And here we are March~

Fundy Mayıs 27, 2022

Indoor gardening.. because..

Yes because of this..

and this..

Yesterday a glorious walk~

Ice Lake~

An artist's community

Our dunes~

Nosy Parker~

The love tree

I do get out there..but less this year... I am ashamed.I have usually donned my snowshoes by now..always an excuse.. not enough snow.. too icy..too much snow..it's blowing like crazy out there..

My excuses.

He actually enjoys all the snow removal..paths.. decks..etc..redoes parts of the driveway after the contractor because of where our cars were parked..It's picture perfect.

I love walks at favorite places..

I honestly cannot believe my geraniums..I think what I did last summer is that I nearly killed them.I had overwintered them in paper bags..so really the roots were raw.. I put tooo much Miracle Grow granules in my soil..all summer they did nothing.. 2 big pots..I brought them in and by then the roots had time to strengthen I think and now they look like an ad for Miracle Grow..at least 2 ft tall on one just the leaves,the blooms are well above..the other has to be 3..I had to put bamboo sticks in.Lots of blooms etc..My fern still spot on..and Rosemary too..the trick is never let rosemary dry at all.

I hope I can make their transition to outside ..calm and uneventful.

I have baked a few things..namely those adorable and delicious Bonne Maman Petits Marbrés.

I follow many French blogs and feeds and kept seeing marbled cupcakes..cakes etc..and then one day a lady said her recipe was from the back of the bag:)

Never one to procrastinate..LOL those who know..know..:)I made them right away.I will always make them.

Recipe is below..

I also made Alexandra Cooks EASY (IT IS) Brioche bread..don't excpect a full on tons of eggs and butter and make the night before and rest...stretchy filamenty (new word) bread..This is a lighter easier version.And truly it's a keeper.

You can find that recipe here.

Now for the Petits Marbrés..

Preheat oven to 350F ...356 to be exact as it is 180C.

For the white dough~

Combine 100 grams of sugar, 2 whole eggs ,a pinch of salt then 100 grams of flour and 1/3 envelope of baking powder,

Then to this preparation add 100 grams of melted butter and mix energetically:) to obtain a homogenous mixture.Set aside.

For the chocolate dough~

In a bain-marie melt 100 grams of chocolate with 80 grams of butter.Meanwhile mix 80 grams of sugar and 2 eggs ..then add 90 grams of flour and 1/3 packet of baking powder.

Then add in the choco butter mixture.

Butter and flour small cake molds..And drop half white mix half choco mix.Use your knife from one end to the other lengthwise to create the marble,

Bake 22 minutes.

My notes.

I melted my butter and chocolate in microwave.

Be sure to not keep going over the marbling or you will just get a pale choco cakelet:)

Levure chimique is baking powder. My Envelopes still active contain 11 grams. So you have to use your judgement.you can do 1/3 of 12 grams.

The recipe as found in French.(Source internet)

My molds..(source..internet)

Trust me had I found this in France..lol..it would be living here.

We had lunch out every day..in Provence..every day ..can you believe..but ate at home in the evenings..

So we kept little bags of Bonne Maman treats..in case we hadn't gone crazy and had dessert or pastry in the day..These were some of my favorite.The Bonne Maman shelves in France are PACKED with delicious charming products.