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February Favorites 2016

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Hi guys!

Did you enjoy yesterday’s leap day? Did you do something special or was it just another working day for you? I didn’t do anything special besides choosing the February Favorites!

#1: Nutella Espresso Cheesecake with Raspberry Swirl

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This awesome Cheesecake was made by my namesake Sarah from The Gold Lining Girl. I think she did an amazing job! I want to eat it all… Don’t you?

#2: Strawberry White Chocolate Mousse Parfait

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Most of you know the very talented Lily from Little Sweet Baker. If you don’t, please go visit her blog because she makes such yummy and gorgeous things. And this dessert is yet another stunning and delicious recipe. I love it!

#3: Chocolate Chip Cakemix Cookies

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Your leap day didn’t go so well? You feel like watching tv all night in your pajamas? Then – and if you’re just really into cookies – this recipe is perfect for you! Mandi from Moments with Mandi made these and I must say they look and sound awesome! The perfect comfort cookie if you ask me…

#4: Cotton Candy Cupcakes

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Aaaah, cotton candy… It brings back so many childhood memories. And that’s exactly what these adorable Cupcakes from The Weekend Sugar do! Thanks for sharing them Shani. P.s I LOVE that colour!

#5: Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake

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Vanilla and raspberries… Two of my favorite flavors! I mean, can that EVER go wrong or would you EVER get tired of that combo? I won’t! It looks so delicious. Great choice by Julie from Hostess At Heart!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Devil’s Food Cake

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Hi guys!

If you love chocolate, this might become your FAVORITE dessert! You won’t be able to live without it, you’ll dream about it, you’ll want it every day all day long. Even for breakfast… It’s the Devil’s Food Cake!

I never really knew why they called it like that. Oh boy, how stupid could I be. It is so delicious it becomes evil. I’m not kidding!

The recipe I used is from – who else could it be – Laura in the Kitchen. Did I meantion how easy this recipe is?

Devils Food Cake

What do we need:

  • 300 g self-raising flour
  • 75 g cocoa powder
  • 400 g sugar
  • 240 g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 80 ml milk
  • 2 cups of coffee
  • pinch of salt
  • 320 ml cream
  • 420 g dark chocolate
  • 2 9 inch pans

Devils Food Cake Recipe

How to:

First we make the frosting

  1. Heat the cream. Don’t let it boil.
  2. Chop the chocolate.
  3. Poor the cream over the chocolate and let it sit for a few minutes.
  4. Stir the chocolate-cream mixture until it becomes a dark and rich ganache.
  5. Set aside for a couple of hours until it gets the right structure.

Now for the cake

  1. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
  2. Mix together butter and sugar.
  3. Put the milk and the coffee in the saucepan you used to heat the cream and heat it.
  4. Add eggs and vanilla extract to the butter-sugar mixture.
  5. Put flour, cocoa powder and salt in one bowl and blend a bit.
  6. Put half of your dry ingredients in the mixer, together with half of your coffee-milk mixture.
  7. Mix until it’s combined.
  8. Put the other half of the dry ingredients and coffee-milk mixture in the mixer.
  9. mix until your batter is smooth. Don’t worry if the batter is very thin and liquid, that’s normal :)
  10. Divide the batter over 2 9 inch pans.
  11. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes.
  12. Let the cake cool completely.

Let’s build ourselves a cake!

  1. Put frosting on the bottom layer.
  2. Stack the 2nd cake on top.
  3. Frost the whole cake.
  4. EAT THE CAKE!

Devils Food Cake by Laura in the Kitchen

Here’s the video if you want to bake along with Laura

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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The Original Red Velvet Cupcakes

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Hi guys!

Who doesn’t love Red Velvet Cupcakes? In 2014, I made some Red Velvets but with a mascarpone-cream frosting. Now I made them with their ‘signature’ cream cheese butter frosting. I didn’t really know what to expect since I never manage to make delicious buttercream frostings. They just taste too much like butter…

But these Red Velvets with their original frosting are AMAZING! I don’t think I’ll ever make my ‘old’ frosting again. I had to keep myself from eating the frosting before putting it on my cupcakes :o Is that bad?

