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Hey all, I'm in need of a simple, no fail, elegant cake recipe. Prefer something not iced or layered. If bundt, tube or round pan all the better.
I saw something about an apple dapple type cake that called out to me but wondering if anyone has any other suggestions. Must be no fail because I don't have time to do a trial run and I'm not the best baker around.
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Ruthie789, do you have a tried and true recipe to share?
Magiesmom, I have the book - any recipe in particular?
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An apple upside down cake would be seasonal now. Just use whatever apples that hold their shape are available in your area, and guesstimate how much brown sugar to use dependent upon how sweet or tart the apples are. Adding maple syrup is good too - either to the apples or the batter.
Upside down cakes can be made with a wide choice of fruits.
There's a very rich almond pound cake on the back of the label on the Solo almond filling can, and at www.solofoods.com. It is made in a bundt pan, with a simple drizzle icing of confectioner's sugar and milk (or amaretto). Another plus is that in a tightly-sealed container in the refrigerator, it tastes just-made for weeks...if it lasts that long.
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Thank you greygarious.
We don't carry Solo products here in Canada so I appreciate the link. The recipe looks great and I esp like bundt cakes.
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With pleasure. Recipe below:
8 rounds of pineapple
1/4 cup of butter
1/2 cup of brown sugar
8 maraschino cherries
1 cup of sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
4 eggs separated
1 cup of white sugar
1 tablespoon of melted butter
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
Melt the 1/4 cup of butter in a 9 inch square pan and add the brown sugar, stir over gentle heat until dissolved. Press the pineapple rounds into the brown sugar mix and add a cherry to each center.
Stir together dry ingredients and set aside. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks until lemon colour, gradually beat in 1/2 of the white sugar, add the 1 tablespoon of melted butter and vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually add in the other half of white sugar. Combine the two egg mixtures, and fold into sifted dry ingredients. Pour over the pineapple carmel mixture, put in oven at 350 until done 30-45 minutes. Cool for about 15
minutes and then invert onto a large platter. Serves 8 people.
Look at Smitten kitchen's everyday cakes section, many wonderful ones there.
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YES!! Her cakes are awesome (except the red wine velvet, that one didn't work at all for some reason.) My favorite is the grapefruit olive oil cake in her cookbook, except I replace all the grapefruit ingredients (juice, zest) with lemon. Its a one-bowl, easy-peasy cake with no butter and it tastes delicious and perfectly moist!
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•1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•2 large eggs
•1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
•1/4 teaspoon salt
•2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
•3 cups chopped peeled Rome apple (about 2 large)
• Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 4 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition; set aside.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, and beat at low speed until blended. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Combine 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon mixture and apple in a bowl; stir apple mixture into batter. Pour batter into an 8-inch spring form pan coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until cake pulls away from the sides of pan. Cool cake completely on a wire rack, and cut using a serrated knife.
Note: You can also make this cake in a 9-inch square cake pan or a 9-inch springform pan; just reduce the baking time by 5 minutes.
Can't remember which appear in the book but from the blog I love apple sharlotka , pear and bittersweet chocolate cake, dimply plum cake, and lemon yogurt anything cake. There is also a nice easy chocolate cake. Oh , and the honey cake is a winner too .
If I were to choose one it would be the pear and chocolate cake.
I love this chocolate olive cake and it's been a big hit at dinner parties I've served it at
I use chocolate olive oil from here to take it to an even more delicious level: http://www.queencreekolivemill.com/st...
re: ziggylu
I just noticed the mention of chocolate olive oil. Must.try.this.
re: ziggylu
Noticed quite a few comments about cake with olive oil. I've been hearing recently that olive oil shouldn't be heated due to it's low temperature smoke point, and is best for things like salad dressings and sauces. I use it in my favourite pesto recipe, but have been using alternates for sauteing or baking.
Now I've just looked up smoke points and it seems like extra light olive oil has a high smoke point and would be ok to heat.
Any have any input on this? Would an alternate oil work for the cake? Avocado oil perhaps?
re: blizzardgirl33
I don't think you need to worry about smoke point for a cake - it's more for sautéing and frying. Even though you might bake a cake at 350 (for example) the internal temperature will remain well below that, so there is never really a worry about the olive oil smoking. It's a bit like adding olive oil to bread or pizza dough - I cook these at high temps (500-550) but bread is taken out before the internal temp hits 200.
re: blizzardgirl33
I have read somewhere, and can't recall where, that there is something particular about olive oil that makes for a tender, moist cake. Can't remember where.
Based on what I have read about the issue, I am of the opinion that it is perfectly safe to cook with olive oil.
If you can make pancake batter, you can make the Apple Lady's Apple Cake. I have made it with skim milk and with ripe pears and it was totally yum.
some great ideas everyone, thank you!!!
They all sound wonderful but for this particular occasion I'm leaning towards the chocolate olive oil cake. I had some coffee olive oil but ran out. It would have been a nice addition. A resto I frequent does a wonderful version and it's precisely the kind of desert I was thinking of.
I love this kind of baking so I am definitely planning on trying all of these.
Great resource. Keep 'em coming folks!!! Thank you
re: millygirl
i always dissolve a little espresso powder in liquid and add that to chocolate batters. really amps up the flavor.
re: millygirl
How did it go? I'm curious, because after hours (and hours) of reading the baking threads here I've pretty much sworn off of any chocolate baked thing that contains cocoa but not chocolate. Even when I bloom the cocoa (and/or add coffee), the end result isn't as chocolaty as I want it to be...
re: THewat
Well, I had so much difficulty choosing one that I ended up going for something I've made before and it's dead easy. Cherry Nut Cake from a very old Second Helpings cookbook. Very basic but yummy with a dollop of whipped cream. In fact I just snarfed a piece now.
