Travelog post for: Henri

Today we helped Mummy bake a cake for her mother’s birthday.

First we gathered all the ingredients we needed for the base cake.



Then we melted some butter in the microwave. Wow, so fast!



We let the butter cool down and grated an apple. Cookie held the grater while Lieselotte grated the apple and I observed everything from a safe place high up on the coffee pot.



After that Lieselotte and Cookie mixed sugar and butter and I cracked the eggs.



After mixing the eggs into the sugar butter mix we had the important task of weighing the flour. Look, we are hard at work here:



Then Cookie cut open the almond pieces and added some to the flour.



Lieselotte added a pinch of cinnamon and Cookie a teaspoon full of baking powder.



We mixed everything well, added the grated apple and put it into the oven.
While the cake was baking we got out more ingredients to make custard. And we tested out the pot.



We poured some apple juice into the pot and let it heat up while Mummy mixed the other ingredients together with the custard powder. And no Cookie didn’t get her feet wet here.



While the custard was cooking we grated chocolate – lots of chocolate. *phew*



Then we had a little break while the cake was still baking and the custard was cooling down in the fridge. *yey* When the time was right Lieselotte took the cake out of the oven and I cut it into pieces to make it cool down faster.



When everything was cool enough we crumbled the cake and mixed it with the custard.



Then Mummy melted the chocolate while we watched from a safe distance so as not to get all choclatey.



While the chocolate melted we formed little balls out of the cake-custard-mix and stuck sticks into them.





Because the chocolate didn’t turn out as it should have we opted for a chocolate-free icing with lemon juice, water, powdered sugar and colourful sprinkles. 



Our cake pops turned out very yummy!



Of course we had to try one. Can you see the empty stick in the bottom right corner? Yes, we snatched it while Mummy wasn’t looking. 



And Mummy’s mother was happy with her unconventional birthday cake as well.