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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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Making homemade bread

June 17, 2009

When I want bread for sandwiches, I have to buy it from the grocery. In Switzerland, it is expensive. I found myself searching for a way to make bread at home to save some money. Today, I found a recipe and I made some bread. I. Made. Bread. Ha! Is that cool, or what? I [...]

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Carrot Cupcakes with cream cheese icing

March 5, 2009

Yesterday, I made carrot cupcakes. My six year old daughter’s best friend was coming over to play and I wanted to make something special for the quatre heure (snack time at 4 p.m.). I found a great recipe on Joy of Baking.  I followed the recipe closely but I did add a little more cinnamon [...]

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Cupcake heaven

February 6, 2009

I, finally, talked Vilay into buying a muffin pan.  He isn’t big on muffins or cupcakes.  I love muffins and think cupcakes are perfect for school birthdays.   This morning, I had to break in the muffin pan!  So, I made homemade cupcakes while the girls were at school.  Only problem is that I can not [...]

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Knitting and Apple pie recipe

October 16, 2008

I am knitting a new scarf for my four year old.  When I am finished knitting the scarf I will buy some nice colorful buttons to decorate it.   Her best color is blue because of her blonde hair and light blue eyes. Apple pie with hearts on it as requested by the girls.  I [...]

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Cookie kind of day

August 20, 2008

We had been having some rain. So, I decided it was a cookie kind of day. I used a Chocolate Chip cookie recipe I found online to make a rainy day a little bit brighter. It worked! Tip: We didn’t have chocolate chips so I just chopped a bar of baking chocolate into small chunks. [...]

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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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Ultimate brownie recipe (recette)

October 26, 2007

Melting the butter and chocolate on low heat. The apartment smelled like a big slice of chocolate heaven. Sweet Bear was the official mixer of all the ingredients. She had fun drizzling the chocolate over the flour making pictures. The finished product.  I will sprinkle powdered sugar over them at the school when I am [...]

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Pumpkin Bread Recipe (Recette)

September 28, 2007

Last Friday, I had bought another small baking pumpkin at our village Coop. Since I had already baked a pie with the last one that I had purchased, I decided to make some pumpkin bread with this one. It was a good choice. I used this great and easy recipe. Makes one loaf 1 1/2 [...]

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Pumpkin pie recipe (recette) with photos

September 13, 2007

I baked a pumpkin pie this past Saturday. It turned out great. Below is the recipe I used to make the filling. I wasn’t happy with how my homemade crust turned out. If anyone reading this has a good pie crust recipe I would appreciate it if you would share. Here is the recipe.  Click [...]

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