Chocolate chip muffins baked in orange

Hi Dears! :)

One day I had a funny idea, to bake in orange peels, like they were muffin liners...

So, I tried it! :D Now don't tell me they are not cute! :)

Although, I realized they needed more time, than baking them in average paper muffin liners, so, I would recommend to bake them in regular muffin tray, then serve them like these. 

The result is really eye-catching, and your guests will be amazed. :)

Cini Minis ~ Chocolate Bites

Hi Dears! :)

I brought You little chocolaty bites! Sugar free!!! :D

(Well, almost... let's say it's doesn't contain the regular sugar quantity. :) )

Why is that? 

I think I have to be more careful, and be on a little diet. 

As I thought being a hotel receptionist, I'm standing 9 hours daily, which needs physical effort, I ehought it would burn some calories...

Yeah, the only problem it is not. I am tired of course after work, so I can't really do any more sports these days, just laying on the bed, reading and stuff. 

So, I need to reduce the calories, and as I won't stop baking I used sweetener. 

I was afraid of it for a bit, I thought it would change the flavors, but it didn't.

Bounty Cookie

Hi Dears! :)

Do You have a plan for the summer? I know You will work, we all do, but any plans for a vacation? 

This Bounty cookie reminds me of summertime, as Coconut, palm-trees grow in Mediterranean areas, just where people usually go for a summer vacation.   

I always wanted to go far away, to a hidden spot, preferably near a lake, surrounded by hills or mountains. 

Chocolate Rolls

Hi Dears! :) 

Google informed me that the Rubic cube has its 40th birthday! 

Did You know that it was a Hungarian invention? Ernő Rubik was the founder of the 6 color-27 cubed cube. I read that the recorder player has the time of 5,55 seconds to complete the course. Amazing, I could never do the whole cube! :D Can You?

Today I brought You a sweet pastry, that is a very popular breakfast & snack here in Hungary, chocolate rolls. We usually call them "Kakaós csiga" , which means Cocoa snails.

 Here, all the rolled pastries are called "snails", so don't be afraid if You see something like these in the pastry-shops. They are only referred  to their shapes. :) 

Besides the recipe I brought a personal life-milestone! :) 

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I got engaged! :D 

Actually, it happened in the end of March, and now it can be officially announced to everyone, as we told it to all of our families in real life.

We took a photo-shoot as well, I will post some of them here, under the recipe... 

We are together with my love for 4,5 years, our love started in high school , and remained. ♥ We will wait a few years with the wedding, so I will have time to prepare all the details of that. :D But all your wedding dress and cake ideas are welcomed, You can always post them on our FB site. :D 

I made this cake, (which I've already posted, Do You remember?) for our Engagement celebration, it was really good. :)

But now, let's see the chocolate rolls recipe and some engagement photos of us. :)  

Pear Pie

Hi Dears! 

Have You seen the Eurovision song contest last Saturday?  

What do You think about Miss Conchita's winning? I was amazed how her voice was so feminine, although I probably won't listen her song. The song wasn't so remarkable for me. Of course I really wanted Hungary to have a great place in the top ten, which by the way we had reached! :)

 "Running"  became to be the 5th, Yay! :D

So, I brought You  a Pie, today! Pear Pie with white and dark chocolate on the top. It was sweet, moist and fruity, You need this! ;)

Coconut Brownie

Hi Dears! 

How are You? I hope You are all fine. :)

On my part, I'm kind of busy all the time and my legs are killing me... 

Have I told You that I have a new job? Well old-new job, I'm a receptionist again! Yay! :D Only problem is that I need to be fit again, to be able to stand 8-9 hours behind the desk. So be fit, and bake cakes for the family the same time! Now that's not easy to do so! :D

Anyway, I brought You a nice Coconut Brownie, easy, and tasty!

 Just mix everything and put it to the oven! :D

Check the recipe.:

Orange Muffin

Hi Dears! :)

Happy May to You!

Do You have any special customs for this month? 

We have a holiday on the 1st of May, the Day of the Work.

 /Some traditions we did not delete from the communist times/ 

There used to be a happy festival on the main streets/avenues, where all the big companies represented themselves with their workers, and their families. Music, songs, May Day, cheering for the presidents, plus sausages & beer were the main characteristics of this day, until the 80'-90-es. 

Nowadays we have a day off from work, have a May-day picnic, and we are with our families. Some gentlemen prepare a May tree for their loved ones. 

(You know a high tree with colorful ribbons) We used to make that in primary school. :) 

 

So me as well, I visited my lovely family, therefor, I baked muffins.

These orange muffins, and some chocolate chip muffins for those who prefer non-fruity cakes. :D 

Easter Cookies with cinnamon

Happy Easter My Dear Readers! :)

I hope You were all with Your family, and friends, having a picnic, or maybe you went egg-hunting? :D 

Here, the custom for Monday: for the boys, they study some little Easter poems, rhymes, and they visit the girls, douse them with buckets of water/cologne, to ensure they become good wives and bare many children. 

For that, they receive beautifully decorated eggs, that girls prepared for them days before the celebration. 

(But now chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies are also popular)

 So, how do You celebrate Easter?

For the occasion I brought chicken and bunny cookies, for which I used cute cookie stampers. :) 

Carrot Cake muffins & Coffee muffins

Hey Guys! :)

So, as I promised before, I brought the next dessert idea to make for Easter.

Actually, right now I have two muffin-ideas, which You can easily make at the same time. :)

I think everybody likes sweet coffee flavored pastry with chocolate chips inside, so You can't make a mistake with these coffee-muffins. (There are chocolate little eggs on top). 

And which were even more popular, those were my Carrot cake muffins! I thought it would be the other way around, but I'm happy about it. 

Carrot is a great ingredient, and gives a beautiful  natural orange color! :)

 I wanted to make a picture of my Easter muffins with a bunny, but since I didn't find any, I used my super-cute hamster instead. 

I love her, I got it for graduation! ♥ (I'm really a child inside)

Happy Pudding Brownie

Hello Dears!

Guess what You will get from me! ;)
I have a bunch of Easter dessert recipes for You!

 So I will try to post every other day a dessert until Monday, so when the little boys and the gentlemen are coming to us on Monday we  will be prepared with a lot of goodies. 

This brownie is enhanced with two kinds of puddings, vanilla and strawberry. So the cake will be mottled with rosy and yellow creams, which make it happy-Easter looking, having the atmosphere of decorated Easter eggs. :)
Plus, this recipe is really easy, and quick! :)