Been busy

Last week and weekend were really hectic. We had our monthly birthday celebration in Sunday School and as I'm the only teacher in my group at the moment I was the one who had to bake the cake. The very same Sunday there was a baby shower at the orphanage. One of the girls is going to have a baby boy soon and it was also her birthday. I had volunteered to bake two cakes; one for her and one for the baby. Saturday and a good part of Sunday were then spent in the kitchen. You can take a look at the cakes in my foody blog over here.

We spent last week cleaning up the house and emptying our guest room. It had turned into my husband's little office full of computer parts and tools. We needed the room empty so that our niece could move in on Monday this week. Her parents moved to the countryside but she's in her final year of high school so it's best for her to stay here and finish off her studies instead of changing schools at this stage.

In addition to the cakes I also prepared little birthday gifts for Sunday school (first picture) as well as small baby shower favours for the orphanage (second picture).

This week has been a lot calmer although the kids have kept me busy as they're extremely excited over having their cousing living with us. We'll get back to Outdoor Hour challenges and other homeschooling stuff next week.

Smells good in the kitchen

I made an apple pie yesterday and it made the whole kitchen smell really yummy. The recipe is really simple and quick to make. The recipe for the crust comes from Hellapoliisi.

For the crust you need

150 g margarine
100 ml sugar
1 egg
150 ml plain white flour
150 ml oatmeal
2 tsp baking powder

Mix together the margarine and the sugar, add the egg mixing well and then add the rest of the ingredients. Use some more flour if it's too sticky. Press the crust into a pie form (mine is 25 cm and this fit well).

For the filling I used some 300 ml of vanilla sauce. I made it from a sachet and used a little less milk than said in the instructions just to make it a little thicker. I then covered the sauce with two apples peeled and sliced. Some cinnamon and sugar on top and into to oven (175-200 centigrades) for roughly half an hour. Once done it's a good idea to let it settle (as well as cool down) for a good while.