I seem to have gotten away from baking the last year or so. Too many late nights at the office. But I do enjoy it, and have promised myself to get back at it starting with this thread. All of them sound delicious and I will keep you posted on the results.
re: THewat
Smitten kitchen has an interesting take on cocoa vs chocolate and cocoa butter vs butter. IMHO I much prefer cakes made from cocoa, they seem less sweet and fudgy. I really hate cake that tastes likes brownie, it is just way too rich and sweet for me.
re: Gloriaa
Is this the post you're referring to, Gloriaa? http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/0...
I'm a fan of cocoa powder, not to the exclusion of chocolate, mind you, but I appreciate cocoa powder's place in my kitchen. Including in my brownies.
re: debbiel
No. I am referring to her latest entry(sept20). She made a cake for her son's 4 birthday.
re: Gloriaa
The Sept 20 smittenkitchen post is good reading - thanks. I use cocoa in much of my chocolate baking, but most successfully in conjunction with one of the many Felchlin chocolates. I love a good chocolate roulade, and these chocolate cookies: http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2007/09/... I'd like to find a grown-up chocolate cake I could make as a loaf & that would hold its own without frosting, but I haven't had much success yet.
re: THewat
I think the cocoa only chocolate cakes, ie Guinness chocolate cake from epicurious minus icing, is a good adult cake because it isn't too sweet. It is great served with very lightly sweetened whipped cream and berries.
Thks for the link to the cookies, I like DL recipes. I will definitely try hem.
re: Gloriaa
I was underwhelmed by this, which I think is the only all cocoa chocolate stout cake on the site: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/foo.... In my notes I say it was fine, but not particularly interesting. I didn't ice it. I think I put half of it in two loaf pans - maybe I overcooked it. Certainly everybody else in the world is crazy about it.
re: THewat
I think I've made this chocolate stout cake...I know I've made one off epicurious in the past adn don't remember having to melt chocolate to make it so I'm guessing it was this one. I made it for a St. Patricks dinner party and it was well received.
Like Gloriaa though I don't like very sweet fudgy cakes...which is why I like the olive oil cake. It's moist and has good flavor but isn't too sweet or gooey for my taste.
re: ziggylu
Nigella Lawson's recipe for guiness cake tends to get a lot of positive reviews although I've never made it myself.
re: debbiel
re: MacGuffin
There are lots of us who like chocolate in small doses, who like the cookie part best in a chocolate chip cookie. Cocoa delivers enough chocolate flavour for me, I cannot eat a molten chocolate cake-way too much chocolate for me.
re: Gloriaa
those molten chocolate cakes are a scourge upon the earth. they always taste like chocolate-flavored egg. yuk.
cocoa and chocolate each have their own place in a baking repertoire. the former is most certainly not the red-headed stepchild.
re: Gloriaa
Ah, someone else who wants to taste the cookie and feels that the chips shouldn't dominate! :))
re: THewat
I agree completely on your cocoa vs chocolate statements. I particularly dislike cakes where cocoa and flour are sifted together; they turn out dry and definitely not as chocolatey.
Where cocoa is bloomed in a liquid they are tolerable. Here's one I made recently that turned out good (but not chocolatey enough):
I plan to make it again, but using melted Felchlin chocolate (Bolivia 68%, my favourite) instead.
Note: I dislike recipes using volumetric measurements, so I used RLB's Cake Bible for conversion: 24 gm cocoa, 195 gm flour, 300 gm sugar, and 2 sticks of butter.
re: millygirl
This sounds so good. I might add this to the menu for a dessert party I'm throwing next week.
re: debbiel
Debbiel, which one??
re: millygirl
Oops. Sorry. The chocolate olive oil cake.
re: millygirl
Nigella's chocolate olive oil cake was one of five desserts I made for a dessert buffet night. It was absolutely delicious. Easy, too Looked beautiful. Incredible moist. Deep chocolate flavor. This one will stay on my rotation.
re: Ruthie789
Is that a cookbook?
re: millygirl
They have a cookbook and a food blog. I would say the recipes are comfort inspired. I made a cranberry-sauce coffee cake it was very good.
re: millygirl
I meant the Casserole Queens, blog and publicity on cookbook below:
I love almond cakes - no icing, sometimes I glaze sometimes I don't. Good with preserves or ice cream or chocolate sauce or macerated fruit. This looks close to the last version I made:
re: corneygirl
Looks very nice. Some almond cakes tend to be really low. I like the height to this one...at least in the photograph :) We'll see what kind of results I get.
re: corneygirl
I make the Lebovitz almond cake a lot in loaves. It does sink in the middle when I cook it that way. It's beloved by several of my friends.
I really liked the clementine and almond syrup cake from the Ottolenghi/Tamimi Jerusalem cookbook. There is an optional chocolate icing (glaze) that I did not try. The cake itself was exceptional.
re: pagesinthesun
Looks great, thanks for the link pagesinthesun!! I've not made any of his recipes yet although friends have with great success.
I'm looking forward to trying this one.
I love this thread. All of these sound wonderful and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again everyone.
Another SmittenKitchen recipe that's quick, easy and can be varied by the season is the Raspberry Buttermilk Cake. Sprinkle some coarse or icing sugar on top, and you're done
See: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2009/0...
