Sticky Carrot Cake Bites

This is one of my most loved recipes. I changed a regular carrot cake recipe into a sticky version. It's great party food! I always make this cake for my friends or my family during Easter. 

And: it is so easy!

Ingredients for ±20 bites:

- 1 large orange

- 100 grams of hazelnuts

- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

- 140 ml of sunflower oil 

- 250 grams of sugar 

- 2 eggs

- 250 grams of self-raising flour

- 300 grams of carrots

- 200 grams of cream cheese 

- 50 grams of powdered sugar

- Almonds and white decoration pearls (optional)

Method:

1. Zest and press the orange after cleaning it. Take two tablespoons of the juice and set aside. 

2. Grind the hazelnuts and mix them with the orange juice, zest, sunflower oil, sugar and the eggs. Don't add the juice if you don't want your carrot cake to become sticky. 

3. Mix in the self-raising flour and preheat your oven up to 150 degrees.

4. Start to zest the carrots. It takes quite some time. Add the carrots to the batter.

5. Grease in a brownie baking form. Add the batter to the form and bake the cake for 50 minutes.

Make sure the cake is completely cooled down before adding the icing.

6. Mix the cream cheese, the powdered sugar and the two tablespoons of orange juice. Cover the cake with the icing and decorate with the almonds and the white pearls. The icing doesn't have to be flawless because you're making bite sized treats. Cut the cake in to pieces and enjoy!

Good luck!

Easy mascarpone frosting

Ingredients for the frosting of 10 cupcakes:
- 150 grams mascarpone
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 vanilla bean

Method:

1. Mix the mascarpone with the powdered sugar. Check if you like the taste!

2. Take all the seeds from the vanilla bean and mix this with the mascarpone.

3. Now you can decorate your cupcakes or fill your cake!

Good luck!

Mothers Day Cake

Ingredients for the cake:
- 250 grams butter
- 250 grams sugar
- 250 grams self-raising flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 dash of milk
- 1 dash of vanilla extract
- 1 heart shaped cutter (the size should be smaller than your cake!)
- red or pink food coloring

Ingredients for the frosting and decoration:
- 125 grams powdered sugar
- 40 grams butter
- 40 ml milk
- 2/3 drops vanilla extract
- Heart shaped decoration
- chocolate sprinkles
- pink sanding sugar

Method:

1. Preheat your oven up to a 150 degrees and grease a baking tin.
Mix the eggs, the milk, the vanilla extract and the sugar. Add the flour and the butter.

2. Take about 6 tablespoons of the batter and color it pink or red. Put the colored batter into a baking tin and bake the cake for about 40 minutes and wait until the cake is completely cooled!

3. Cut your cake into slices and cut out the hearts with your heart shaped cookie cutter. The slice should be as thick as your cookie cutter. Crumble the remaining cake and set aside.

4. Take your baking tin again and grease it. Cover up the bottom with the white batter. Place the pink hearts on the batter. Make sure that they connect. Cover up the cake with the white batter and bake the cake for about 50 minutes. Let the cake cool completely.

5. Lets start with the frosting. Mix the powdered sugar with the butter and add the milk. Add the vanilla extract to the frosting. Take your pink or red cake crumbles and decorate the cake with it.

6. Add the rest of your decoration such as heart shaped sweets, chocolate sprinkles or pink sanding sugar.

Good luck and enjoy your Mothers Day!

Sprinkle Cupcakes

This tutorial is quick, easy and fun!

Melt some chocolate fudge or nutella.
Cover your cupcakes with it.
Put your cupcakes in the sprinkles and turn your cupcakes a bit.
Shake your cupcake and your done!

Good luck!