I know it sounds silly but I’m in love with these ‘original’ Red Velvet Cupcakes ;)

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What we need:

Cupcakes

  • 235 g self-raising flour
  • 15 g cocoa powder
  • 250 g sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 270 g soft unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons of buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon of red food colouring (powder or paste)
  • Cupcake wrappers
  • Cupcake trays

Frosting

  • 150 g soft unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 240 g cream cheese
  • 840 g icing sugar
  • Piping tip
  • Piping bag

 

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How to:

Cupcakes

  1. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
  2. Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt in your mixer.
  3. Add the butter and the eggs.
  4. Mix until the batter is smooth.
  5. Combine buttermilk, food colouring and vanilla extract and poor it in the batter.
  6. Mix until the batter gets a nice red colour.
  7. Finish the batter by hand because you don’t want to overmix it.
  8. Place the cupcake wrappers in the cupcake trays.
  9. Fill the cupcake wrappers for 2/3th and bake them for about 22 minutes.

Frosting

  1. Put butter, cream cheese and half of the icing sugar in the mixer.
  2. Mix on minimum speed until it combines, then mix at medium to high speed.
  3. Add the other half of the icing sugar.
  4. Mix until the frosting gets stiff and pale. Don’t make it too stiff though.
  5. Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting them.
  6. Put the piping tip in your piping bag and frost! :D

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I’ve also found a new YouTube channel to share with you because I absolutely LOVE Jemma from the London based bakery Crumbs and Doillies. (I HAVE to get to London soon..) She made these Red Velvets and her video is just awesome! I hope you enjoy :D

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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January Favorites

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Hi guys!

January is waaaaaaaay past now but we still have some recap to do ;)

#1: Karleksmums

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Can I please have this for Valentine’s Day? :D

#2: Baked Chocolate Doughnuts

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I have to get myself some doughnut molds and make these baked doughnuts! I’ve never made doughnuts because I didn’t have a large frying pan but now I don’t have to :D

#3: Savoury Macarons: Smoked Salmon & Horseradish

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How about these awesome appetizers :D Sweet, but not that sweet ;) And without a doubt 100% delicious!

#4: Red Velvet Waffles

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YES PLEASE! :D Do I really need to tell you why I love these awesome Waffles?
I thought so too :)

#5: Cheesy Snowgie Snacks

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If you’re still waiting for that first real snow or if you just love snowmen but think snow is a bit too cold, this is the treat for you! :D

If there’s anyhing you liked here, go pay the awesome people who made it a visit :) I’m sure they would love that ^^

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Carnival Cupcakes

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Hi guys!

It’s Carnival or Mardi Gras today! Unfortunately that does not mean funny costumes for me… although I really think they should introduce that into working life as well. Why let the kids have all the fun?

But we adults have the ability to make food! Or at least some of us ;) And that’s exactly what I did :) I used my favorite source in the world – Pinterest – and found the perfect kind of cupcakes for Mardi Gras: Funfetti Cupcakes! You know, the ones with the colourful dots inside the cake. But I guess I didn’t use the right ingredient or not enough of it because there are no colourful dots to be found in my cupcakes :( Oh well, next time :)

Carnaval Cupcakes

Although the colourful dots were missing, it was still super delicious and fun to look at!

What we need:

  • 220 g butter
  • 220 g self-raising flour
  • 220 g sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • +- 120 g powder sugar
  • 400 ml heavy cream
  • 500 g mascarpone
  • cupcake wrappers
  • edible confetti
  • piping bag + piping tip

Mardi Gras Cupcakes

How to:

  1. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
  2. Mix together butter and sugar.
  3. Add the eggs and mix until the batter becomes smooth.
  4. Sift the flour and mix until the batter is smooth.
  5. Add a bunch of confetti and blend well.
  6. Place the cupcake wrappers in the mold. Fill them for 3/4th with batter.
  7. Bake for about 25 minutes.
  8. Whip up the cream and set aside.
  9. Mix mascarpone and powder sugar.
  10. Gently blend in the whipped cream, using a spatula.
  11. Put a piping tip in the piping bag and fill the bag with frosting.
  12. Frost the cupcakes and add as much sprinkles as you like :)
  13. CELEBRATE!

