Bake | Valentine's Day Red Velvet Cake

Valentine's Day is here. So, Happy Valentine's Day everyone!Celebrating this day or not you will find yourself searching for something red or with a lot of hearts on it today. What's better than a 4-layer red velvet cake with meringue hearts on top? Gather all the ingredients, a good red food colour, put on that Valentine's Day appropriate outfit and let's get baking!

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Η ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου έφθασε! Είτε γιορτάζετε αυτή τη μέρα είτε όχι, νομίζω πως θα ψάξετε για κάτι κόκκινο ή με πολλές καρδιές πάνω του...έτσι λόγω της ημέρας! Τι καλύτερο από ένα τετραώροφο κατακόκκινο κέικ με μαρέγκες σε σχήμα καρδιάς στην κορυφή; Μάζεψε όλα τα υλικά, ένα δυνατό κόκκινο χρώμα ζαχαροπλαστικής, φόρεσε τα κατάλληλα, αγαπησιάρικα ρούχα σου και ας ξεκινήσει το ζαχαρο-μαγείρεμα!

Hello February ♥

February is my favorite month. It's my birthday month and also the month of love. I love making the bakery look like a big red velvet cake. Red ribbons and hearts everywhere. Notes of love, white and red balloons. The snowy days are over, the bakery is fully decorated and we are ready to spread love like icing on red velvet cakes. We bake a lot red cakes, cupcakes and macarons these days. The best part is the day of testing. We gathered with the other girls in the baking room to taste two red velvet cake recipes. Christina cut some big slices and served us. We couldn't wait to eat a big spoonful of that red heaven. The second cake was really good! So moist and fluffy. The cream cheese icing made it even lighter and more delicious. I was done with my big slice. We were chatting with the girls and laughing at the boss, when I noticed something white in the rest of the cake. It seemed like a paper. I took it out with my fingers and unwrapped it. It was a note. The other two girls run to my side and started reading the note: "To Evgenia. Roses are red, violets are blue. This cake is sweet. but not as sweet as you! Follow the red arrows to meet your secret Valentine". All the girls sqeezed me so tightly. We all supsected who he really was. I put that note in my apron's pocket and followed the arrows. My cheeks turned pink and my heart flew away when I saw him. 

Ηappy and full of love February!

Christmas Baking | Gingerbread house

 Gingerbread men and houses are all over the internet the Christmas period. Houses covered with chocolate, candies, sprinkles and a lot of icing or minimal ones with rich royal icing details. Every single one has its own charm and beauty. Big houses that will be in the centre of your festive table or little ones on your christmas mug. 

I can imagine a table with some gingerbread houses, colourful bowls with christmas decorations...sprinkles, candy canes, chocolate stars and of cource a lot of royal icing in piping bags. Christmas music: on, everybody ready . . . Let's get decorating! 

Hello November ❣

November. "The ginger month", that's how I call it. My lovely, orange, pomegranate flavored month. I love baking gingerbread cookies and serve pomegranate juice and hot chocolate with cinnamon to our customers. I sprinkle some cinnamon to everything I bake. I want everything to be dressed in its orange veil. My books are dusted with cinnamon, too. I love reading books while I'm baking. I love those quiet and cold afternoons spent next to the misted window with a book on my knees. Reading and creating shapes with my index finger on the window. Something smells burnt! "Oh, not again!", I whispered running to the oven. The cookies were slightly burnt. "Oh, where was my mind?" Suddenly, my boss shouted: "Evgenia, where are those cookies?". I couldn't admit that I was reading again and forgot the cookies AGAIN! So, I told him to wait for some minutes. I closed the door and started running anxiously in the kitchen. I brought all the coloured buttercream and sprinkles we had on my working table. Gingerbread men with eyes and mouths, shirts and little shoes. The cookies were so beautiful and not at all burnt. I displayed them on a cake stand and went to my boss. He was really surprised by the result. Ι was so excited! He stretched out his hand and grabbed one. I waited patiently for his opinion. "Evgenia!! Not again!", he shouted. 

Hello July ✿

July. Be prepared for the hottest month of the year. Island summer vacations or summer in the city? Both of them have their own beauty and charm. Endless time at the beach, 
tasting seafood and night strolls at the lanes or daytrips with your friends, packing lunch and fruits for the cravings between your plunges in the sea and then relaxing at night at your balcony with your favorite detective novel? 
Whatever you choose, don't forget to smile and to be surrounded by people you love!

Have a great July everyone!

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Ιούλιος. Προετοιμάσου για τον πιο ζεστό μήνα του χρόνου. Διακοπές σε νησί ή καλοκαίρι στην πόλη; Το καθένα έχει τη δική τους ομορφιά και γοητεία. Ατελείωτες ώρες στην παραλία, μεσημεριανό σε ψαροταβέρνα και νυχτερινοί περίπατοι στα σοκάκια ή ημερήσιες εκδρομές με την παρέα, μεσημεριανό σε πακέτο και φρούτα για τις λιγούρες ανάμεσα στις βουτιές σου και μετά χαλάρωση το βράδυ στο μπαλκόνι με το αγαπημένο σου αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα; Ό,τι κι αν διαλέξεις μην ξεχάσεις να γελάς και να είσαι με ανθρώπους που αγαπάς!

Να έχετε έναν υπέροχο Ιούλιο!

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Hello November ✿

ovember is here. October just flew by and we are in the last month of Autumn. It seems like we are heading to a really cold winter. Ιt took us some days to get used to this cold weather but I think that we love it now! Wrapped in our favorite big, warm scarfs -or as I call them, blankets- drinking tea at our favorite café. The best time of the year to bake some brownies and experiment with hot soups. Get dressed in the warmest colours. The colours of chocolate, caramel and beetroot. Your home should smell like chocolate, hot latte and mum's cakes. Nothing more heart warming. I hope your November smells like a chocolate mousse with sweet moments like the caramel nibs on top. 

Have a lovely November everybody!

Hair | Travel the world

A month ago I bumped into this beautiful hair tutorial by "i mikri ollandeza". It's called the Double Dutch "X" Braid. Normal dutch braids with that little "X" twist that makes it special. I thought that these braids would look great on Evgenia's ginger hair and so It did. A perfect hair tutorial for those lovely summer excursions. Easy, beautiful, cute and so girly! 

♫ In the mood: Little Dragon- Cat Rider