I'm making this right now, but with Kirschwasser rather than rum. It's ridiculously easy to make (dry ingredients go in big bowl, get whisked together, wet in another bowl, ditto; combine the two, bang in pan).
I've made this cake about a thousand times and it always comes out really well:
Pandan Chiffon Cake
This one is delicious, kind of unique and works in an angel cake pan or a bundt pan. This is Southeast Asian. You can find the pandan paste (or essence) at a well stocked Asian grocery or on line. After unmolding, sprinkle liberally with powdered sugar just before serving. Warning: this cake is green. You will have to explain it to guests at a potluck or they will bypass it. Pandan is an Asian flavoring, they use it like we use vanilla in the west. You can reduce the the sugar significantly in the egg white mixture if you prefer it not as sweet.
5 egg white
5 egg yolks
100g sugar (½ cup)
60g sugar (1/3 cup)
1/2 tsp pandan paste
2 tbsp water
100g (7/8 cup) self-raising flour (1 ½ tsp baking powder and ½ tsp salt per cup of all purpose flour)
5 tbsp corn oil (or any vegetable oil)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Using a food mixer, beat 5 egg whites with 100g sugar till light and fluffy
Make sure the egg whites become fluffy so the cake retains its spongy texture
In another bowl, whisk the 5 egg yolks, 60g sugar, pandan paste and 2 tbsp water well
Add into the bowl with the egg whites mixture and fold gently until no white is left
Add in the self-raising flour to batter mix in three steps, folding gently between each addition
Add in oil and fold in until just mixed
Make sure everything is blended but do not over blend or you will loose the bubbles from the egg white mixture
Pour the batter into a 2 piece ungreased angel cake pan and bake in moderate oven (350)
Cake is ready when brown on top and batter does not adhere to stick when tested about 45 minutes depending on pan and your oven
Take pan out of the oven and turn upside down until cool
re: InspectorJon
I love pandan, it tastes like vanilla and popcorn -- reminds me of the sugar popcorn we used to get when I was a kid.
re: InspectorJon
Thank you IJ, I just picked up pandan paste at H-Mart.
I have friends coming for coffee in a couple of weeks and want to make this.
Would it still be okay (sometimes cakes are even better), if I made it a couple of days in advance?
re: mcel215
It is a very moist cake due to the oil, I think it will keep fine. Don't sprinkle the powdered sugar on until just before serving or it will absorb moisture from the cake and kind of disappear from sight.
re: InspectorJon
Thank you, it looks lovely.
I have a bundt pan and an angle food cake pan, does it make a difference to you? I was reading some of the different bloggers on foodgawker and some mentioned it works better in the angel food cake pan. But my bundt pan will make a prettier presentation for friends. :) Thanks.
re: mcel215
I have read a bundt pan will work but I have never tried it. I always used an angel food cake pan.
Deborah Madison's lemon polenta pound cake is delicious. It can be made in advance and is stellar with some berries and cream (or a compote made with some frozen berries)
RLB's Golden Grand Marnier Cake from "The Cake Bible" is really great.
Made in a Bundt pan, and can be chocolate-glazed or not. Very moist.
re: souschef
Made this today in two loaves for a meeting. They were very, very tender, and both demolished. Thanks for posting.
re: THewat
Glad you liked it. I forgot to mention that I don't use chocolate chips as I like the chocolate more melted, so I use callets that I chop.
re: souschef
Souschef, I use Felchlin callets for almost everything, due to some old posts of yours. You & Buttertart & a handful of others are present in my kitchen far more than you know.
re: THewat
Good to know; I'm honoured. I've been flirting recently with Valrhona Guanaja 72%; haven't yet tried it in baking (it's even more pricey than Felchlin). The taste is really great.
re: THewat
You made my day :)
re: souschef
That is a lovely cake.
I have to recommend Alice Medrich's Italian Chocolate-Almond Torte. Couldn't be simpler, with just four ingredients (not counting pinches of salt and cream of tartar), comes together easily, provided you've got a food processor, and has a quite sophisticated flavor.
re: Caitlin McGrath
Great recipe. It doesn't have any butter in it, so it wouldn't be killingly rich or hypercaloric. Souschef?
Ooh there's also a recipe on Serious Eats for Blum's Coffee Crunch cake. Want. We got to SF at the very tail end of Blum's...
re: buttertart
I've made this a lot. My notes say "chop almonds / chocolate quite finely. Rich but not heavy. A little soft whipped cream would be nice."
re: buttertart
I haven't made it, but it sounds great. Reminds me of another recipe I saw recently, where the nut meringue (without chocolate) is baked in four circles and then layered with mascarpone.


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Hubby and I celebrated our 22 nd anniversary yesterday.
We usually don't do anything because for the first few years of our marriage we had no spare money so we just did stuff at home, with our kids and loved it. Then the next 10 yrs hubby spent traveling for work, and we were eternally in two different countries over our anniversary time. We kind of just got into a lazy habit of doing nothing. BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
Add, 2 young girlfriends and what you get is YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
First came Nikki who decided she should straighten my naturally curly hair with her GHD hair straightener. It was fabulous being pampered, Sooo relaxing I could barely sit straight on my chair....chatting was almost impossible, for fear I drooled down my chest. Once she was done, Izelle did my make up, and Nikki put the finishing touches to my nails. Izelle decided I should go for the understated look and it came out fabulously.
