Blue velvet cake

What do 7 bloggers do when one of their blogger-friend will become a mother? Who knows it? No one? Ok...I'll tell you...they organize a virtual baby shower. But from the beginning: Mitzia from Cook'N'Roll will give birth to her first baby soon. And Verena had the great idea to trough a virtual surprise baby shower for her. And other 5 bloggers wanted to participate to the surprise. In our secret FB group the idea was refined. Who does what? When shall the party take place? Who makes about a banner (thanks Angie!)? These questions were all answered so now we can party!

Smoothie-bowl

In December I received an email from Tchibo*, with the question if I want to participate to their Blog Parade "vitamin bomb". Of course I answered "yes". As you know I eat a lot of vegetables and fruits, so the theme fits very well to me. After much thinking I decided to take part with a Smoothie bowl recipe. Smoothie bowl is a new breakfast trend - the smoothie, which is slightly less fluid than usual, comes along with various toppings in a bowl. So you have a very healthy breakfast.

Mousse au chocolate

There are so many chocolate mousse recipes out there. With eggs, without eggs, only with yolk or only with egg white. Finding the right recipe is not so simple. And what do you do in such a case? Read different recipes and decide on one. Just trust your instinct. At least this is what I did. After I read different recipes on the internet and in my various cookbooks, I have opted for one I found in my cookbooks. Of course, this was changed a little. My friends and I were more than satisfied with the result, that’s why I will not hide the recipe from you.

Hot amaretto chocolate

When I was surfing on Pinterest, I saw an interesting recipe for a hot chocolate for adults. I wanted to try the recipe out, but than it turned out that I didn’t have 50% of the ingredients. And for only this recipe I didn’t want to buy chocolate liquor. Or vodka. But I wanted to try this hot chocolate. So I looked what I had at home and improvised. This is the story of this hot Amaretto chocolate. If you want to try it, here is the recipe.

Duck breast with orange sauce

This year I spent Christmas home with my family. Food-wise, this means: Russian salad, noodle soup, cabbage roulade and much more. This is the tradition in my family...or rather in almost all families in Romania. If I would have spent Christmas in Vienna than my choice would have been duck breast with orange sauce. As I knew then that I can not cook for Christmas, I cooked the recipe a few days earlier for me. I could have waited until next Christmas, but I didn’t want to. Who knows where I'm going to spend it?

Marzipan mini bundt cake

Dear all, a new year has begun. I hope you had a wonderful New Year's Eve. I spent New Year with friends and we had a lovely evening. So…a new year just started…and I did not know which recipe I should post first. Looking through my folders, I decided to post the recipe for the marzipan mini bundt cake. Why this recipe? Because I've baked them 2 years ago. And I decided to finally publish the recipes that are now waiting so long. And I start with this recipe.