Gosh, just look at these pretty kawaii Japanese bus stops that looks like fruits! How adorable! They are in shapes of a strawberry, tangerine (lemon?), melon, water melon and a tomato.
The water melon and the strawberry are my favorites! I would put some cushions inside the strawberry and make it my home!
What’s the story behind this? The stops were built for the Travel Expo show in 1990 with the intent to serve as an attractive gateway for travelers entering the Nagasaki Prefecture. According to the Isahaya City web site, the creators got the idea for these unusual shapes from the famous story of Cinderella where the carriage turns into a pumpkin.
- From Daily Onigiri
(Image source)
My white H&M boots that I totally love!
Things that bothers me today
- I’ve been waiting for the Sweet Japanese Girl cleanser to be re-stocked at Lush for weeks. Today I emailed them to ask when that would happen. Their reply was that it expired and that they won’t sell it in the future. It sucks! I wanted to try it out! (It was nice of them to give me tips about what I could use instead; Ocean Salt and Ultra Bland.)
- The snow, the cold. I’m sick of it.
- My car doesn’t work. My parents came to pick it up earlier tonight. We had to push it and then run with it before it started. I was hoping to drive to the book sale tomorrow but I guess it was a sign that I should walk instead.
- Companies that emails me about a link exchange. They are offering a link on their resources page (that’s not accessible on their front page, or even linked or mentioned anywhere on their site) while I should place their link in my sidebar. Come on! I’m not that stupid! Fucktards! I hope that no one falls for their “amazing offer”.
- Google Buzz. Need I say anymore? There should be an option to disable it!
If you liked the Sticky Chocolate Muffins, you will most likely like this chocolate mud cake as well! It’s stickier in the middle!
If you baking-guru’s out there notice something wrong with the recipe – let me know! I’m not very familiar with English cooking-terms. I do hope I got it right though!
Chocolate Mud Cake
300 gram melted butter/margarine
4 eggs
340 g sugar
36 g cacao powder
12 g vanilla sugar
150 g wheat flour
(Powdered sugar)
1. Set the oven at 347°F
2. Melt the butter on the stove or in the microwave and let it cool off.
3. Whip eggs and sugar until it gets fluffy. Add the butter, cacao powder, vanilla sugar and the wheat flour. Whip til you get an even mixture.
4. Grease the cake tin. Pour in the mixture. Put it in the oven for 25 minutes.
5. Take it out and let it cool. Decorate with some powdered sugar if you want.
Swedish
Kladdkaka
300 gram smör
4 ägg
4 dl strösocker
6 msk kakaopulver
4 tsk vaniljsocker
2,5 dl vetemjöl
(Florsocker)
1. Sätt ugnen på 175 grader.
2. Smält smör i en kastrull. Ta av från plattan.
3. Vispa ägg och socker pösigt. Tillsätt sedan smör, kakao, vaniljsocker och mjöl. Vispa till en jämn smet.
4. Smöra en springform eller lägg bakplåtspapper i botten. Häll i smeten. Sätt in i ugnen i 25 minuter.
5. Ta ut och låt svalna. Pudra lite florsocker över om du vill.
Alright! Here is the recipe for my sticky chocolate muffins! I don’t claim making the recipe, you can find several versions of it online. And please forgive me if my translation sounds weird, I’m not used to cooking-terms in English. I’ve checked the ingredients with several unit converters so I’m pretty sure I got that right, otherwise you have to read the Swedish version of it below and convert yourself!
Happy baking!
Sticky Chocolate Muffins
Makes 16
10 minutes in the oven – 200°C or 392°F
2 eggs
212 g sugar
6 g vanilla sugar
1 ml salt
24 g cocoa powder
2,5 g baking powder
120 g wheat flour
100 gram melted butter/margarine
- Start the oven at 200°C or 392°F and place 16 cake cups on a baking plate.
- Melt the butter on the stove or in the microwave and let it cool off.
- Whip the eggs and the sugar with an electric hand mixer.
- Mix down the vanilla sugar, salt, cacao powder and baking powder. Then add the wheat flour and the melted butter. Whip it together fast til you get an even mixture.
- Put the mixture in the cups.
- Put the baking plate in the oven for 10 minutes.
- When they are done, place a towel over them so they don’t get hard.
Swedish
Kladdmuffins
16 stycken
10 minuter i ugnen – 200 grader
2 ägg
2,5 dl strösocker
2 tsk vaniljsocker
1 krm salt
4 msk kakao
1/2 tsk bakpulver
2 dl vetemjöl
100 g smält smör/margarin
- Sätt på ugnen på 200 grader och placera ut 16 muffinsformar på en plåt.
- Smält smöret på spisen eller i micron och låt det svalna.
- Vispa ägg och socker med en elvisp.
- Vispa ner vaniljsocker, salt, kakao och bakpulver. Tillsätt sist vetemjölet och det smälta smöret. Vispa snabbt ihop till en jämn smet.
- Klicka ut smeten i formarna.
- Sätt in i ugnen i 10 minuter.
- När de är färdiga lägg en handuk över så de inte blir hårda!
Do you think it would be safe to go out and see if there is something left from the Christmas sale today? I’m in a shopping mood, but I can’t stand crazy crowds. I’m the one sitting home eating what ever that is left until the crazy crowd is gone. But I think I have to re-fill my fridge today as well, sigh.
Did anyone pick up a real bargain this year?
I wish you all a Merry Christmas!
(Image taken with my new camera support I bought ages ago! :P The pictures became less blurry all of a sudden! :P )
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