This is us in my garden for the natural light.
This was the finished product.
Hubby had decided that we would spoil ourselves by having dinner at Kingfisher Restaurant. The girls did not want him to see me before our actual "date" so I got put into my car and shooed off to the restaurant to await my prince charming. As I was reversing out of the property, Justin arrived with a colleague. All I could hear was izelle squealing 'GO GO GO GO...."
I took off obediently, but checking in my review mirror, I could see a very perplexed looking Justin staring after our car disappearing down the road when he was supposed to be in it. LOL
Needless to say, my other half is a jeans and shirt kinda guy and positively HATES dressing up. Again....he did not get away with that. The girls had him donning smarter clothes than that before he was allowed to join me.
Their first stop was a florist so my dearly beloved could buy me some flowers.
Ooooh choices choices, what flowers does the wife love best? (I chuckled on hearing this because the answer is simple...the wife loves ALL FLOWERS..you cant go wrong with me when it comes to flowers) After finally making his selection, he was raced off to the restaurant to join me.
I used to buy flowers every week before the cost of living rose so drastically. Then I grew my own, till the advent of puppies which put an end to any decent type of garden....oooh what we suffer to own pets, but I'm getting side-tracked, so let me get back to the point.
Initially, I sat alone waiting and waiting and waiting and you always get that "one person" who looks over at you with that "shame - alone" indulgent smile. I smiled back because I knew my secret. Within abut 20 minutes I saw Izelle's little blue car fly around the bend and into the parking and out jumped a beautifully dressed....gorgeous guy....my guy!
He looked surprised at the straight hair and smiled from ear to ear, seemingly enjoying the "other look". This is us at the restaurant.
And these are the beautiful, variegated Carnations in a rich, deep pink with Gypsophila (babies breath) to accompany the carnations.....truly beautiful.
We ordered a drink each, followed by our main course and shared a dessert before ending our evening with cappuccinos. The evening was more than I could have dreamed up and we had such a relaxing time laughing about the fact that I would return to my Cinderella look in the morning plus other memories we made over the past 22 years and make new plans to charter our course for the next 20.
We both took such a chance way back 22 yrs ago.
I'd been in a bad marriage before and was terrified of entering another marriage, period. To this day I still dont quite know how he whittled me down from NO to YES.
On his side, he took a chance on a broken woman, with two broken children....(as a bachelor). Quite a task. No matter what challenges we have faced, we faced them together with the promise that divorce would not be mentioned between us. It never was. Bible counsel and Dr Phil's book were good helpers lol during the tough times.
And here we are 22 yrs later....WE MADE IT.
It turned out to be one of the best personal decisions I have ever made with my life, and if I could have seen the future I'd have agreed that much quicker.
Oh my word, today was seriously much like a nightmare.
After sitting through three days of spiritual convention in our second language...which is tough enough because there are words that are never used in general conversation, only in theocratic conversation. Needless to say, it takes extra concentration and the program was 6 hrs each day with an hour for lunch. Quite a schedule and in a second language.
That meant, this morning I was tired and would have loved nothing more than a lie in, considering that the underwriting I'm doing for a book....is completed. So nothing urgent pressing me....or so I thought.
My sons car battery died in the night, so I was woken early, and urgently needed to jump out of my warm bed and sleepy state and rush him to his gig. He is doing a "music awareness" week at a high school and had to be there BEFORE the start of school to set up his music room with 10 drums. tambourines, flutes and a didgeridoo. We get to my car to find that its locked and somethings gone wrong the mechanism, which meant we could not get the drivers door open for anything. Aaaargh why now when we were in such a rush. This meant I had to scramble over the center consul, tough job at the best of times and being 54 and overweight was not helping one bit. LOL Still, it had to be done and believe me, there is NO DIGNIFIED WAY to do that *blush*,
Once I had dropped a grateful Daniel off, I tore home to get hubby to work on time. On route home, I stopped to put fuel in, knowing I had popped my debit card into my bra (yeah I know, its a great purse lol) Once the fuel was in, to my embarrassment, it wasn't my debit card, but my drivers licence. OH MY WORD. I ended up phoning my sister who said she would pay my bill but in exchange, she wanted me to meet her for coffee because we had not seen each other for 4 days. She had a dreadful virus which led to vomiting and diarrhea...I did not want the virus....so I gave her a wide birth. She said she was suffering cabin fever and missssssing me, and wanted to "catch up". 4 Days is long for us, we see each other practically every day
I dropped hubby off, then to the mall and chose to a furthermost parking so I would not be witnessed by too many people doing my scramble over the center consul once more. Phew, I wonder if I can turn this into a sport and make some money out of my invention?
