APPLE TART

Today I woke up feeling inspired. Suddenly I got this idea out of nowhere. I was gonna make an apple pie and I had the whole thing planned already. I was gonna search for a recipe online and I was gonna search for every single ingredient even if I had to get dressed and leave the house to do so.

I didn´t have some ingredients so I went to the market with my bike, enjoying the sunny day.

I got back home feeling excited about being able to do this new thing but most important, being able to feel excited about something other than staying in bed late on a Saturday morning.

So without further ado, here are some pictures of my little creation:


Hoy me levanté sintiéndome inspirada. De repente se me ocurrió hacer una tarta de manzana. Busqué la receta en internet y me aseguré de tener todos los ingredientes y si no los tenía no importaba, porque iba a hacer el sacrificio de vestirme y salir de mi casa para buscarlos.

No tenia algunos de los ingredientes, por lo cual fui al mercado en bicicleta, disfrutando el dia soleado.

Volvi sintiendome emocionada por poder hacer algo nuevo pero ademas porque iba a hacer algo distinto a quedarme en mi cama un Sabado por la mañana.

Ahora paso a mostrarles mi pequeña creacion:

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

 
• For the dough: 

125 g margarine or butter (room temperature, softened) 
Sugar 125 g 
8 g of vanilla sugar 
1 pinch of salt 
Juice of half a lemon 
3 eggs 
200 g flour 
2 teaspoons baking powder 
2 tablespoons milk

• For the surface:

25 g butter
750 g of apples
 
1) Preheat oven to 180 º C.
2) Use a pie pan of about 25 cm in diameter and a little butter or oil to it´s surface and reserve.
3) Peel the apples, remove the heart and cut into quarters. ( I cut them as thin as I could)
4) For the dough, toss the softened butter in a bowl and gradually add sugar, vanilla sugar (I used vanilla extract), a pinch of salt and half a lemon juice and continue mixing.
5) Add eggs one by one and keep mixing. It is important to gradually add the eggs one by one, beating in between.
6) Before you add the flour, mix with 2 tablespoons of baking powder and then incorporate it into the mixture. Continue beating and add the 2 tablespoons of milk.
7) Fill the mold with the dough and smoothed with a spatula. Place the apples in a crown or top of the dough.
8) ENJOY EATING IT.

Click here to read the recipe in Spanish.


I hope you get to try this because it´s delicious!
Have a great Saturday! ♥

PEN PALS + PACKAGE EXCHANGE

A couple of days ago I came across a blog related to pen pals and package exchange (You can check it out here: afloodofmemories) The minute I read the first post I just fell in love with the concept of it. I never knew how many people were interested in having a pen pal or in exchanging goodies through mail. I feel like all these wonderful habits have been a little lost over the last few years because of technology. Don´t get me wrong, I adore all my electronic stuff but I always hoped I would be able to use them in a way that could mean something. Even something important that could make someone´s day.

That´s the reason why when I found this blog I started looking more into it and I´m really excited to tell you that I´m sending out my 2 first pen pal letters tomorrow! =)

I´ve also been preparing a little package for Anouck which I hope she likes. I never knew how hard it was to pick stuff for someone and actually be sure that they´re gonna like it!

What do you think of this? Do you have a pen pal? Have you ever exchanged goodies with someone from another country and culture?

I wanna thank the people who have been commenting and following me, it really means a lot to me that even if I´ve just started you took the time to read my words. THANK YOU!

I hope you´re all having a wonderful day! ♥

PS: Look how cute her button is:
 

Hace unos días encontre un blog sobre amigos por correspondencia e intercambio de paquetes (Lo pueden mirar aquí: afloodofmemories) Desde el momento que leí la primer entrada me encantó el concepto del mismo. Nunca imaginé cuanta gente estaba interesada en tener amigos por correspondencia o intercambiar paquetes por correo. Siento que estos hábitos se han ido perdiendo un poco en los últimos años a raiz del crecimiento en el uso de la tecnología. No me malinterpreten, adoro todas mis artefactos electrónicas pero siempre tuve la esperanza de usarlas en una manera que significara algo. Hasta quizás que significara algo importante que pudiera cambiar el dia de una persona.

Esta es la razón por la cual cuando encontré este blog empecé a investigar sobre el tema y estoy muy emocionada por contarles que mañana voy a mandar mis primeras cartas a dos amigas por correspondencia que encontré gracias a este blog. =)

También he estado preparando un paquete para Anouck que espero que le guste. ¡Nunca pensé que sería tan difícil elegir cosas para alguien y además estar seguro de que le van a gustar!

¿Qué piensan de esto? ¿Tienen un amigo por correspondencia? ¿Alguna vez han intercambiado cosas lindas con personas de otro país y cultura?

Quiero agradecerle a todas las personas que han comentado en mi blog y han comenzado a seguirme. Significa mucho para mi que alguien se haya tomado el tiempo de leer mis palabras a pesar de que recién estoy empezando. MUCHAS GRACIAS!

Espero que tengan un día hermoso! ♥