Warm summer days seem so long ago: I miss the days of summer dresses, skirts and sandals. Although autumn is beautiful to look at, the shivering and frantic rubbing of hands isn’t exactly my idea of having a good ol’ time. For those days where I come home frozen through because I refuse to give [...]
Archive for the ‘miscellaneous’ Category
21 Sep
nutella delight profiteroles
These profiteroles were my very first venture into making choux pastry – and it was frighteningly easy. If I had known this before, I would have attempted these much sooner. Now, I’ll be planning on making eclairs! These profiteroles are filled with fluffy, creamy nutella chocolate mousse, and are sinful to eat – especially during [...]
24 Jun
taking a baking hiatus in one month!
Don’t let the title worry you!
On August 8th, I’ll be flying out of Toronto and into the heart of Vietnam, leaving behind good ol’ Canada for two months! I’m going to backpack from South to North Vietnam for the first three weeks, from Ho Chi Minh City until I eventually arrive in Ha Noi. Once [...]
16 Apr
sprinkle-mania
Okay, I went a tad crazy. Just a little bit. I promise, I still am somewhat sane but I just couldn’t help myself when I saw the sale on the spice rack on top of the sale on sprinkles.
Don’t judge me =)
xo dessertchick
7 Apr
cinnamon swirly sticks
Just because something is easy, doesn’t mean that it’s not tasty, and no, it doesn’t undermine you as a baker-wannabe! These swirly sticks are about as easy as it’ll get, especially since I used store-bought puff pastry. And I’d also like to point out that taking a few shhortcuts doesn’t make you a bad baker-wannabe [...]
30 Mar
gimme gimme more sprinkles
As I may have mentioned before, I have a sprinkle addiction. My most recent adventure to buy baking supplies led me to these treasures, and I just wanted to share them with you! Enjoy this eye candy!
xo dessertchick
4 Feb
StumbleUpon
So my friend just told me that she uses StumbleUpon, and that one of her hits was my blog. Which is kind of cool and kind of unnerving at the same time. So this post is dedicated to all you stumblers!
Dear StumbleUpon users,
thank you for visiting, or rather, tough luck stumbling onto my blog =) [...]
3 Feb
Not quite Valentine’s Day yet
I realize that today is February 3rd, not the 14th, but when I saw these pralines, I just HAD to buy them for myself.
Let me explain why these bring me so much joy besides the obvious reason that chocolate also equals happiness. I grew up in Germany, and Milka and Kinder chocolates are the main [...]
