baby doll dress

floral baby doll dress, "romper" style. nice summer outfit. looks great when worn with belt. Buy it HERE

Vegan Chocolate cake

The easiest chocolate cake to prepare. Vegan or not, you will enjoy this simple delicious recipe. you can make a cake or cupcake with this recipe.  I did not use any frosting, since i dont really like frosting that much, but for those of you who are crazy about frostings, i have included a vegan frosting recipe as well. ENJOY!
RECIPE SOURCE: The Joy Of Vegan Baking

INGRIDIENTS:

• 1 1/2 cups (188g) unbleached all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup (80ml) canola oil
• 1 tablespoon (15ml) white distilled vinegar
• 1 cup (235ml) cold water
• 1 recipe chocolate frosting or buttercream frosting (recipe follows)

PREHEAT oven to 350 F (180 C, or gas mark 4)

lightly oil a bundt pan, 9-inch (23cm) springform pan, or muffin tins.

Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder in a bolw until thoroughly combined. Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the vanilla, oil, vinegar and water. Mix until just combined. Pour into your prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. If making cupcakes, check for doneness after 15 min. Cool on a wire rack. to remove the cake from pan, run a sharp knife around the inside of the pan to loosen the cake. cool completely before frosting. you may also dust with sifted confectioners' sugar and top with fresh raspberries.

YIELD: one 9-ich cake or 8 cupcakes.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS & VARIATIONS

add 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper or 1/4 teaspoon chili powder for a "Mexican Chocolate Cake"

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

• 1/2 cup (112g) non-hydrogenated, nondairy butter, softened
• 3 cups (300g) confectioners' sugar sifted
• 1/3 cup (42g) unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 3 to 4 tablespoon (45 to 60 ml) nondairy milk, or more as needed

With an electric mixer, cream butter until smooth. with the mixture on low speed, add the confectioners' sugar, and cream for about 2 minutes. add the cocoa, vanilla and milk, and turn the mixer to high speed once all the ingredients are relatively well combined. Beat on high speed until forsting is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 1 to 2 tablespoon (15 to 30 ml) more milk if it's too dry. Cover the icing with plastic wrap to prevent drying until ready to use. Store it in a covered container in the refrigerator fo up to 2 weeks. Rewhip before using. Makes 1 1/2 to 2 cups

BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

• 1/2 cup (112g) non-hydrogenated, nondairy butter at room temperature
• 2 cups (200g) confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons (30ml) nondairy milk, or more as neede
• red coloring (optional)

With an electric mixer, cream butter until smooth. With the mixer on low speed, add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla, milk and food coloring (if using). once all ingredients are relatively weel combined, beat on high speed until the frosting is light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons (15 to 30 ml) more milk if it is too dry. Cover with plastic wrap to prevent drying until ready to use. Store in a covered conatiner in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Rewhip before using. Enough for one 8 inch or 9 inch cake.



wrap around denim

bring back the 80's fashion. deim wrap around skirt. buy it HERE

HOOT!

Love owl? Get this very cute Zuni style inlay brooch. In good condition. Buy it HERE

visiting Nanay, Lancaster, Ca

the beautiful scenery, on our way to lancaster



lots of trees like this in the desert, i beleive this are called joshua tree. for some reason they remind me of a camel




almost there




nanay's pet, her constant companions



we were here to buy a few tiles for her sink



at the cinema





pls. fall in line




here to buy a small charcoal grill, air bed




oh this was lunch



my husband fixing the sink and his cousin ryan as the supervisor :)




the two fixing the screen door which was blown away by the desert wind some weeks ago.
and ryan's sweet baby girl.



tadah....heres the brand new grill!



us....



way back home...

so, we were in Lancaster last weekend to visit my husbands aunt. at the same time, we were there to help her fix her sink. It was like a family gathering since her son and his family came to visit too. They took us to the movies, of course we watched harry potter! we're all fan of the series. I say it was good.

it was warm that day, well of course Lancaster, CA  is a desert area, its near Mojave, but it sure was windy. at night the wind is a bit chilly, yet very relaxing. We had a barbeque, got to have it, otherwise its not a family gathering. It's nice to feel the cool breeze while enjoying the beautiful  night sky with the twinkling stars, and from time to time we see a couple of satellite passing by. I really appreciate this kind of stuff, since you dont get this kind of opportunity when you live in the city.

The night was perfect, dinner was great, we had our belly full...:), we bought ice cream, but gosh, everybody had to pass, no room for any kind of dessert. I think we ate a lot of rice, barbecue, and drink a lot of Nanay's thirst quenching lemonade! Ahhhh...that was the best! As usual, on gatherings like this we often tell stories, chit chat for almost two hours on the table before we clean up. It was exactly midnight when we decided to quit chatting.:) one by one, we start yawning. We clean up the table, then afterwards my husband fix the broken tiles. It was past one in the morning, when we went to bed.

the next morning, I asked nanay if we can go thrifting. Oh, i love thrifting . We went to a couple of stores, since most of them are close on sundays. I was so excited and anxious to buy a little something, But My gosh, i was in despair when i saw how expensive their thrift store was :( it was twice as much he price from our thrift store. Huh....my "high" became "low" from the "high price" LOL! I told Nanay, that i like their place, so clean and quiet, no traffic, but i just dont like your thrift store...hahahhaa. i'd rather buy something new cause its cheaper. :) Although i didn't get anything at the thriftstore, we did have some fun spending time with them.


crop top

so 80's green and white crop top. buy it HERE

marked Czech necklace

nice vintage piece. marked Czecho Slovakia mother of pearl necklace. this item is available HERE