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Last Minute DIY Halloween Witch Costumes for Kids

Super cute Halloween witches in DIY costumes.

Napoleonka – Polish Custard Cream Pie

Napoleonka recipe – Polish custard cream pie made out of two layers of pastry filled with custard cream and often decorated with layer of icing sugar.

Halloween Pumpkin Pal Teddy from Build-A-Bear Workshop

Halloween edition of a Built-A-Bear teddy…

Home-made Marble Chocolate & Vanilla Cupcakes vs. Lego Duplo Creative Cakes

Simple but impressive colourful marble cupcakes for kids parties.

Fruity Summer Nail Art for Kids – Red Apple

Cute red apple nail pattern for kids’ toes – great for Summer.

Berry Vanilla Chocolate Picnic Cake with Smarties

[Decoration inspired by Smarties Cake from Crème et Cannelle] INGREDIENTS for the berry vanilla cake 2½ cups plain flour 1 tbs baking powder 3-4 eggs (I used 4 small ones) ½ cup of milk 1 cup golden caster sugar 2 tbs vanilla sugar 125g / ½ bar of unsalted butter 400g tin of fresh berries […]

Pink Beetroot & Green Avocado Picnic Dips

Pink and green, low in calories picnic dips that looks great and are healthy as well.

Summer Kids’ Nail Art – Cherry Fingers & Watermelon Toes

Summer nail art ideas for kids – cherries and watermelon slices.

Black Forest Cake – German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte

Black Forest Cake – German chocolate cake with cherry liquor and fresh cherries.

Handmade Mulberry Paper Stamped Party Invitations / Cards

MATERIALS square pieces of handmade Mulberry paper pieces of ribbon tied into bows square blank cards with envelopes glitter glues, we used orange and pink colourful ink (we used purple bingo dabber instead) marker – same colour as the ink craft glue EQUIPMENT large stamp for the front of the card little stamp for the back […]

Tissue Paper Gift Wrapping Ideas

Gift wrapped in tissue paper, topped with tissue lotus flower, paper leaves and chocolate lady bugs – all connected with double side tape. Another gift topped with tissue lotus flowers and skeleton leaf. Step by step tutorial how to make those lotus flower in upcoming post. And monochromatic golden tissue paper used to wrap […]

Doll’s Dress Crochet Pattern For Baby Dolls & Teddy Bears

Versatile toys’ dress crochet pattern that will suit almost any creature.

Extremely Smurfy Smurfberry Muffins

Extremely smurfy smurfberry muffins for the Smurf in your life… secret Papa Smurf recipe (!)

Black Pasta Monsters – Halloween Pasta with Sausages

Halloween pasta monsters – quick and easy recipe idea.

Wedding Traditions & Superstitions

Wedding traditions and superstitions vary from culture to culture but some always remain the same…

Cheese, Wine & Food Pairings

There is plenty of varieties of cheese and wine so choosing the right pair can be a little tricky…

Popping Candy Sparklers

INGREDIENTS 200g chocolate bar (I used white chocolate) about 12 long bread sticks 1 tbs popping candy sprinkles METHOD Break chocolate into pieces and melt in small non-stick saucepan over low fire. Leave aside until it is very thick but still spreadable, stir in popping candy and then spread on about half length of each […]

DIY Christmas Gift Ideas

DIY festive gift ideas – handmade cards, homemade cosmetics and more…

Crisp Custard Pies / Kruche Rożki z Budyniem

INGREDIENTS for the dough 4½ cups plain flour 1 cup golden caster sugar 150g (a little bit more than half of the bar or a little bit more than one stick) of unsalted butter 2 tsp baking powder 3 large eggs some more flour for working surface icing sugar in a shaker for the custard […]

Crisp Almond Crescent Rolls Filled with Sour Cherry Marmalade

Crescent rolls – step by step photo tutorial.

Perfect Buttery Popcorn form Scratch

Our favourite, buttery popcorn… made from scratch.

Hello Kitty Strawberry Banana & Chocolate Sponge Cake

INGREDIENTS for sponge cake 1 cup egg whites and ½ cup yolks, about 6 small eggs 1 cup golden caster sugar 1 cup plain flour pinch of salt 1¼ tsp baking powder 1-2 tbs unsalted butter (softened) for layers 400g strawberries (washed, drained and hulled, sliced) 4 medium bananas (peeled and sliced) 750-900 ml whipping […]

Dark Chocolate Muffins with a Surprise Inside

Chocolate muffins with marmalade filling recipe.

Triple Layer Chocolate Cake with Caramel & Roasted Peanuts – Snickers Cake

[inspired by Snickers chocolate bar] INGREDIENTS for the chocolate layers 2 cups plain flour 2½ cups golden caster sugar ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt ¾ cup vegetable oil, neutral one that does not have strong taste or smell, like canola, sweet almond or Carotino oil, or even yellow […]

Mini Strawberry Tarts with Whipped Cream & Mint

INGREDIENTS 1 cup – 250 ml whipping cream ½ cup golden caster sugar 24 medium strawberries – about 300g (hulled and quartered) 12 mint leaves for the pastry 1½ cups plain white flour ½ bar – 100g unsalted butter (cold, chopped) ¼ cup fine caster sugar 1 large egg pinch of salt EQUIPMENT food processor […]

Caribbean Pineapple & Chicken Kebabs – Sweet, Spicy & Juicy

One of the best fast foods you can make, sweet, spicy and juicy at the same time, hard to stop on one.

Easter Lemon & Vanilla Cupcakes

Easy yet delicious lemon and vanilla cupcakes topped with chocolate Easter eggs.

Vanilla Fairy Cakes / Cupcakes

[adapted from recipe that my 4½ old daughter brought from school] INGREDIENTS for the muffins 2 large or 3 smaller eggs ½ cup golden caster sugar ½ bar unsalted butter – 125g (melted and cooled down) 1½ cup self rising flour for vanilla butter cream ¼ bar unsalted butter – about 70g 2 cups icing […]

Chicken de Volaille in Chestnut Mushroom Sauce / Zrazy z Kurczaka

Chicken de Volaille / zrazy z kurczaka is a Polish dish often served at wedding and other parties.

Mixed Fruit Salad in Minty Sauce

Kids’ favourite minty fruit salad with condensed milk.

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