Sewing/ siti

Jeste, nez mi zacne v sobotu skola dodelavam par restu. Halenka je jeste z minuleho roku. Lezela nastrihana rok v krabici. Puvodne jsem planovala mit ji hotovou aspon na dovolenou, ale nestihla jsem to. No a pak mi zbylo kousek latky z nudnych bilych zavesu do obyvaku (tema se pochlubim pozdeji, az bude mistnost hotova cela). Taska je darek pro rodinnou prislusnici a polstar do obyvaku k zavesum. Planuju usit jeste aspon dva podobne - da-li cas :-)

I'm trying to finish a couple of projects before my next module starts on Saturday. The 'Summer blouse' (from Weekend sewing by Heather Ross) has been waiting to be finished in a box for a year... I was planning to at least finish it for the holidays, but run out of time. The bag and cushion are made from a white fabric from Ikea I used for our new living room curtains (boring ones ;-) - will put a picture here once the whole room is finished). I would like to make a couple more of the cushions, fingers crossed. I wish the day had about 70 hours sometimes... :-)

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Baking challenge

I have been intending to take part in the Baking challenge on Home Baked website for a while and finally managed to come up with something this time.
I have been given 2 BIG bags of apples and managed to get rid of 4!! in this recipe (from my favourite book):

- 200g/ 7oz butter
- 100g/ 3 1/2 oz caster sugar
- 100g/ 3 1/2 oz Demerara sugar (plus a bit for sprinkling)
- 3 large eggs
- 200g/ 7oz self raising flour
- 1 spoonful of maple syrup (I used Golden syrup as I have no Maple)(plus another one for glazing)
- 4 apples
- Oven: 180C/ gas 4

First grease and line a cake tin (23cm). Then peel 3 of the apples and grate them finely and put to the side. Cream the butter and sugars and add the eggs, maple syrup and then a spoonful of the flour at a time. When all mixed together well add the grated apples. Spoon into the tin and decorate with the fourth apple (peeled and sliced)and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake in the oven for about 25-30 minutes. Leave to cool. Meanwhile, warm the other spoonful of syrup in a pan and brush with a pastry brush over the top of the cake.
ENJOY! Happy autumn!!!

Uz delsi dobu jsem se chtela zucastnit Baking challenge na tomto blogu. Konecne se mi to povedlo :-) Od zname z vesnice jsem dostale 2 OBROVSKE tasky jablek a podarilo se mi zbavit se 4!!! :-D
Tady je recept:

- 200g masla
- 100g piskoveho cukru
- 100g Demerara cukru (nerafinovaneho) (plus trosku na posypani)
- 3 vejce
- 200g hladke mouky
- 1 prasek do peciva
- 1 lzice javoroveho sirupu (ja jsem doma nemela, tak jsem pouzila melasovy)(plus dalsi lzice na polevu)
- 4 jablka
- troubu ohrejeme na 180C/ plyn c.4

Nejprve si vymazeme formu na dort a vylozime ji pecicim papirem (prumer cca. 23cm). Najemno nastrouhame 3 oloupana a vypeckovana jablka a dame stranou. Cukr (oba) utreme s maslem a pridame vejce a sirup. Po lzicich pridame mouku a pak prasek do peciva. Nakonec postupne pridame nastrouhana jablka. Nakonec oloupeme a nakrajime ctvrte jablko a ozdobime jim buchtu, posypeme troskou cukru.
Peceme asi 25-30 minut. Po upeceni nechame vystydnout ve forme a mezi tim si rozehrejeme lzici sirupu a potreme jim buchtu.
Dobrou chut a krasny podzim!!!!

Hazel - border collie girl

Dlouho jsme hledali a konecne nasli :-)
Have been looking for a while and finally found one :-)

Prvni cesta do nove skolky/ First bike ride to a new pre-school

Probehla celkem dobre, jen mame po ceste tahly kopec :-) Takze doufam, ze za par tydnu budu vic fit a vyjedu ho :-D Alfie uz je celkem tezky ;-) A v pondeli zacina autoskola!

Was fine, apart from a looong hill in the next village. I'm hoping to get fitter in the next couple of weeks to be able to make it up that hill. Alfie is quite heavy now :-)I'm starting my driving lessons on Monday!

Tip na vylet a nejlepsi recepty/ Trip Idea and the best recipe book

Vzdycky, kdyz jsme v Norfolku na vikend, zajedeme se podivat do pekarny ve vetrnem mlynu - Bircham Windmill. Je to jedno z mych nejoblibenejsich mist v UK. Delaji tam ty nejlepsi buchty a chleba na svete. Dovolim si napsat, ze jejich mrkvove mufinky nemaji konkurenci!! Na jare jsem si tam koupila knizecku s jejich recepty a musim rict, ze je to knizka, kterou pouzivam skoro kazdy den. Tak pokud nekdy zavitate do Norfolku, nezapomente se tam podivat :-)

When we go up to Norfolk for a weekend we always visit Bircham Windmill. It is one of my favourite places in the UK. They make the best cakes and bread. You can also buy very good quality flour there. I thing that their carrot cake is the best in the world! I bought a recipe book there in the Spring and it is now my most used recipe book - I use it nearly every day. So, if you are ever in that part of the world, do not forget to visit :-)

France/ Francie

Uz tyden jsme zpet doma ze slunne Francie. Meli jsme se dobre a ted zpet do kolotoce. Deti jdou do skoly az v utery (Alfie zacina v nove skolce), tak se tesime na posledni prazdninovy vikend.
Have been back for a week now from sunny France and straight back to decorating... Children are going back to school on Tuesday (Alfie start in a new nursery) so we are looking forward to our last 'holiday' weekend.