garlic is just minced.

In the mean time, you pre-heat the oven at about 150 degrees C. So now it comes to the messy part of mixing all these ingredients together, add the eggs in the end, and of course as many spices as you please.

Then I made more or less equal meat balls and placed them on baking paper, in a tray.

I left them in the oven for about 30-40 min at 200 degrees C.

They become golden and the are simply delicious.

The result:

They can served as they are, they work like snack for beer, or next to some garnish or salad.

The only downside to this process, is that you would have to roll them a bit in the tray when they are getting done, otherwise they will be flat on one side :)

Bon Appétit!

Back in business - Gossip Girl :)

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 19:14:00 +0000

Hello dears,

Long time, no posting, but I am coming back with new topics this year, promise :)
For the moment, something special for all Gossip Girl fans out there.

Hope you like it.

kiss kisses

and have a fabulous 2015!

Banana bread

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 20:23:00 +0000

Helloooo :)

Don't you have days when you crave for something sweet but easy to bake, and perhaps healthy? I do. And recently I was wondering how to make banana bread and I found out - the result is delicious :)
So here it is the recipe I used:

ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
vanilla sugar or vanilla essence
100 gr butter
3 eggs
4 bananas
baking powder
baking paper

estimated time: baking 1 hour + 20 min preparation

Start by preheating the oven at 180 degrees.

Then separate the egg yolks from the white parts and mix the white parts very very well, with just a pinch of salt.

In another bowl, mix the yolks with sugar, vanilla sugar. the flour, butter and baking powder. The baking powder needs to be mixed with some lemon juice before.

You can peel the bananas and blend them or just use a fork for this purpose.

Then you can add the bananas in the bowl with flour and at the end add the white parts and mix gently.

Now it's the moment to pour the entire mix in a tray which you covered with baking paper before.

Put it in the oven at 180 degrees C and leave it there, without opening the door for one hour.
After one hour, you can check if it's ready - the wooden stick test - and if it'sok, still leave it in oven for 10-15 min to get colder.

You can serve it like this or next to vanilla ice- cream. It makes a perfect cake for coffee or tea.

Bon-appetit :)

Magic Prague

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 10:20:00 +0000

Hello dears :)

I want to share with you some of the photos from my latest trip to Prague - been there couple of times already, but every time is different and magic :) The architecture, Vltava river, Charles' bridge, the Castle, the crowd, the food, the beer, the absinthe everything adds up to the amazing atmosphere of this great city.
So here are my recent impressions:

architecture

view from Visherad

National Theatre - classic and modern

Charles' bridge from ship

art is everywhere

Cafe Louvre, a very special place

always wonderful sight - the old town square Staroměstské náměstí

Oatmeal cookies

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:12:00 +0000

Hellooooo :) I want to share with you my latest discovery in the kitchen - I was craving something sweet and I also wanted something more "healthy" so I thought of oatmeal.
Here is what you need for about 15 cookies:

- 2 cups of oatmeal flakes
- 1 cup flour
- 3 eggs
- 100 gr butter
- 1 cup sugar - you can mix vanilla sugar with brown sugar
- baking powder - one tea spoon
- jam

The rest is easy - you mix the eggs with sugar and gradually add the oatmeal flakes and flour. In a small glass, you prepare the baking powder with some lemon juice and add it in the bowl. It is up to you if you want to add more flavor - cinnamon, almond essence. etc. I made mine with cinnamon :)

I guess the hardest part is to choose the right amount of mix for one cookie and arrange it in the tray. So on a tray with baking paper, I tried to make some uniform shapes and added a bit of jam on top, like this:

Then I put the tray in the preheated oven. They should be there for max. 20-25 min

And the final result looks like this and works great with coffee and tea :)

P.S: Let me know if you tried the recipe.

Cupcakes fun

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:11:00 +0000

Hello dears :) Long time, no post. Busy time, but... still here it is my little adventure with cupcakes. As I know I would have messed it up, I cheated a bit (maybe a bit more) and bought a package of already mix for cupcakes.
So what you need after you such "kit":

- 150 gr butter ;
- 350ml milk;
- one egg;
- new plastic bags ( they will help you when decorating)

Ok, so here we go:

You prepare the dough by adding the melted butter, 250ml milk, the egg and the mix for cupcakes in a big bowl and mixing well, till you have a nice texture. Then you put this mix in the cupcakes forms - about one table spoon and a half. So mine looked like this:

Then you bake them for about 25min at 180 degrees( the oven must be preheated at 150 degrees).
And when they are done they look like this:

While they are baking, you can prepare the frost - mine had a bubble gum flavour and was green :)
You need the rest of the milk which you add step by step and mix well.
You can keep it in the fridge for couple of minutes, it will be easier when you set it on cupcakes.
Soooo the final result was this:

