I'm back!

Good Evening! Oh how I've missed you!!
It's been one of the most amazing few days of my life, and I can't wait to tell you about them! I thought it would be just a regular weekend at home with a really nice program but it turned out to be even more! I was in Berlin!!! And I did not know I was going! Something amazing happened in my life two months ago and now my oh-so-dear and truly unbelievable girlfriends had organized a perfect plan to take me away for the weekend! I could not believe it!! Berlin is my second home, I've been there for the past ten years so many times I've lost track, and that's where we went!! I thought I was going to a stand-up comedy event on Friday, a concert on Saturday and for a gig on Sunday, but none of that didn't happen, it was the perfect bluff of all time!

I have the most amazing friends in the world, we're sisters, and we'll always be there for each other. I feel blessed and so, so happy, this is something I will cherish for the rest of my life.

A quick hello!

It's a long day at work but I  had a chance to go for a little walk again! Ok, a tiny walk I must admit, but anyway, saw a glimpse of the sun! This week has felt so long, I'm looking forward to the weekend so much! Some really nice things are on the menu and I'm going to tell you all about them, for sure, but now a quick hello! I hope you've had a good day!

Chocolate!

Innocently walked to our nearest food shop with all things healthy in mind, and little did I know what was waiting for me! Fazer's Christmas Chocolate!! It's heavenly! It's the original Fazer blue with pieces of ginger bread, almonds, apple, cherries.. Every year it comes with Christmas and I had completely forgotten that it existed! Now it exists here, in our kitchen cabinet, and will soon be opened! Have a sweet evening, dear ones!

Eerikinkatu

Yesterday, after my visit to The Ounce I went to the bookstore Sammakko, on the other side of the block in Eerikinkatu. That's a nice place. Everything is colourful, they have good books, travelguides and cards. I needed a gift to give to someone close to us, so that's where I went and got one too! I go there quite often for this purpose. To be more precise, it's actually a publishing house with their own bookstores. They publish all kinds of fun stuff from Milla Paloniemi's comics to beat-writers Kerouac and Bukowski. It's a wonderful store! Again I checked if it was ok to take some pictures, and yes it was! I've been thinking about this, I write about things close to me, and mention the places I find attractive and nice, so with photos it's much easier to prove my point, and maybe some of you dear readers will one day go and check the place out! This is a win-win-situation my friends! So may I introduce: Sammakko!

Afterwards I walked a little around Eerikinkatu, so many nice little shops and another really good teashop, I've somehow forgotten that it's such a lively street! It was already past seven so many of the places had closed already, but next time!

Heaven on Earth

Today has definitely not been one of my best days. I've felt tired, stressed out and a little hopeless too. After I got home from work I still had to drown myself to work for a little while but afterwards I did everything in my power to get myself outside. The darkness has interesting side effects: it feels as if it would already be really late, so you think, what's the point, I'll just go to bed soon anyway! That's a huge lie, for there's almost half a day left! So I pulled myself together and just got out, and afterwards felt so glad, proud even, for doing that! I had some errands to run, but soon found myself in my personal heaven: The Ounce! That's an amazing tea shop in Fredrikinkatu, Kamppi, opposite Deutsche Schule. Oooooh! I don't know where to begin! The interior, the cups, pots, and jars, the dresses the women behind the counter are wearing, everything! And the smell! It's intoxicating! In a good way! Excellent selection of teas: black, green, white, herbal, fruit, you name it! And the small paperbags, the old fashion ink pens they use to write down the name of the tea, it's just perfection! I spent there a good while, asked politely if I could take photos, smelled different teas, made some shopping, and eventually left with a smile on my face!

                                                     
Now I'd say it's a decent time to start thinking of sleepy thoughts! Husband came home from work, Downton Abbey is recorded, everything's calm and good. Tomorrow's got to be a good day! Good night to you all!

Cheesecake!

I got a request today which was: more recipes! Oh I was really glad! A sweet colleague of mine told me at work today that her daughter had made the mudcake! Mmmm, wonderful! So I thought the next thing to post would have to be the cheesecake! Although I'll warn you, it's close to being criminal, really, it's so good! Here we go:

The crust:
10 Digestive biscuits, crushed
2 tblspoons sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
50 g butter, melted

Mix all the above together and put on an oven-safe dish.

The filling:
Berries ( raspberries, blueberries, strawberries.. It also works fine without anything!)
3 sheet gelatine
0,5 dl juice
1 box (200g) Sunnuntai Vanilija Rahkavalmiste
1 box Flora Vanilla
0,5 dl powdered sugar

If you use berries, put them on top of the crust.
Put the sheet gelatine to cold water.
Mix Sunnuntai Vanilla and powdered sugar.
Mix Flora Vanilla in another bowl until it's fluffy and add with Sunnuntai Vanilla and powdered sugar, mix all of these well together.
Heat the juice and pour it into a mug. Add the sheet gelatine and mix with a spoon until they melt and quickly pour into the bowl with everything else and mix well.
Pour the 'dough' on top of the crust (and berries) , and put to the fridge for a few hours and just enjoy!

Try it, it's easy to make, and seriously good!! 

Here are a few pictures from our Father's day setting, with a different cake though! Oh dear, it seems as if we'd have a bakery over here! Not quite, just a couple sets of sweet teeth!

The recipe for the mudcake can be found here:  http://aveceva.blogspot.fi/2012/10/at-home.html

Brunch for two

This morning was sweet! We weren't in a hurry, first day in the whole week when neither of us had to be nowhere! And for the whole day! We wanted to do something special and went to Café Engel for breakfast! It was so nice and warm, romantic too! We've had a lot of work, both of us, and this was just so luxurious and sweet, to just be with the person you love! Plus the breakfast was good! And the place so pretty! Afterwards we walked a little but then ran away from the wind. Home is the best place to be, especially when your stomach is full!

Soon we'll have some Father's Day activities, the cake is almost done, and it's going to be good! Enjoy your Sunday, bye!