Summerish

Between the end of the school year and work, I did manage to snap some shoots here and there, and so I will randomly post them here....mainly flowers, delicious fruits and kids, the things I enjoy most these days:)

....doing the same things, just like the last year

Hope your June is wonderful,
Katarina

Like a piece of cake

When your kids don't like eating some lovely seasons fruits when are at home (they like to eat them when picking them up directly from the plants), you do your best to make them eat (because strangely you may feel like committing a crime if eating that precious, organic and full of vitamins fruit yourself).





So, making something yummy and tasty is a good step forward:)
Also, using simple ingredients is also a good way to achieve the goal. So, this is not a proper recipe for the strawberry and yogurt jelly cake, but more a suggestion how to prepare a simple, tasty, light summery cake, that your kids will eventually love:)



Using Dr Oetker gelatine sheets, just like suggested on the package(when dissolved in hot water and then cooled, it forms a jelly) you can obtain a very tasteful yogurt cream(of course with adding some sugar in the yogurt first and than adding the gelatin sheets previously dissolved in the water).
For the base of the cake, I used granulated biscuits mixed with some apricot juice( to obtain a solid mixture that can be used instead of the pastry). And for the top, just dissolve the gelatin into any clear juice(I used apple juice), and wait for about 30 min. (place it in the fridge) until it starts to jelly, so that you can place it on the top of the arranged fruit.



I am sorry if my English is sometimes giving me the hard time in giving you the proper explanations and recipes, even that I am hardly following any recipes and directions when cooking, as well as when sewing...I am always more visual person and like to use imagination, strongly liking to believe that I know what I am doing;)
So, I have tried to search on-line to provide some similar real recipe that can be eventually followed step by step and here are some versions and variations that can be useful:

1. Chilled yogurt cake
2. Mango yogurt pudding cake
3. Berry and banana terrine



Enjoy, Katarina

Dinosaur BD party

Pablo turned 4 on 25 October.
We had a great BD party held in one very near to our house children's play cafe.



Kids were enjoying the under play area for 3 hours and than singing and eating, being absolutely enthusiastic about the Volcano Dinosaur cake and the Noddy cake I made for his party. He is obsessed with Dinosaurs, after being a big fun of Noddy for 2 years,LOL.





Of course, I got the idea from my friend Sharon that made one for her grandkid too. She explained to me how to make the great lava volcano cake with dry ice, but unfortunately we weren't able to find the dry ice here at the moment, so will try it next time;)So, I put some firework sticks in the volcano hole and I think it left a great impact on kids too.










We had great time and he was so happy with the party and presents, as well;)I'm sure we are ready to open the Dinosaur toy museum now;)

xo, Katarina

Happy birthday to Marta!

Can't believe that my sweet little baby turned 7 yesterday!!!!




She's getting so big! And yuck...we are getting so old....

























In the total chaos between preparing the food(a part of it,LOL) birthday cakes, taking her to the hair dresser and preparing kids for the celebration, I totally forgot and didn't have time to take some decent pics, but well, ar least kids had blast(exept Bianka that frightened by seeing to many people was in my arms for 3 hours!!!)















I sewed her a dupioni silk dress in lilac-violet and made some matching accessories













And finally, she get so many presents that when we arrived home, it was like Christmas again!







Happy birthday sweetie!!!

Katarina