I loved the delicious pre-xmas lunch what a friend of mine Andi had prepared the other day - btw, she is the mother of the super cute Daniel click click. Hadn't had Mexican food for ages - sorry, no pics of that, too hungry :D

Andi suggested that we should make the dessert together and she had chocolate souffle in her mind. Googled for recipes on internet and found out that there're plenty of them. Decided to try this one.

Chocolate souffle

110g dark & milk chocolate

10g butter

3 egg whites

2 tbs powdered (icing) sugar

1 egg yolk

1. Beat the egg yolk and powdered sugar until stiff. Melt the chocolate and mix with butter. Beat the egg whites until stiff. Add the egg yolk and sugar mixture to the melted chocolate and the beaten egg whites as well.

2. Pour the mousse into small greased ceramic souffle dishes. Bake at 220C degrees for app. 12 minutes. Don't make the dishes too full to avoid them not to pour over during the baking.

Serve it immediately with ice-cream & berries.

We had some frozen raspberries, but for some reason didn't want to wait them melt...

Unfortunately it doesn't look so good in pics but the taste was absolutely marvellous! Very easy to prepare, and it's totally gluten-free.

I think I will try to make these again for Xmas.

(FI) Ystäväni Andi oli kokannut tässä pari päivää sitten niin herkullisen joululounaan. Andi on muuten suloisen pikku-Danielin äiti klik klik. Siitä olikin aikaa kun olin viimeksi olin syönyt meksikolaista. Sori, ei kuvia. Oli niin kova nälkä ettei ehtinyt kuvata :D

Andi ehdotti että tehtäisiin jälkkäri yhdessä. Hänellä oli mielessä suklaakohokas, jota meistä kumpikaan ei ollut aikaisemmin valmistanut. Googlattiin reseptejä netistä. Sieltähän löytyi vaikka mitä versioita. Lopulta tämä ohje valikoitui lukuisten koukosta.

Suklaakohokas

110g tummaa- sekä maitosuklaata

10g voita

3 kananmunan valkuaista

2 rkl tomusokeria 

1 kananmunan keltuainen

1. Vatkaa keltuainen ja tomusokeri vaahdoksi. Sulata suklaa ja voi ja sekoita ne keskenään. Lisää keltuaisvaahto suklaaseokseen ja lisää lopuksi vaahdotetut valkuaiset.

2. Laita vaahto voideltuihin keraamisiin kohokasvuokiin. Paista 220C asteessa noin 12 minuuttia. Älä laita vuokia aivan täyteen, ettei kohokkaat paisu uunissa yli äyräittensä.

Tarjoile välittömästi jäätelön ja marjojen kera. Meillä oli pakastevadelmia, mutta jostain syystä emme jaksaneet odottaa niiden sulamista...

Vaitettavasti kohokkaat eivät näytä niin hyviltä näissä kuvissa, mutta maku oli taivaallinen! Todella helppo valmistaa ja nämä ovat täysin gluteenittomia. Taidan kokeilla reseptiä uudelleen ja valmistaa kohokkaita myös joulupöytään.

Have you ever tried to make souffle?

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Oletko koskaan tehnyt kohokasta?

Pastels For Bedroom

This is the master bedroom of the flat, which kids' room I introduced a bit earlier. Nice 2-bedroom apartment in a new building by the Danube. There are no built-in wardrobes, so storage place was obviously needed for this family with two children. After fitting two full-size wardrobes there wasn't much space left for anything else than a bed. As a matter of fact nothing else was needed there. The mirror doors of the wardrobe create a spacious feeling. 

Kept the colour palette light and matching with the whole home. Lots of white, hint of grey and turquoise & pink pastels to give some colour. If the lady of the house gets bored with those pastels she can easily change the atmosphere by replacing a couple of cushion covers in her new favourite colour.

The shelving system reminds of the classic String, but the old shelves and brackets were found of her parents' garage. It's so fantastic when you can reuse old pieces especially those with full of history. She remembers those shelves from her childhood. 

Originally planned to place some pictures on the wall behind the bed, but then decided to leave it empty and she can fill it later with her own favourite paintings - she likes to paint.

You can find the kids' room of this home here!

Back To Grey - Guestroom At Lake Balaton - Part 3

Here's the third version of the guest bedroom upstairs of this Balaton home. So it's back to grey.

 Below you can see the 2 other options, and more of them by clicking here & here.

Which one is your favourite?

Guest Room At Lake Balaton - Part 2

Here's another version for the guest bedroom in Balatonboglar. This time I added some sunny yellow to it. 

Below you can see the grey version of the same room, or you can click here to see a bit more of it.

Experimenting Light

Oil, colors & light - fascinating mix...

Coffee Time

 Not a fan of coffee but the smell is good. This scented Nespresso candle has a lovely fresh fragrance with a hint of coffee. Great in the kitchen!

Bois de Maragogype - the wood of the coffee tree, melted & lightly roasted to give a delicate fragrance of cereals.