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Birthday wishes on rainy days

November 15, 2009

We have had three birthdays over the last few weeks and I am a little relieved it is all over. Tomorrow my In-Laws will come to watch the kids on Tuesday because I have to go somewhere where the kids can’t go with me. That is all you will get out of me at this [...]

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From my Swiss window’s Chocolate Pear cake recipe (recette)

July 17, 2009

A long, long time ago in the land of France I had a piece of chocolate cake with a pear halve in it. I fell in love. Recently, I went on a search for a recipe for a chocolate pear cake like the one that I had eaten in France. I couldn’t find one that [...]

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Happy 4th of July, 2009

July 4, 2009

I made a shortcake with raspberries and blueberries arranged on a cream topping.  It was super yummy. I’ll have to translate the recipe and post it one day soon with my adjustments. I hope everyone had a great Saturday. We spent the shopping for a few things Vilay needed for his watchmaking school and we [...]

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Toétché recipe

April 6, 2008

Toétché is a speciality of the Jura canton of Switzerland. It is a cake but it is not sweet. There is no sugar called for in the recipe. However, it is very good. In the past, we have bought half of a large toétché at the bakery for quatre heure (snack). One day at the [...]

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Hippity hoppity Easter’s on its way

March 18, 2008

Here are some images of our first Easter in Switzerland. A photo of a kind of a traditional Easter Rabbit cake that is not very sweet but good all the same. I bought the brightly colored eggs from a woman who was selling them to raise money for the handicapped. We tried to eat the [...]

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Birthday cake

October 28, 2007

We celebrated Sweet Bear’s birthday Friday night. The fruit toppings made her cake colorful. It was as good as it was beautiful. My kids have been taking turns being sick for a week. I am sick as well. Sleep is not going well and I am exhausted. Last Saturday, we had to take Sweet Bear [...]

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