Kiss, kisses,

Coconut and blackberry jam cake

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 10 May 2014 12:48:00 +0000

Helloooo :) I want to share with you this recipe for a fast cake with ingredients you can easily find. I craved for something sweet and pull this together. So here we go:

Ingredients:

5 eggs
100 gr flour
100 gr coconut
one jar of blackberry jam - 250-300gr
50 gr brown sugar
baking powder
lemon juice

Time : 20 min to prepare + 40 min in the oven

You start by dividing the egg parts and in a bowl you mix the white parts with sugar till you get a texture that wont' leak out of the bowl. In another bowl you add the yolks, along with flour, coconut and baking powder, previously dissolved in the lemon juice.

See? it's very easy. Ah, almost forgot to remind about the oven that needs to be pre-heated at 180 degrees C.

Then you mix everything and lay it in the tray, on a baking paper. Depending on the oven you have, it might take 35-40 min to bake it. When it's done, it looks like this:

Now it is the moment when you lay a pretty thick layer of blackberry jam on top of the cake and then you put it back in the oven for another 5-10 min. The result looks like this:

You can cut into pieces when it gets colder, after 30 min or so. I took it to work the next day, and I can tell you that my colleagues found it delicious :) So bon-appetit :)

Easter eggs - Romanian tradition

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:04:00 +0000

Happy Easter :) Wish you all a warm relaxing time with your families during these days :)
I want to share with you these tricks for painting eggs in a 100% natural way, without any chemicals.
So if you are fan of eggs and ready to try something new, then, this recipe is for you.
What you will need:
- eggs;
- 1 old and clean pair of stockings;
- thread;
- 3 pieces beetroot;
- onion peel;
- vinegar

To obtain a red color, you need to peel and cut the beetroot, then you boil it for about 45 min in a large pot. At this quantity of beetroot, you can add about 1,5 - 2 l of water, in any case, the more concentrate the liquid, the more intense the color:

In the next phase, you need to cover the eggs in onion peel and then place them in the stocking, one by one. After each eggs, you can tie it with thread so it doesn't get released during the boiling process.
When you place them in the pot, the liquid should cover them completely:

They should boil for at least 10 min. When they are boiled, you can place them on napkins to absorb the water and to get colder. Then you can remove the onion peel. For a better look, you could use a bit of oil to give them a shining appearance :)
The result looks like this and I hope you like it:

Kiss, kisses,

Brownies with almonds

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:07:00 +0000

Hellooooo, dears! Long time, no post :P I have been extremely busy, but I decided to share with you this new recipe I have just tried. Since I am a biiiig fan of brownies, I wanted to make own version, hopefully, a healthier one. I really love it served next to a cup of tea or coffee. This time I had it with ice-cream but it' s really up to you how you will enjoy it :)
Soooo, the ingredients you need:

200 grams chocolate ( I prefer the dark one :))
200 grams butter
100 grams flour
3 spoons cacao
100 grams almonds
3 eggs
50 grams sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder

The first step is to set the oven at 180 degrees to allow it to get hot.
Then you need to melt the chocolate with butter, on a lower level of stove:

When you obtain a liquid mixture, you can take it away from fire. In a bowl, you add the melted chocolate, cacao, sugar, the eggs, the almonds, flour and the baking powder. You can stir it till it becomes a dense composition and then you can lay it in the tray, over the baking paper. To have the same level, I arrange it a bit with a spoon. Now it's good to go in the oven for 20-25 minutes. You don't want to overbake it because it won't have that wet texture, characteristic for brownies.

For the glaze, I choose some candies filled with coconut and other type of dark chocolate, I followed the same procedure, I melted with a bit of butter:

When the cake was done, I took it out from oven and waited a bit to get it colder. Then I laid the chocolate glaze on top, careful, with the blade of a knife.

And voila the cake is done:

The eating part is up to you. I am a huge lover of chocolate so I had mine with chocolate ice-cream.

Bon appetit :)

Cherry & chocolate cake

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:58:00 +0000

Hello, my dear ones! These days we all have to accept that winter is coming and is getting colder and darker. But the sunny part of the whole story lays in our own ideas of making our days better and warmer and what better option could be than to spend an afternoon with friends in the comfort of your house. And since the picture wouldn't be complete without something delicious to eat, here is a new recipe for a cake with chocolate and cherries :) If you like this mix, then probably you are intrigued to read further.
The list of the ingredient we need for this cake:

5 eggs
50 gr of chocolate - grated
100 gr flour
4 spoons sugar
2 spoons of butter
for cream: one Dr. Oetker pudding
cherry jam
one can or jar of cherries

The secret of the cake is to prepare the dough one day before you actually want to serve it. So it goes like this: first you separate the yolk from the white parts and you mix them well till they become a foam. In another bowl, you mix the yolks, flours, butter, chocolate and sugar.

