Last Saturday my friend Dani from Danröschen had her annual Christmas event for customers in her store. Traditionally this is my „season opener“ for Christmas baking. Everything needs to be perfect, I even draw a ‚map‘ where to put things. I also try new recipes and new cake decorations. This is a short preview of the result. I will be posting more pictures with details soon.
This is the weekend, where even I have to admit that the Christmas season has ended. However since we still got some new snow yesterday, it´s a good time to make some baked apples, for old times sake, of course, with a little ‚christmassy‘ rum flavored filling.
When my husband took this photo of cookies in front of Grandma’s Pie shop all his good new year´s resolutions were gone. He thought he could stay away from sweets in Jan 2013.
Do you have any resolutions for the coming year? Mine is to improve my knitting and crochet skills. And I would like to learn French. And I want to finish a real baking book. It’s never too late to try out something new!
It is time to pause, cherishing the old and celebrating the new year. Sending luck to our family and loved ones, bake some fortune cookies to warm the heart of a dear friend. Stepping out in style on New Year’s Eve, wrapped in a cosy huge scarf. 2013 is coming! Cheers to a new year!
While you wait for santa to bring you gifts make sure to take part in our christmas sweater counting challenge. Animals are counted double and if a sweater is owned since the 80ies you can even do triple counting.