Mini-Melt

Thanks to Eleanor I heard about Melt, the fab chocolate boutique in Notting Hill so last month so I went to visit Melt, and that was... delicious.
And the best, there are mini masterclasses every Wednesday and Saturday, I am looking for going with Catalina in our next trip to London, id est, in her very first trip to London

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The Silver Spoon for Children

Last week I got this lovely cookbook, and it´s perfect!!!. The recipes are so clear. I can´t wait to get home and cook with Catalina some recipes such as Hazenut cake, fruits of the forest ice-cream or Baked aubergine with tomato.
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Manuel

Today is Manuel´s birthday. He´s my friend, he´s very good and he´s playing with me all the time although he´s a grown-up (very, very old, 33 years old, I am five). I have already said he is playing with me all the time, he plays with me to "Dora The Explorer", I am Dora, he´s Boots or Map, it depends on me. He plays "Princess" I am the princess, he is the dragon or the monster, sometimes he´s a dragon-mermaid, I am always the Princess. He carries me on their shoulders and it is very funny. He likes music, cinema and, of course, my auntie Ana.

In the picture I am holding a Spanish cake, Manuel gave it to me, it´s called Mazapán and it is a typical "manchego" dessert, because he´s manchego as Don Quijote and Pedro Almodovar.

I told you he likes music a lot, so I went to youtube and I found a Joy Division video. The song, a little sad but I know you love it, is for you, Manuel, have a lovely Birthday!!!

Tea Party: yummy, yummy

Just love them

Photographer Therese Aldgard and styled by Lisa Edsalv via Travel to France

Chef Catalina

Her fav dessert: pears shaped like mices

When Catalina wants to cook she insists we have to get my sister´s cookbooks. She pretends she knows how to read and it´s very funny because "she is the chef or the boss"

Happy birthday "i love muffins"

We love her cupcakes, she makes such gorgeous cakes.

All pictures come frome I love muffins Website

The cake

Shopping Sunday Evening

The Hermes´ Rocking Horses are superb, aren´t they?

After having lunch we went shopping. We bought English books and tasty food and when Catalina was tired we decided to go to Café Leon as a treat, and Catalina asked for a... STRAWBERRY FRAISER!!!

The Strawberry Fraisier, Cafe Léon

Catalina has a really sweet tooth, and she knows she is coming to Dublin, where I live, in six weeks, so she is thinking about "Strawberry Fraisier", her favouirte cake in Cafe Léon, all the time. She loves drawing and also coloring, so she´s drawing and coloring a lot of "Strawberry Fraisier" in her chalkboard (pictures below). She always ask me "Ana, when are we going to eat a strawberry fraisier to Cafe Léon?, it´s a such delicious cake!!!".

Cafe Léon is a cozy and welcoming popular cafe chain (there are three within a hundred yards of each other) in Dublin. The staff is real gent and all the cakes are delicious; my favourite, the Banofi Pie, but the cheesecake is wonderfull too. The tea is perfect and the coffee... this is Ireland.

Strawberry fraisier and cheesecake

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Catalina es muy golosa y ella sabe que va a ir a Irlanda, donde yo vivo, en seis semanas, y ella está pensando todo el tiempo en Strawberry fraisier, su pastel favorito de Café Léon. A Catalina le encanta dibujar y colorear, y ella está dibujando un montón de esos pastelitos en su pizarra. Ella siempre me preguna: "Ana, ¿cuándo vamos a ir a tomar una strawberry fraisier a Café Léon? ¡ son tan deliciosos!."

Cafe Léon es una acogedora y coqueta cadena de cafés en Dublín. Los empleados son encantadores y muy atentos y sus tartas y sus pasteles son deliciosos. Mi favorito, el Banofi Pie, pero la tarta de queso es maravillosa también. El té es perfecto y el café... esto es Irlanda.

Have a delicious Valentine´s