Daily Charming

Julia's (BEST) Brownies (EVER)

2010-01-13T02:20:00.000-08:00

Oh I can't describe it. There is a satisfiying, non comparable, warmth inside of you, when you taste something, made by you, made with love and patience, and it's just great. My head and body just immediatly went like: OH MY GOOD AWESOME... MOOOREE!

Ok That's enough sweet (haha) talking. The recipe is originally written by Julia Child. That just makes it more awesome, because I watched the movie Julie&Julia while baking.

I have to admit, I had an intention when I searched for a brownie recipe. I wanted to make someone happy. And for me that's the best reason to bake. Seriously, food makes people happy.

Trust me, I know!
So, let's have a look on these babies!

Julia’s Best-Ever Brownies

1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour (145 grams) — measure after sifting
1 teaspoon salt
8 ounces (228 grams) unsalted butter
4 ounces (114 grams) unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped ( I used 85% Chocolate)
2 ounces (56 grams) bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 cups (380 grams) sugar (divided use)
1 teaspoon (5 ml) pure vanilla extract (I hadn't any vanilla extract so I went with normal vanilin sugar, two little packs)
4 large eggs (or 5 Medium ones)

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C).

2.Stir the sifted flour and salt together in a small bowl; set aside.

3.Melt the butter in a saucepan set over medium-low heat. When melted, reduce heat to low and add chopped chocolate, stirring often until it melts. Add 1 cup of the sugar to the mixture and stir for about half a minute. Remove pan from heat and pour into a mixing bowl. Stir in the vanilla.

4.Whisk the remaining 1 cup sugar and the eggs in a second bowl – Whisk only until combined – don’t over-beat. Gradually pour half of the sugar/egg mixture into the bowl with the chocolate mixture, stirring gently so that eggs don’t set from the heat of the chocolate mixture.

5.Using a hand-held mixer, beat the remaining sugar/egg mixture on high speed until it becomes pale and thick (it should double in volume).

6.Carefully fold the whipped eggs into the chocolate mixture. When the eggs are almost completely incorporated, gently fold in the dry ingredients.

7.Put in the oven. Love.

Buchcover

2009-12-19T12:16:00.000-08:00

book cover for Typodesign

Atemlos

2009-12-08T12:07:00.001-08:00

(click to enlarge)
ATEMLOS_ PROJEKT MIT KARSTEN!

I love Europe

2009-12-08T12:02:00.001-08:00

Selbstportrait.

2009-12-08T12:01:00.000-08:00

Little Red Riding Hood

2009-10-11T09:39:00.000-07:00

Today, I went to the flea market with Jenny, my new fellow student, but she is more like a friend than just a fellow ^^. Anyway, it was a very nice morning and we found the old books we where hoping to find for experimental drawing, a subject with is very nice :)
And when I saw it. I fell in love with it's beauty and shimmer immediately. I was speechless. I was in heaven.
And then i purchased it for... wait for it... 5 EURO!
LEGEN.............DARYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

Have a look on my betty.
Isn't she georgeous?
Yes indeed :)

Like falling in love...

2009-09-10T05:43:00.000-07:00

I did find it. The Recipe. And I can assure you one thing: after you taste this, you want to marry me...
Everyone who is a bit into baking probably searches for a cupcake recipe and has a certain expectation in the "recipe".

Mine was:
-Simple ingrediences (So I don't have to go out and buy all special stuff. I hate that. hate it! hate... ok I think you got it )
-Easy and with no major problems or difficulties

And now without talking to much I introduce it to you...
The Love of my LIFE:

The Recipe:

The Dough:

100 gr butter
100 gr sugar
2 Eggs medium
300 gr Flour
2 Teespoons backing powder
250 ml Milk
50 gr Cream Cheese
1 pck. vanillin sugar

The Frosting

45 gr Cream Cheese
50 gr butter
1 pck vanillin sugar
250 gr powder sugar
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1. Preheat the oven: 180

2. Cream butter and sugar well, blend in the eggs and the cream cheese.
gradually blend in the flour (mixed with backing powder and vanillin sugar), and add the milk. Mix well. (See, I told you it was easy!)

3.Put it in the oven for arround 20 minutes.

4.taddaaaa the muffins or done! Now they have to cool down.