Carnival Cupcakes

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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7 awesome Pancake recipes for National Pancake Day

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Hi guys!

Happy National Pancake Day! I think this is my new favorite “holiday” :p

I just LOVE Pancakes… American Pancakes, homemade Pancakes, Nutella Pancakes, Pancakes from my grandma, … I LOVE them! Who doesn’t? :D

To celebrate this very special and joyful day I bring you 7 awesome recipes!

#1: Apple Pie Pancakes

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Two of my favorite things combined. That just screams DELICIOUS!

#2: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

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These pancakes are for all you cinnamon lovers out there! :D

#3: Nutella stuffed Pancakes

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Oh boy… These look soooooo good! It’s literally 1 pancake + nutella + 1 pancake :o
Omnomnom ^^

#4: Fluffy Banana Pancakes

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I’d say these are the perfect breakfast pancakes! No more grumpy mornings ;)

#5: Blueberry Pancakes

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Aaaah the Blueberry Pancake… I think this one has become a classic and I can easily understand why :) Yummy!

#6: Chocolate Pancakes

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Don’t eat this pancake for breakfast on a workday… I think you won’t make it to noon. But this would make perfect partyfood! Or comfort food ;) Mwuhaha!

#7: Lactose & Sugar Free Pancakes

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Craving pancakes but in need of a little bit more healthy ones? Try my lactose and sugar free pancakes. They are delicious but don’t fall so hard on your stomach (or hips, bums and bellies ;) )

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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No Bake Strawberry Chocolate Tart

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Hi guys!

The recipe I’ve got for you today is not just good. It’s awesome!
Delicious and a little bit decadent. Just the way we like it ;)
Oh and super easy too!

I was scrolling up and down Pinterest because I really really wanted to bake make something. You know that feeling? I only had two eggs so a cake was not possible. Hmmm… There it was! I saw this gorgeous, delicious and slightly decadent tart from Home Cooking Adventure. I was sold. And I didn’t even need eggs! Although I did have to go to the store xD

No Bake Strawberry Chocolate Tart

What we need:

  • 30 Oreo cookies
  • 110 g melted butter
  • 200 g milk chocolate
  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 200 ml heavy cream
  • strawberries
  • Tart pan
  • optional: white chocolate flakes

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How to:

  1. Crush the oreos to dust and add the melted butter.
  2. Put the crushed Oreos in the pan and make the bottom. Freeze until you finish the rest of this recipe.
  3. Heat the heavy cream.
  4. Cut the milk and dark chocolate in pieces.
  5. Poor the heated cream over the chocolate and let it sit for about 1 minute before stirring.
  6. Take out the tart pan and fill the bottom with the chocolate.
  7. Decorate with strawberries.
  8. Put this delicious tart in the fridge for at least 3 hours or over night.
  9. Optional: Decorate with white chocolate flakes

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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December Favorites & a question for you

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Hi guys!

Is the 19th of January still a time to post December favorites? Absolutely! Yes, I usually post them the first blogging day of the new month buuuuuut I went skiing so that wasn’t really possible :p Now you also know why I ‘dissapeared’ for a while. I know lots of you keep blogging during your holidays but I took two weeks off. No social media, no phone, no nothing except for my family and our holiday :) It was awesome! I’ll probably share some pictures on my social channels later.

So now that my batteries are fully charged again – not that they were empty – I have a question for you. Yes, right now before we get to the yummy part of this post because now your brains aren’t distracted yet ;)

Soon, Sarah’s Little Kitchen will reach its 2nd birthday. (Hooray!) And that calls for something new/different. Blogging in Dutch! And still in English as well of course. Why? Because I miss playing with words in my own language. I want to be able to use my own language to express myself and English expressions and Dutch ones don’t exactly align xD So I was thinking about adding Dutch to my post. I don’t know how yet. I’ve seen different ways to write in two languages so I’m still figuring out what would be best.

