How to: mummy cookies

Super cute and easy to make for Halloween:
mummy cookie pops.

Trick or treat?!

Trick or treat? 

With Halloween around the corner, 

it's time for some scary treats!

Basic cake pop recipe

Cake pops, a huge trend among baking lovers! I would say.. about time for a good basic recipe!

How to: spider cake pops

Here's how you make those spooky spider cake pops! 

Oh baby, baby

Soon mom-to-be (or of course dad-to-be) and giving a babyshower? Here are some ideas for desserts that would be a great addition to your party!  

Tea time: fresh mint tea

Make your own fresh mint tea. 

But prepare for a new addiction!

★☆☆☆☆ - Super easy

Tea time: which tea?

Whether you call it high tea or afternoon tea, it's an occasion to socialize in style with you friends.

Here's how you make a good cup of tea and a list with the most popular teas.

DIY paper poms with a touch of summer ❀

Tea Time!

Decoration
- DIY pompon's

Tea time! ❥

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I've lost posted something on this blog. This is why I wanted to share a new section on this page with you guys: everything about High Tea!

You can see the image below the menu. Click in it and you will find recipes, ideas how to make your own homemade High Tea and fun decorations to make it super personal.

Want to see all the recipes in one time? Go to "list of all posts".

Hope you like it and feel free to post a comment!

Tea time: Clotted cream (part of the scones)

Clotted cream is a real treat when you put it on a scone with some jam. Easy to make but it does take a lot of time! 

It's convenient if you make it a day in advance.

★☆☆☆☆ - Super easy 

Ingredient
- Heavy whipping cream (about 4 cups)

Instruction
Step 1: Pour the cream into a heavy-bottomed oven-safe pot. The cream should come up the side of the pot somewhere between one and three inches.

Step 2: Cover the pot and put it in the oven on 180 F.

Step 3:  Leave the covered pot in the oven for at least 8 hours. My four cups took 12 hours (until my oven automatically turned off).
You'll know it's done because there will be a thick yellowish skin above the cream. That skin is the clotter cream.

Step 4: Let the pot cool at room temperature. Then put it in the refrigerator for another 8 hours

Step 5: Remove the clotted cream from the top of the pot.

Tip #4

You can melt butter but when you put it back in the fridge and it hardens again, it doesn't reincorporate the water/moisture.

This means the butter is never the same as before. 

And it's not the same as using softened butter!

Tea time: Scones with jam & clotted cream

No high-tea without scones, jam and clotted cream!

★★☆☆☆ - Easy

Tea time!

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Tip for the Dutch people: cake decorating magazine from DeAgostini

Hi everyone,

This is a special tip for the Dutch people. DeAgostini has created a magazine about the basics of baking. 

You can already buy the first two numbers in 

some supermarkets and bookshops. 

(unfortunately only in the Netherlands :-( )

The first number only costs 1,50 and the

 following numbers will cost 4,95. 

TIP #3

Always add a pinch of salt to your recipe.

It enhances the flavors. Also when using bitter or unsweetened 

chocolate, it takes away some of the bitterness. 

TIP #2

If you roll out your dough in one direction, 

the dough will move that way when it's in the oven.

So make sure you roll out the dough in every direction. 

This way, it will move and rise evenly. 

TIP #1

Want to thin your chocolate, for example for dipping? 

Add one teaspoon of low flavoured oil at a time. 

Get ready for a frightening All Hallow's Eve!

Halloween 2012 is on october 31, so you have enough time to decide what cake or which cupcakes you will make this year but here are already some ideas!