Bake | White Chocolate Trunk cake

Looking outside our window you'll notice everything covered in snow. January took its job so seriously this year. It's really cold and snowy outside! It seems that everybody is either outside building a snowman and playing snowball fight or inside home watching movies. You can see hardly noone walking down the streets. This scenery is really charming but melancholic, too. 

If you ask me. . . I love being hidden under my soft blanket and watch my favorite movies non-stop or drawing a little something! I always love to draw something. Having a sketchbook in my hands and sketching cute stuff. The last days I have something else in my hands. A Wacom drawing tablet, a Christms gift from my beloved boyfriend. Oh, it makes everything look so pretty and professional (if i can say that). I love it! 

Speaking for love . . . Oh this cake! Fistly, this is the most perfect cake we have ever made. You can't see the inside of it -it was our New Year's cake so we couldn't destroy it- but believe us the layering and the crumb coat turned out amazing. Of course, we love the white chocolate pieces placed one next to each other and create the perfect snowy trunk. The sweetest white trunk! 

Christmas Baking | Festive chocolate cake

The best, moist chocolate cake, a rich vanilla buttercream, candy canes, maltesers and gingerbread men. It can't get any more festive. It's the best treat for your guests for these festive days. Also, it's so fun for you - the cake therapy. Put on your favorite apron (❤), Home Alone on TV and start baking.    

Vanilla cupcakes ✿

Tα πρώτα κρύα ξεκίνησαν για τα καλά. Βροχές. Χειμωνιάτικα πρωινά συνοδευμένα από ένα ζεστό αρωματικό τσάι ή μία κούπα καυτής σοκολάτας. Υποχρεώσεις πολλές. Δουλειά, όμορφα διαλείμματα με την παρέα σου. Πού καιρός για μαγειρικές και ζαχαρο-περιπέτειες? Αυτά τα κάπκεικς ήταν ουσιαστικά "δωράκι"για μια φίλη της μικρής αδερφής (ελαφάκι Νο.3). Βρήκα αυτή τη συνταγή εδώ, μπήκα στην κουζίνα, μάζεψα τα υλικά που χρειαζόμουν και ξεκίνησα. Επειδή όμως ήμουν κάααπως αφηρημένη, δε χτύπησα το βούτυρο με τη ζάχαρη. Έτσι όπως πρέπει δηλαδή. Ε νομίζω πως τα υλικά κατέληξαν στο μπολ να χτυπιούνται όλα μαζί. Αυτό νομίζω πως επηρέασε το αποτέλεσμα. Τα κάπκεικς δεν ήταν τόοοσο αφράτα αλλά εντάξει ήταν νόστιμα. Γι'αυτό δεν θα σας γράψω τη συνταγή όπως άλλες φορές. Δεν ήταν και από τις αγαπημένες μου τελικα χεχε. Τη βουτυρόκρεμα την έκανα εκείνη την ώρα, προσθέτοντας όση ζάχαρη άχνη χρειαζόταν κατά τη γνώμη μου. Η βουτυρόκρεμα είναι μία πικρή ιστορία αλλά αυτή τη φορά κατάφερα να μην κάνει αυτόν τον εκνευριστικό ήχο η ζάχαρη άχνη, "χρίτσι, χρίτσι". Νομίζω πως το μυστικό είναι να μην κοσκινίζετε τη ζάχαρη πριν...αλλά δεν και σίγουρο...το ψάχνουμε ακόμα! Επίσης, αυτή τη φορά χρησιμοποίησα βιτάμ soft και όλα πήγαν μία χαρά. Good! ;) 

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The first cold days of autumn are oficially here. Rain. Cold mornings with hot flavored tea or a mug of hot chocolate. A lot things to do. Job, lovely breaks with your friends. No time for cooking and baking adventures. These cupcakes were made as a "gift" to my sister's (deer no.3)  friend. I found the recipe here, got in the kitchen, found the ingredients needed and started the making of. But because i was kinda muzzy I forgot to beat firstly the butter with the sugar and I ended up mixing the ingredients all together. This affected the result and so the cupcakes were not so fluffy but they were tasty. And because of this, I won't write the ingredients and the process as I use to do. And you know..this recipe was not one of my favorite after all hehe. I made the buttercream on my own adding as much icing sugar as I thought it can make the best buttercream. Buttercream is a sad story but this time the icing in the cream was not that obvious making the usual annoying sound "krits-krats" as the previous times. I think that the secret is not to sift the icing sugar before. But I'm not so sure. We are gonna make a research and tell you the results hehe. Also, this time we used a soft butter (not the unsalted used in pastry) and everyhting went well. Good :)