I finally got to the coffee shop and enjoyed a cup of really hot, fabulous coffee. We were deep in conversation catching up, laughing about her misadventure with the virus etc when my nephew walked through the door with "thought I'd find you here...I need a favor." I was like.....NOOOOOO not today, I seriously needed to not be needed today of all days. Thing is, his baby sister and two friends are coming to visit and hes desperate for some new jeans and sneakers. He's at that age plus when he last saw his sister he was on the bones of his bum, now he has a good job and has been signed up by a record producer and has just done a live show and doing his second one, which is why his sister is coming up. Another thing with this nephew is, he HATES SHOPPING and hes useless at it. He can spend all day and find absolutely nothing, while I on the other hand, have a trick I wish I'd never told anyone. I can stand in a doorway of a shop, scan it and know if what they want is there. Don't know how or why I developed this "skill" but I've been doing it for years. So, off I went and did my thing, and within minutes we ended up with a fabulous pair of jeans ONLY to find, that particular shop, while on his card, did not accept his card?? Some mumbo jumbo about head office and computer links etc. So we started the whole process again at another shop. He's on crutches, and I'm not in the shopping moooood at all. Not a good pair. LOL
We found another pair of jeans and sneakers within minutes at the second shop and the deal was done. Chase was in his element. But now....the chap suffers ADHD and the mall and coffee shop - I had to agree - was pretty noisy today, but my sister and I weren't nearly done chatting. So in the end, I gave my car to my nephew and decided to catch a ride back with my sister and her husband who was to come and join us for a quick cup of coffee. Based on the quick cup...I made my decision. Well, the quick cup was quick, but the trip back to my car was punctuated by 3 business stops and my brother in law LOVES people, so each time he went in, he stood and chatted away, while we sat in the hot car. While this was happening, I kept thinking about my younger son Cole at home, babysitting Axel for me. I said 2 hrs tops...and it was already 3.5hrs so I was feeling frustrated, but at the same time, Cole's phone was not being answered, so I couldn't explain what was happening.
Eventually I got back to my car...mad scramble over the center again, and as I was about to pull away, my phone rang. Some one who owed us money called to say he was sitting at a pub not far away with my cash, would I mind collecting it as he was waiting for someone and couldn't leave. Well, this money is long outstanding, so OBVIOUSLY I wasn't going to walk away. But I'm not a pub person, I don't like smoke. No, make that, I'm highly allergic to cigarette smoke, so I avoid those environments entirely. Still, this was a lot of money, and I've been chasing it for a while. So, I put on a brave front and went in.
While I was there, my nephew walked in and utterly surprised to see me there..obviously. He came over and introduced some local music mogul to me, the one that has just signed him up. He is a rapper, not a form of music I particularly like, but still, hes my nephew so I sit for a few minutes chatting to this youngster. He found out that I was the aunt and instantly went into "very respectful mode". You would have thought I gave birth to Chase and that he in fact was Elvis Presley LOL still, in this day and age, it really is nice to meet a youngster with so much respect for "the elderly", that's how he made me feel wahahaha.
This is the CD cover that will be released soon.
I finally had to say goodbye, but due to this respect, he insisted on walking me to my car. I DID NOT WANT THAT, because I had to scramble over the center! But nothing I said, helped me and he walked me out holding my elbow as if I was 94 instead of 54
Fortunately for me, at that point his phone rang and he turned his back. I took my chance and did the scramble in double time. I'm probably going to wake in the morning to find I'm bruised all over my thighs and butt. I finally raced home to collect Axel and took some beef jerky to my son by way of apology. Appease the beast so to speak LOL
Once I had Axel, we went shopping. The family wants to barbecue tonight and asked me to buy certain meats and a bottle of wine and make some potato salad and a green salad. I stopped at the green grocer, collected salad ingredients, stopped at the bottle store and bought the wine. As we were leaving the store, my plastic carrier packet broke and the bottle fell, rolled all the way down the decline and finally stopped in the gutter......unhurt?! What a surprise, a grateful one I can assure you.
We made one more stop at the butcher. By this time Axel was hungry, so I bought him a chocolate milk shake to tide him over. They didn't have any with a screw top, just the ones with the silver foil, so I folded it back and handed it to Axel saying....be careful now, don't spill. It was like I jinxed us, because the next thing I knew, there was a "slip between cup and lip" and the bottle went down, chocolate milk shake everywhere on the front seat and me with nothing to clean it up with. Well, with no more stops before home, I decided to just climb in and be done with it. So, I ended up with a wet chocolate butt till I got home.
I got home and made the two salads and prepped the meat and all I want to do now is chill out, preferably in a hot bath BUT Daniel called to say, the school hes at, a parent wants a one-on-one lesson for their son NOW....cash job. Aaargh there is nothing I can do, I am "mommy" and mommies do just wait for daddy's to get finished with work. But at 54 I don't wanna be mommy, I wanna be granny. Oh well, such is life. I will get my break in 90 minutes and tomorrow will be better...it had better be better *insert mad laughter here*
So to steal the Bangles songs words.....
"It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my fun-day
My I don't have to run-day
It's just another manic Monday "
Mossel Bay is a little fishing village an hour away from where I live. Usually NOTHING happens in this town. It is one of the most laid back places, given to holiday makers fun.
Then suddenly out the blue DRAMA RULES.
According to the latest information, +-300 protesters are causing havoc in this area.
The protesters have cut off the towns entry/exit point with burning tires.
Photos are all from their face book page.
Since Mossel Bay only has one road in or out, this poses a problem for any folks trying to get out or get in, because the protesters are throwing stones, bricks and any other debris at passing vehicles.
The head of Provincial Traffic, urges Mossel Bay residents to be especially vigilant when travelling on the N2. She said traffic officials of both the Province and Municipality are on hand and asked that their directions be followed without question.
"People should also please not stop to have a look at what is happening as it may lead to further problems," she added.
Still vehicles are being damaged.
The sad reality, is that they have burned down a clinic as well as part of the municipal buildings.
Police are on high alert and the Public Order Police Unit of George is assisting local police to restore order.
Thankfully, according to police spokesperson Capt Wollie Fourie, no reported incidents of people being hurt as a result of the riots have as yet been received despite the fact that law enforcement were firing rubber bullets to disperse the perpetrators.