At the end you put everything together, you prepare the tray, meaning you put inside the baking paper, and you put the tray in the over preheated at 170 C.

It should be done in 20-25 minutes, you open the door from the oven gradually, wait for about 5-10 minutes till you can open it completely.
Mine looked like this when it was baked:

When the tray is cold, you could be able to take out the cake and place it in a dry spot, covered by a clean kitchen towel till next day :)
So the work is continued during the next day, as it follows: first you need to gather together all your skills to cut that cake into 2 halves - I know for me it was tricky, but I managed something:

During the next phase I prepared the pudding since I used to cover the whole cake. Here it's nothing difficult, you just need to follow instructions written on package.

In order not to have a dry cake, you use the juice from the cherry can on whole cake - no worries, it will absorb a lot of liquid and it will have a better taste in the end. Then it's just a matter of taste how much cherry jam or cherries you put inside, I made it something like this:

Then I covered it all in pudding and at the very end I decorated with a few cherries & choco :) And it's dooone! But you should leave it in the fridge for 2-3 hours. Then you can serve it with a hot tea or maybe, even better, with a cherry liqueur :))) And of course with your friends. Enjoy it :)

Until next time, kiss, kisses :-*

Drawing collage

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:17:00 +0000

Helloooooo, dears :) I guess long time, no post from my side, but I got back my inspiration and I will post more frequently from now on.
Sooo, my new "creation" is here, a drawing collage that I started it in May so by the time I actually had time to finish it in October, I forgot what inspired me in the first place.
But here it is and I hope you like it and write me comments :)

Different phases of the drawing:

And the final version:

And btw, one of my fav songs this year:

Cake for moody days

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 21:42:00 +0000

Hello sweethearts :)
Long time since I posted here ... It has been such a busy period of time: master thesis to write/defend, job and besides a social life to take care about it.
Since the autumn started to squeeze in city and in our lives, I felt like I should indulge more my craving for sweets. Yes, yes, the diet can take a break now. So I came out with this recipe for cake, well, I don't know how much is mine or not. So let's see it :) Ah, and I can assure you it will be delicious because of chocolate and M&M's.

The ingredients you need:
200 grams flour (2 cups)
4 eggs
100 grams chocolate for cooking
50 grams coconut flakes
50 grams M&M's or more :)
50 grams raisins
1/2 cup of sugar
2-3 table spoons butter
2 table spoons cocoa
almond essence/ vanilla sugar
peel from one orange
baking paper
baking powder

First, you start by separating the yolks from the whites in bowl and then you mix well the white parts, till then become a foam. You can also add the sugar while mixing them.Like in the next picture:

You can cut the chocolate into small pieces, size and shape is not that important since it will melt inside.
Then in the other bowl, you mix the yolks with the rest of the sugar, the coconut flakes, the butter, 2-3 drops of essence, vanilla sugar and butter. You can add also the peel of orange and baking powder, but only after you mix it with a bit of lemon juice. Then you can add the flour and mix everything well. Next, you can mix with the white parts, slowly to obtain some sort of a paste. You separate like 1/3 of this mix and add the cacao.

It is the moment to prepare the tray: lay the baking paper inside and set the oven at 180 C degrees to allow it to get hot. Then you can start placing the cake in the tray, in the following manner: one layer of "white" mix, one layer of "brown" mix, the cacao one. Between them you add chocolate, raisins and M&M's. Be careful not to overload the cake with too much chocolate or M&M's since it is likely not to raise anymore.

When you finish arranging the layers into tray, you can place it in the oven. In my over it was done in appx. 45 minutes, but depends. Don't check the cake in the first 15-20 minutes and don't open the door of the oven.

When you want to check it, you can use the "stick" method - if the stick gets out clean, it means the cake is done.

The final version should look like this or even better:

Hope you enjoy the post and let me know if you try it :) I bet the M&M's will make a good impression among your friends and will bring biiig smiles :)

Kiss, kisses

Dandelion dream

noreply@blogger.com (Magda Scrobota) — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:41:00 +0000

Hello my friends :) How is your weekend? Mine is sunny, from all perspectives. Here is my latest "creation" - dandelions and more dandelions. I hope you like it and I am looking forward to reading your comments.
I guess it's the only drawing/painting I have documented with so many photos, mainly because it took me quite a lot of time to get it to this final version. Enjoy and don't forget to let me know your opinions.
Kiss, kisses,

the sketch

in the middle of work, funny pic :)

and the final outcome :)

some details