Jnytt TV

This week I had the opportunity to bake cupcakes on Jnytt's webTV. It was a fun experience! It was also one of the brightest days we've had so far this summer so filming in my kitchen was a bit tricky, but it worked out pretty ok. I made lemon poppy cupcakes with white chocolate frosting. The recipe I used was my easy all-in-one cake batter (click here to check it out...). I added the zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon and about 2 tsp lemon poppy seeds and mixed it into the batter instead of the cheesecake filing. You can find the frosting recipe here.

Here's some pictures from some cupcakes I made a few days ago. Cute, aren't they?

Click here to watch some of my best cupcake tips!

I'm off to go and prepare some cupcakes and a cake for a wedding on Saturday!

Have a great day everyone!

Love,
Heidi

Birthday blues...

Birthdays are always fun! The older you get the more you should celebrate your birthdays...but many times it's not like that. Many people have terrible anxieties about getting older, which is understandable if you think that for every year that goes by you have 1 year less to live.

Put that way, it sounds really depressing! At times I look forward to growing old...having a life full of memories, both good and bad behind me to keep me content. Knowing that I've been down a road which no-one has gone, learning from the mistakes made and spreading love to those around me...

Yet, at other times, the thought of my now 2-year old son one day shooting up above me and becoming a man or my hair starting to turn grey is a daunting thought and looked forward to with a mixture of dread and anticipation. For me, the secret I think, is in how I live now...making the most of today. Today is all I have, and if I give everything to my life here and now, that's what's going to fill me up with those warm memories...

Even when life has moved many years on, being able to look back and say "I've lived the life I wanted to live. It wasn't always what I planned but somehow God has turned everything for the good", that's what I really look forward to!

I hope you are looking forward to the adventures of life and learning to live today to the full!

Happy 50th birthday, Marianne! You are loved and appreciated!

Strawberry and raspberry compote

I absolutely love surprises! They always make me so happy. And the other day I got a really great surprise.

My car was parked at my church while I was at varsity, and after a long hard day of preparing for a big presentation I came to my car and saw that someone had tied a bag of rhubarbs to my car. I'm still not sure who it was, but thank you to that person! You made my day!

One of my favourite things to do with rhubarbs is to stew them, especially together with strawberries. The flavours combine so well and it can be used for so much. It's a great dessert together with some white chocolate cream. It's great with some yoghurt or porridge for breakfast. It also works great as a filling between 2 layers of cake. Fill a pretty jar up with the compote and you have a perfect present to give away!

Here's the recipe:

3 rhubarb stalks
1kg frozen strawberries (or 1 litre fresh)
1 dl sugar (can adjust to your desired level of sweetness)
2 tbsp water
2 tsp cardemom seeds, ground
½ vanilla pod

1. Trim the rhubarbs and remove the outer skin. Cut stalks into small pieces.
2. Put all the ingredients (except the vanilla) in a pot and simmer for about 1 hour.
3. Scrape out the vanilla from the pod and mix it into the compote.
4. Serve with some white chocolate cream and lots of love


Another thing that makes me happy is seeing how many new people come by and visit me on my blog! I hope you enjoy!

Have a wonderful day!

Love,
Heidi

"Först med det senaste!"

Recently I made a cake for one of Jönköping's local newspapers,Jnytt. I don't often get to taste the finished product. I've often thought about trying to find some sneaky way to taste a piece of the cake without it being noticed...but I've realised that I will just have to be content with tasting the crumbs ;-). I didn't get to taste this one either, but rumour has it that it was really tasty. Whenever I hear that, I can breath out. It means that I din't mix up the sugar with the salt or do any other crazy blunder...

So, how did the cake taste? Well..it was a vanilla cake with blackberry mousse, white chocolate mousse and lemon curd. Yummy and fresh! I basically had free hands witht the decoration - as long as it had black and pink in it, the name of the newspaper and "Först med det senaste" on it.

This is how it came out.

I'm pretty happy about it, what do you think?

Love Heidi

Exciting adventures!

So, a while back I got a phone call from a man who has a project to help start 100 food companies during 1 year. He heard about me and gave me a call to ask if I wanted to be on the local news with him. So I got my 30 seconds of fame ;-) and I'm in the process of starting my own company, specialising in personalised cakes and cupcakes. You can read more about it here!

Watch this space for updates about my new adventure that lies ahead!

Summer time!

Hello everyone!

The last month has been CRAZY and SO much fun! I haven't been on here much, but now that varsity is over for this term I am back! Aren't summer holidays great!

Here comes a sneak preview of what I've been up to! Come back soon to find out more!

Have a great day!

Love,
Heidi