lørdag 4. august 2012

My favorite cake!!

I found a cake recipe a while ago and decided to bake it in June and it has since been my favorite cake. I do not know the name of this particular cake, but I would characterize it as a brownie-cake, since it reminds me more of a brownie than of a cake. It's crispy outside, but very moist inside (in the middle). The most important thing is that it contains everything that I like in a cake: oreo, chocolate and cream cheese.

Here's the recipe (It's not the original one that I found, I have modified it a bit.):

200 gr flour
100 gr brown sugar
180 gr butter
2 eggs
200 gr chocolate
100 gr cream cheese
150 gr oreo cookies or some other ogreish cookies (I removed the white frosting)
1 tbsp of vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 180C


The ingredients:



First, melt the butter, then mix it with the brown sugar (I used a hand mixer to give it a fluffy texture). Then add the eggs, flour and vanilla extract. When that is done, crush the chocolate into small pieces, remove the middle of the oreo cookies (in my case I used another brand, they taste quite the same) and crush the cookies into smaller pieces. 

Distribute half of the dough into a cake form and evenly distribute the cookies, chocolate and cream cheese on top. I also added some m&m into the dough. When you have done that, add the rest of the dough into the form:




Make a smooth surface:





Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. The end result:




Enjoy!!!!!












onsdag 1. august 2012

L'Occitane hand cream

My hands tend to get super dry in the autumn and winter months. L'Occitane has on many of these occasions come to my rescue. The formula and texture of this hand cream is thick and rich so you do not have to use a lot of cream to evenly distribute it on your hands, and the tube lasts longer. It is by far one of the best hand creams I've come across (and I've tried quite a few during my lifetime:)).


I bought a mini sized one so that I could have it in my purse wherever I go.


Oh yeah, I almost finish the big sized one, but don't worry I have another one in my drawer:)


I also purchased the L'Occitane foot cream, but I'm not too keen on this one. I've only used it twice, but  I'm still not convinced. I personally prefer the foot cream from Scholl, but I will use this up. Definitely not a repurchase.