Its so shocking what is going on in the world right now. This time, its right on my door step. I cant wait for Jehovah to bring peace to this planet. Too many people are suffering and taking the law into their own hands because of the lack of justice they receive....sadly their way of handling the problem is still not the right one. Yet, when we try to tell them about the good things Gods Kingdom is going to bring in the near future...they dont always want to hear either. They want immediate resolutions and it is not ours to give.
Im praying that those I call friends and spiritual family are going to be okay.
We slept in....which was heaven for me. Im generally an early riser (by nature), but I managed to sleep till just after 9 am and woke up feeling like I'd been to a spa. Sleeping in the semi private Thesens Island was fabulous. The only sounds we heard were birds and lapping water. We took our friend to the local Spur Steak-Ranch for breakfast. We struggled to find parking despite the fact that it is currently out of season.....no struggling for these folks who cleverly took the rail car to the same venue.
We chose the Knysna Waterfront for breakfast, its always an interesting place full of hustle and bustle....the nice...happy people sounds. Flag of every country greet people on entry.
This is the waterfront, named for obvious reasons.
We chose the Spur so we could be upstairs and have the view that upstairs offers.
This is a world where toys are expensive and though we dont own any, we enjoyed seeing them moored at the dock in the morning sun. There was a slight breeze blowing which causes that fabulous sound of clinking rigging against metal frames. I love it, it calls to something deep inside my soul.
Additionally we sat next to the bridge which periodically opens to allow larger yachts or catamarans through. Each time a boat is due to go through, a deep siren goes off telling all walkers that the bridge is due to open. Its quite exciting to be there when it happens.
After breakfast, coffee and a lovely chat, we headed out to the wolf sanctuary. I have lived in our area for 24 yrs and never yet been there , so I was pleased that I would finally get the opportunity. Although it started out as a wolf sanctuary, it now has a diverse collection of wildlife and farmyard animals, all rescue cases in one way or another.
The very first sign before we even got inside, was a warning not to tease the animals (this always gets me...why should anyone need THAT warning, but sadly they do) and also not to run. I get too that running we act like prey....but these animals are in large areas, with electrified fences, so how could anyone running cause any trouble?
Unless its that they dont want these wolves to even slightly feel their wild genes???
In the very first cage lies Nalea.
Hubby did not like the wolf experience AT ALL, because he doesnt like ANY animal in ANY enclosure that should be wild and free. I feel the same, but, I do know that once people illegally import creatures from elsewhere as tiny pups, allow them to mate with local dogs and a problem occurs, then this is the next best thing. First choice is to take them "home" and free them. But these no longer know how to hunt for themselves, AND we dont have the food resources for them either. Left on their own, the local farmers will shoot to kill....if they are lucky. Worse case scenario, the animals are injured and left to die a slow painful death.
That being said....
When we found some that were not sleeping, that death stare is hard to explain. It seriously looked at me like I was food. I was in fact grateful that there was a fence between this magnificent beast and myself. Those yellow eyes are fearful to look into.
The photos I took are timber wolves. Timber wolves in the wild are usually found in packs of five to 12 animals. There is one alpha male and one alpha female in the pack. A hierarchy of dominant and subordinate animals within the pack helps them to function as a unit. Only one female in the pack breeds each year to the alpha male. The pack communicates with one another by using body language, facial expressions, scents and vocalizations such as howling. The rules of the pack are very important to them, as instinct tells them their survival depends on it. Subordinate members look to the alpha male and alpha female for direction. Their diet consists of bison, moose, elk, caribou, deer, rabbit, hare, beaver, mice and other rodents, and fish along with other animals. Some people have timber wolves in captivity as pets. Timber wolves living as pets still retain all of their natural born instincts.
For me, its sad to want to keep such a gorgeous animal who should be running and hunting in captivity....but it takes all kinds to make the world go round I guess.
I have no idea what happened, but one moment there was silence and the next a few donkeys were running braying and the wolves were howling....THAT HOWL....is spine tingling. To see them suddenly running along the fence was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. It happened so fast and unexpectedly, I didnt get one photo...mores the pity.
The wolves in general looked pretty well fed and happy enough. Some lay inside their shelters while others lay outside or on top.
They had a petting camp, but charged an additional fee, so I gave that a miss, much as I would have loved to feel what a real wolf feels like, I'm going to guess that it probably feels a lot like a dog and be satisfied with just having been as close as I was to these beautiful creatures. These folks were waiting to enter the petting camp. The wolves appeared to be waiting too. Despite the fact that these could be petted, they were still contained behind double fencing and electric fencing?!
In the camp next to the wolves, there were some wild dogs. Now these were a pair of lazy chaps, they didnt even raise their heads to see who we were. Guess, they are tired of us gaping at them....and we aren't as beautiful to gape at as they are.
In the next camp was a black backed jackal. Their marking are just so incredibly gorgeous. The shiny black spotted backs on tan bodies is quite a site to see. Caught this one at a water hole enjoying a cool drink. Black-backed Jackals are generally widespread in South Africa, they are common in protected areas where suitable habitat occurs. Trouble is, the more we "steal" their land, the more they stray onto farmers lands looking for livestock. They are considered vermin, but despite strenuous control measures in many farming areas of southern Africa remain relatively abundant. They are very light on their feet, almost appears as if they are tip toeing around.
Vermin or not....he sure is beautiful.