What do you think? Do or don’t? Let me know in the comments!

Now let’s get to the yummy part!

#1: Tiramisu

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I LOVE Tiramisu! And I love this cake-like version from Ginger & Bread even more!

#2: Caramel Toffee Cheesecake

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Thank you The Frugal Hausfrau for making us this awesome cheesecake! It looks to die for… Really.

#3: Slutty Brownie Cake

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Oh. My. God. This. Looks. Too. Good. To. Be. True. I guess this decadent – but without a doubt oh so delicious – dessert does make you feel slutty when you’ve finished the thing. Yes, the whole cake. You don’t think you could resist, do you? I hope this recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking comes with a bucket.

#4: Disco Ball Chocolate Cola Cake

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You may think this is a simple chocolate cake with glitters. And you’re probably right. But simple recipes are the best because they – almost- can’t fail! Which means you can have dessert! And who wouldn’t want this fancy chocolate cola cake from Cupcakes & Curries? :D

#5: Baileys Cheesecake

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My mom would love this! She likes Cheesecake and Baileys – occasionally – so this would be a perfect fit for her :) Thank you Domestic Gothess. Now I know what birthday cake to make her in May ;)

Is your bucket full? ;)

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Your 9 Sarah’s Little Kitchen Favorites

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Hi guys!

Sadly, Christmas is over. You’re probably just getting over that indigestion, aren’t you :p Hurry up because New Year is right around the corner! And that mostly means: more eating & drinking! Hooray!

Since at its end, I thought it’d be a good time to share with you your year here on Sarah’s Little Kitchen :)

We’ll start from number 9 to the winning number 1. Let’s see what you guys loved most.

#9: Raspberry Brownies

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#8: Nutella Brownies

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#7: Chunky Monkey Brownies

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#6: Canelés de Bordeaux

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#5: Spicy Chai Latté Brownies

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#4: Speculoos Blondies

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#3: Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies!

#2: Oreo Cupcakes

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#1: Oreo Cheesecake

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Djeez guys! I had no idea you loved brownies so much :o Well, obviously you like them but I’d never thought almost every brownie recipe I’ve made would end up in the Best 9 Of 2015 xD And of course, nothing can beat Oreo’s! :D

My personal favorite: these yummy Nutella Cupcakes I made for my Dad’s birthday :)

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I hope you had a great 2015 and may 2016 be even better! Happy New Year!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Easy Christmas Cookies

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Hi guys!

Merry Christmas

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Let there be love, fun, happiness and… food! ;D

Today’s menu: super easy Christmas Cookies to hang in your Christmas tree :) I’ve said it before with my Christmas Jam Cookies: What’s Christmas without cookies? Just a meeting!

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What we need:

  • 250 g butter
  • 165 g sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 250 g flour
  • pinch of salt
  • Christmas cookie cutters
  • plastic foil
  • baking plate
  • baking paper
  • a straw
  • ribbon

 

Christmas Cookies

How to:

  1. Mix together butter and sugar until fluffy.
  2. Add the egg yolk.
  3. Sift the flour and add it together with the salt to the mixture.
  4. Mix until everything gets combined and it forms a real dough.
  5. Wrap the dough in plastic foil and store for 30 – 60 minutes in the fridge.
  6. Remove the foil and roll out the dough.
  7. Cut out different Christmas figures.
  8. Heat the oven at 190°C.
  9. Place the cookies on a sheet of baking paper on a baking plate and make a little hole in the cookie with the straw.
  10. Bake for 15 minutes at 190°C.
  11. Let the cookies cool on the baking plate for a bit until placing them on a rack to cool completely.
  12. Take some ribbon and put it through the cookie-hole to hang them in your tree :)

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Merry Christmas!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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