5. The frosting is way to easy!
Cream the butter and the cheese cream, after mixing it well, blend in powder sugar and vanillin sugar. DONE. TASTY.

6. Love it.

diamondgirl

2009-09-04T11:38:00.000-07:00

hope you like it, inspired by the thought about eternity. at least somethings last longer than love, and still look pretty.

New Era

2009-08-25T03:10:00.001-07:00

I'm so proud of my cousin! He's a regisseur and just finished the shot, and the result is a music video that is more than great! I love it, cause he manages it to put the hiphop culture in another light; the true strengh and power the music can give you.

You want to watch it? Make up your mind about a generation that maybe isn't as bad as everyone labels it.
Enjoy...

Hassan Annouri feat. Afrob & Manuellsen & She Raw
"Bleib Stark"

Cupcake day

2009-08-19T08:52:00.001-07:00

two new graphics on a hot day...

Jimmy Choo for H&M

2009-08-18T01:20:00.000-07:00

When I read this in the monthly H&M Magazine I choked... Could this dream I dream since I saw the first Jimmy Choo shoe really be true?
Of course it's true and everyone (and by everyone I mean: an ordinary mortal) knows: Here comes the but...

"will be available from November 14 in around 200 stores across the world"
(The H&M Group has around 1,800 stores in 34 markets.)

...for sure any of these selected stores will NOT be anywhere near by. I can assure you this! And even if it WOULD be anywhere in my reach I could NOT afford a pair of these heaven-sent objects of my desire. NOT!!!

For those of you who are now shaking their pretty heads... just enjoy this picture:

like fabric

2009-08-16T16:13:00.000-07:00

I send this piece of art I did like uhmm 10 minutes ago to a friend, and he told me it "looks like fabric". I was confused but he insured me it was a good comment :) another friend just told me it looked sad and made him feel opressive.

Anyway: make up your own opinion!

babyshambels

2009-08-16T08:26:00.000-07:00

Today walking arround on a flea market I took a picture that I quite like. It's kind of creepy but still a second look photography I think.

Hope you "enjoy"...

First!

2009-08-09T05:07:00.000-07:00

I once watched a Youtube video about a guy, posting "First!" under every new post he found on the web. No matter what it was, he postet "First!" and went on. That kind of got stuck in my head and sometimes I do it aswell just for fun.

This is the beginning of my Blog, so everyone can follow me through my day, and especially through the work of my day! This is because from now on I'm a student of Arts at the Collage of Trier in communication design, and I like to share my work with my friends, family and strangers :)

I will use this blog aswell to post things that take my interest and my (tadddaadaaa) baking skills! I enjoy baking and even though I'm not the greates chief and a make many mistakes; but I learn and that's the most important thing, don't you think?

I'm half German half Korean, currently living in Germany. So my english spelling and my syntax might be a bit confusing for all native speakers ^^

My Banana Bread!
My first baking post resolves arround a recipe I was willing to try for a long time and finally found a recipe that sounded promising because it's very easy and you will have everything you need at home.

Instead of the suggested caramel topping I just put some sugar/brownsugar/cinnamon mixture on it, but the 4 boys that tried it claimed that they didn't tasted any cinnamon at all :(

The RECIPE:

Preperation:
3 Bananas
2 TBS Lemon Juice

Sponge Mixture:
150 gr butter
50 gr sugar
1 packet of Vanillin sugar (german vanilla extract substitude)
1 pinch salt
1 TBS lemon zest (optional, I didn't use it)
3 eggs (size M)
300 gr flour
1 packet baking powder
80 gr ground hazelnut

Toping:
1 TBS cinnamon
1 TBS white sugar
1 TBS brown sugar

Preheat the oven on 200'C.

1.Peal Bananas and mash them well, add the lemon juice.

2.Stir the butter with the electric whisk till it's smooth and blend in sugar, Vanillin sugar, salt and the lemon zest. Stir it till it's well mixed.

3.Blend in eggs gradually (every egg 30 sec.). Mix the flour and the baking powder and sift it. Adjust the flour mixture in two parts, then add the banana mash and the ground hazelnut.

4.Spread the mixture on baking tray sprinkle the sugar-cinnamon-mix over it and put it in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

5.eat it. it's damn delicious.

Hope you will enjoy and continue read my blog. You are very welcome!
Have a nice day :)