Good afternoon everyone...hope you are all having a fabulous day. Today's post is not about cards. Today I had company from Norway and this is what I served. Since I live in rural America, I do not have the luxury of buying a nice pastry.....I have to bake it myself! What you see here is a Mandarin Torte, Paris-Brest (the filling is yummy custard) and my super chunky cookies.
I recently purchased a Keurig coffee system and if you are a coffee lover, it doesn't get any better than this!!!! The coffee comes in single-serve capsules which you simply insert and out comes the best tasting coffee. How convenient is that????
Hope you enjoyed my post today and thank you so much for visiting. Hugs and best wishes for a wonderful day! Christina
Your deserts look absolutely yummy! Now my sweet tooth has kicked in....need to find a cookie or two.
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Corinne
I am sooooooooo envious, Christina!!! Everything looks absolutely divine!!! Could you just email me a little bit??? PLEASE!!!! I'm sure your friend feels VERY happy that she was the honored guest at your house today!!! Big hugs..Jacque
ReplyDeleteOH! la la... This looks absolutely D-I-V-I-N-E! Home made cookies and pastries. Mouth watering.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your friend appreciated these delicacies.
Hugs.
Danielle.
You got me with the Paris-Brest! Anything with a custard in it can't be bad!!! :-) I'll make the coffee your bring the goodies. Myrna
ReplyDeleteOoh this looks so yummy Christina. Like the German cakes I used to make and am still making;-) I don't live in that kind of rural area but still always prefer making my own cakes and pastries!
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Iris
Christina!!! I am drooling! YUMMO!!!! You sure know how to treat a guest! I can be there in about three days! :)
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Wow Christina, it looks absolutely delicious and I know it even tasted better. I would prefer your cake over some american cake or pastry any time. Nothing like german or european pastries/cake. You make me want to go bake a Frankfurter Kranz or Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte. How does a pound of unsalted butter, a dozen egg yolks, sugar and some liquor sound for the filling.....lololol
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wow! YOu had me at "good afternoon." lol I don't just have a sweet tooth, I have sweet teeth. Your such a wonderful friend to bake your company these awesome, mouth watering goodies, AND coffee to boot. I'm sure that your company enjoyed eating these as much as I did just viewing them.
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Leslie Avila
Christine the next time you are serving these goodies please call me ahead of time...they look great.
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Wow, those desserts look fabulous!! Are you sharing recipes...cause Paris Brest is my husband's favorite! We love our Keurig too!! Hugs, Rosemary
ReplyDeletewow, absolutely yummyyyyyyyyyy! Don't worry Christina, you don't have to buy a nice pastry! This is better, made by yourself and it looks delicious!
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Silvie
xxx
OH MY!!!! my tummy is absolutely grumbling in protestation, i could just shaft my whole laptop in my mouth in the hope that it will taste as good as the picture on my screen looks
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Paola
WOW Christina this looks sooooo lovely and I´m sure it tasted delicious!! Hope you had a wonderful time with your guests from Norway.
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Mouth watering for sure. I'm drooling to say the least! I bet your guests loved the visit with you. Let me know when your inviting people from the Pittsburgh area over! HA HA
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ps I'm a Starbucks addict along with the Maggies
Hi , Christina it looks so delicious ,the nice tabelcloth with Autumnleafs,beautifull Porcelain ,tasty coffee....the smell went over the ocean....you treat your guest like a King.
ReplyDeleteMariel ,your right nothing like the fine flavour of cakes/pastries from Germany or Austria,home made and delicious ,nothing for the shape,lol -but yummy.
Hugs Gudrun
Oh my Christina, I'll bet all your co workers love when you come to work with your samples for them to taste!! Many years ago when I first became a police officer we worked 12 hour shifts 24 hours a day with no fast food places here so we had to bring in our food.. each shift would bring in electric skillits or crock pots or food and we would each try to out do each other.. Oh the goodies we would come up with.. many good and unusual foods (until) we got our 1st all night McDonalds :( so your food looks so delicious and mouth watering!!
ReplyDeleteI was doing very well on my weight reduction efforts today. That is until I looked at your blog! Now I'm craving sweet goodies. Looks like your baking talent equals your cardmaking talent!
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Kathy Gerace
These looks so tasty. Wish I can bake cake and cookies like you :o)
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Cabio
I would take those handmade pastries over store-bought any day of the week, these look delicious!!!
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uuuuuhhhhhh thats just not right..
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omg.. they look like right from the store.
Crissy.. ich moechte bei dir um die ecke wohnen lach
liebe gruesse
claudi
crissy.. weiss nicht ob mein kommentar genommen worden ist....
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deine suessen stueckchen und torte sehen soooo lecker aus.
ich wuenschte ich wuerde bei euch um die ecke wohnen ..oder besser nicht.. meine diaet waere da wohl nichts zu machen.
liebe gruesse
Oh My Goodness Christina, not only are your cards beautiful, but your desserts are so beautiful also. They look so delicious!! What a special treat for your friend from Norway!! I hope you had a wonderful visit!!
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Suzan