donuts + cupcakes

donuts = good
cupcakes = good
donuts + cupcakes = best

Chocolate balls - recipe

photos © Russian Doll

This is the classic recipe:
100g butter
1 dl sugar
1 tbs vanilla sugar (or 2 packets if you have the packets)
2 - 3 cocoa (without sugar)
3 dl oat flakes
2 - 3 tbs strong coffee (H2O is okay if you don't have coffee. Try it first with 2 tbs)
coconut flakes (the small ones)

First, wash your hands. Put all ingredients in a bowl (except coconut), use your hands to work through the dough. Take a piece of dough and form it with the palms of your hands into a ball. Roll the ball on the plate where you've poured the coconut flakes. Cover it in coconut. Place it onto another plate or into a plastic container and continue in the same way with the rest of the dough. To preserve (or just to make the balls less soft, if you've put too much coffee/water into the dough), put them in the fridge.

Depending on the size of the balls, it makes about 17/18.

I substituted half of the butter for peanutbutter (smooth) and used sprinkles instead of coconut flakes.

JANUARY colours

On grey days like these winter days in January you need to add some colour to your life.
Bake something sweet and bright!

lemon meringue mini pies

Make min versions of pies. Lemon meringue is a good option! Supercute and lovely. I made some for my mum's birthday and they were very appreciated by everyone who tried them! Get your favourite recipe and make small pies instead of a big one. I used a cupcake/muffin tray. My recipe was from the book A Piece Of Cake.

doughnuts - recipe link

Gorgeous little pink things. Recipe (in Swedish) here!

Tiramisu Cupcake

from artofdessert