Besides the really wild animals, the place had an abundance of tame animals (all rescue cases) and so we moved on from one section to the other. The first chap to greet us was this old tortoise. I wish I could tell how old this one was. I know they can reach 150 yrs of age. The way to tell how old a tortoise is, is to count its rings....like a tree ring, that shows its age, but who has time to sit and count? Plus another problem is that sometimes, if tortoises dont get enough food or water, they dont cultivate the rings either. And if they live through major stress, like a forest fire..they can develop more than one ring that season. So, how old this guys is....is much your guess as mine. Either way, they look prehistoric even as youngsters.
This one was peacefully chomping his way through the grass and seemed to be really enjoying the bits he managed to pull out.
We passed a pen of sheep and goats. A strange fact is that the sheeps white section of its skin was rather rough, yet the black shiny heads were soft as down. They felt awesome to stroke and loved being stroked....so it was a win win for both the sheep and myself.
I didn't get to touch the goats, but I loved how they looked.
This one looked like it had gone out and had a perm.
This one also seemed to have a "perm" but different horns altogether.
Some goats had beards.
And as different as all the sheep and goats were, they were all extremely happy when the vehicle came around with their food....chopped down trees. They looked and smelled like Eucalyptus trees and even the tortoise seemed to be happy at his lot of tree food.
The place had the usual collection of bunnies, emu's, ostrich, donkeys and such but when I came to the pigs.....well.....they were just SO ENTERTAINING. I mean, tell me this isnt just SO UGLY its BEAUTIFUL. This is called a Kolbroek (spotted pants) pig usually cultivated for its fat content.
And how about this sleeping baby pig....how adorable is that?
Hard to believe something so small ends up this size.
This little white/pink (depends how you view it) was also just sooooo cute.
I cant say his adult counterpart was particular attractive though lol
And to think the little fellow could end up this size is mind boggling. This is a landrace pig and it is cultivated for its meat more than its fat content. At this point, I wasn't amused at Justin asking me if I enjoyed my egg and bacon breakfast.....I felt sick at the thought.
Mind you, if pigs could smile...I recon this one was smiling. He/she had escaped the abattoirs and got to spend his day just lying around in the sun.
Some of the babies had escaped their pens and I tried to get a little one to eat off my hand. They were pretty shy, but couldnt resist the pellets in the end.
I think I finally know where the expression "happy as a pig in mud" comes from.
We said our goodbyes to this family of pigs and made our way to the restaurant to have some coffee and a scone before heading home.
It may have been a short time out....but it was wonderful.
Jewel has turned out to be a gem to Axel. Its rare to see the two apart these days. These were snapped in my kitchen. Axel sharing Jewels bed. She's an absolute darling of a dog.
Once we left our kids and grandson back at Fairy Knowe backpackers, we headed on to Knysna. The trip there was pleasant and uneventful (in the best possible way). We drove and saw some new sights along the way like the reptile farm which now has a giant water monitor on top of their sign. I can't wait to go inside this farm on one of my next trips.
People are really clever with the things they can make from scraps. Some of these animals are made from wood blocks, and others from bits of sheet metal. I can imagine a large property with a pair of giraffe standing somewhere.
We finally got to the town of Knysna itself, and were meeting our friend at Mugg&Bean coffee shop BECAUSE we knew where that was. Once we parked our car and walked into Woodmill lane shopping complex, we discovered that Mugg&Bean had moved. Aargh. Another phone call to be told to go to the Wimpy...ok that was simple enough, it was in the main road. We walked along to where the Wimpy should have been...but they also had moved. Turns out, the small town of Knysna now sports its own mall and everything had moved there....ah well, we walked the few blocks to where the new mall was and saw some stuff on the walk. One was this MOTORIZED BICYCLE. Wow have kids become lazy or what? I know that Knysna is very hilly....but still.
Then we passed this advert for an optician, possibly the worst (creepy) advert I have ever seen for opticians. Must be some new age thing I dont get.
Finally we all found each other and after having coffee and a toasted sandwich we followed her back to the home she was house sitting. The mall is tiny, but one of the noisiest I have ever been in. Goodness the trolleys rattle past constantly sounding like bottles clinking together. Drove me near to scatty.
The place we were headed is called Thesens Island and it is BEEYOOOTIFUL.
It is advertised as....
Thesen Islands is a multi-award winning marina development located in the scenic Knysna estuary on the renowned "Garden Route" of South Africa. The marina is spread over 90ha and consists of 19 man-made islands linked by 21 arched bridges and surrounded by 25ha of tidal waterways. The marina consists of 489 individual homes and 56 apartment units, known as the Dry Mill apartments, situated on its own island within the marina. All the homes are built in a colonial maritime architectural style, conforming to Knysna�s vernacular architecture and its historical maritime and timber connections.
And it IS ALL THAT. These houses start at 8.9 million (843074.572 US Dollars) and go to 15 million (1420912.20 USD). We apparently stayed in the "cheapie" LOL
This is the entrance...very security conscious and because of all the security, nobody locks their homes. This IS impressive, but I lost our house keys in the first week of buying our house and its 14 yrs later and we have never replaced them, nor locked our home LOL so...I guess it wouldn't be a great selling feature to me if I were ever to FIND that kind of cash for a home anyway.
What did impress me, was that its a very slow world once you get inside the security gates. The roads are built over bridges so there is no speeding which suits me just fine.
Every home is situated on the water which reminded me a bit of Dubai without the bling.
This is all about nature since it is build around an estuary and THAT impressed me.
This is where we stayed.
I cannot describe the tranquility of Thesens Island. Most of the homes are holiday homes and since we are in winter, they are unoccupied. Ours belongs to a builder and is in regular use. We had no neighbors home, the water in front of us and behind us the estuary and the birds are in residence. Simply stunning.
The house itself is beautiful. Everything has a specially built place which makes it feel doubly big. Muted shades in all the rooms. Heated towel rails...you name it, its there...and believe me for 8.9 million...there is very little that isn't there. The folk who own it, are in Greece and my friend Anne is house sitting because of their cats. They have a wine cellar under the stairs and 12 bottles of REALLY good wine marked...Anne's box...DRINK!
Hubby and I aren't really drinkers, but we did help her finish a bottle of superb quality dry red.
She will have to figure out how to finish the other 11 bottles LOL
Each home is equipped with Jacuzzi's on the deck, plunge pools, canoes, wave jumpers basically all water toys.
My friend was marvelous in that, she knew we were there for some time out, and the darling that she is, she waited on us hand and foot. She was kindness itself and I was not allowed to lift one finger to help her with ANYTHING. The domestic was there to do the cleaning, but even so, I didn't have to prepare dinner....I almost did not have to feed myself, or lift my glass of wine to my lips. LOL
Justin sitting drinking wine on the deck....we could get used to this life style...I think.
Inside are more toys. From fabulous his/hers cars to top of the range bicycles and then this BMW motor bike. Hubby was practically drooling till.....
He saw the Ducati to the side. Ooh this is so potent, you expect to hear it growl.
My friend putting those babies back to bed
Inside the house, despite its "stuff", when all's said and done, fridges are fridges, chairs are chairs and tables are tables, tv's, microwaves etc....but this chandelier was seriously the most unique one I have ever seen. I guess its what you would call a "talking piece" because why else would one have glasses in your chandelier. Different it certainly was.
As the tide rose, it reminded me why I would also never buy a property on the water. Today's changing climate would make me worry about being so close to a large body of water.
Just look how the tide rose between one picture and the other.
The 3 of us sat around for hours watching the sun set and listening to the sound of water washing back and forth against the deck. It is paradise thats for sure.
I didn't worry overly since Anne was downstairs and we were upstairs LOL
I'm the NICE friend. mwahaha Needless to say, an evening in a home with underfloor heating, towel rail heating, log fires going...wine, roast pork for dinner and super chilled company....I slept soundly and woke up totally refreshed.
The next morning we were going to wake, have breakfast with Anne and we would be off to the Wolf Sanctuary....something that appeals to me.
Houses, cars, and stuff in general aren't my thing. I like them, but Im generally not worried about whether its a tent or a castle.


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As an eclectic designer, I constantly feed myself with everyday things, I seek to cause the "extra-ordinary", the wonder induced by a mixture of daily and magic among the users. I provide precision and care to the conceptualization and technical development of the project so that these crucial steps give way to the experience and sensations.
Objects that are working well, this is the minimum that a designer can do. But to sublimate this ambient functionalism it is important to know how to listen carefully and capture the essence of our time. We must be attentive to the users expectations. Be there to answer a physical, a practical and an emotional need.
Sometimes obvious, sometimes complex, my formal universe tends toward more pragmatism and adapts to the reality by preferring the practice of a simple design without being simplistic. I make great the symbol so it can call people to use the object, to make it live and "grow old".
For me design is an everyday quest, that's why my professional experiences allowed me to explore different design field such as industrial products, limited edition, high hand objects as much as mass market products, scenography and retail design.
"Design should not dominate things. Not dominate people. It should help people." Dieter Rams
• Industrial Design : user experience design, computer-aided design, strategic design & design project management
• 3d Modeling : Solidworks
• 3d Rendering : Keyshot, Maxwell
• 2d Communication : Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Personnal webpage : meetjulien.com
Multimedia platforms for children and educational toys.
Responsible for product development from ideation to manufacturing (including product design, 2D drawing, industrial feasability study with engineer, 3D modeling, 3D visualization, realistic renderings, 3D printing, prototypes and production monitoring, samples comments, product quality and safety checking).
Knowledgeable in plastic manufacturing.
Creation and development of the merchandising for Kurio and Kids Delight brands.
Design of packaging and communication materials, 2D graphic artworks.
Independent consultant that continues to explore different design fields such as industrial products, limited edition, high hand as much as mass market objects, scenography and packaging design.
From design consultancy on a woman's triathlete watch for Bia Sport with Phase 1-0, the product design of a fire detector for Lifebox, a limited edition object for Dyson France, to being member of James Dyson Award Jury 2012 and lecturer for : Cafés de l'Éco-Design & Musée des Arts Décoratif Paris.
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· Member of the James Dyson Award jury, France.
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· Product Design in the Sustainable Era, Taschen Edition, Julius Wiedemann & Dalcacio de Gama Reis.
· Design And Design - Book of the Year Volume Two.
· Design And Design, online international Award (6).
· Design And Design, online international Award (5).
· National Laureate of the James Dyson Award.
· Design And Design, online international Award (4).
· Label L'Observeur du Design 12.
· Nominated for INDEX Award, Design to Improve Life.
· Design And Design, online international Award (3).
· OutDoor Industry Award, students category.
· Nominated for the Entrepreneurial Final Award.
· Design And Design, online international Award (2).
· Design And Design, online international Award (1).
· IF Product Design Award China.
· Golden Pin Design Award.
· Shortlisted for the second round of the BraunPrize.
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