For almost a year I have had a basil plant struggling for survival in my kitchen. I did not think it would still be alive after a such long time and I definitely did not think it would produce a flower for me. I had never seen a basil flower before so I feel happy that I got the opportunity to do so in my very own kitchen.

As you can see, these are only the first of many flowers on the stem.

This is one of several chocolate cupcakes my girlfriend made one day. I thought it looked so nice I had to photograph it. Although there were mint chocolate in the middle (not my favorite type of chocolate) I thought they tasted great too.

For this Christmas I shaped my saffron buns into butterflies. I came up with the design myself, but the production was a team effort by me and my girlfriend. And yes, the result is as delicious as it looks.

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This year's I choose to do gingerbread cookies shaped and decorated as snowboards. A design that was very easy to cut out and decorate for me and my girlfriend. The final results was much appreciated by both my snowboarding friends and non-snowboarding friends.

This year I used store bought icing instead of home made to decorate with. It made decorating a whole lot easier.

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It is about time I show off some more of the vegetables that were growing on my balcony this summer. I already showed off a cucumber and this time it will be one of my least favorite vegetable - the Tomato. It is unfortunate that I don't like the taste of them because they are very easy to grow.

Hidden amongst the leafs of my vegetables plants, I found this little cucumber. It has become the first harvest from the plants I have on my balcony.

The cucumber on a plate to show it's size.

Me, enjoying my cucumber. It really tastes better than any cucumber I bought.

This year I attempted to do Snowflakes gingerbread cookies. I still haven’t learned to apply the icing like a pro. I need some tips.

I decided to do plain regular Saffron buns this year. Couldn’t think of any creative to do this year.

Last week I had a opportunity to bake and serve rhubarb pie. The result (together with vanilla ice cream) was very delicious.

Before harvesting stems

After harvest

Pie ready to be baked.

Forgot to take a picture right after I took it out of the oven. So this is how it looks after we started to eat it.

My mother has given me a Rhubarb plant! Now I’m really looking forward to be able to make Rhubarb dishes this summer.

For this years Lucia day I decided to do a different take on the traditional saffron bun “lussekatt“. I decided to try to make little crocodiles.

Well, I have to admit, they look more like friendly dinosaurs then crocodiles.

I also did a couple of traditional saffron buns.

Gingerbread cookies are always a part of my Christmas baking. This year I decided to do gingerbread cats. I’m still a novice when it comes to decoration, but I’m happy with the result.

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This week my employment at my second job ended. As expected I brought a cake with me the last day. But I went beyond the expectations and baked a Pac-Man cake. This is my first attempt to make a cake with a little more advanced decoration. Usually I just cover the cake in whipped cream and decorate with candy or fruit.

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Christmas two years ago I decided to make gingerbread butterflies. I was very happy with the result.

To cut out the butterflies I used two home-made paper templates. The final icing designs were decided on after several sketches on paper were made.

I have planes for this years gingerbread cookies, but I won’t disclose them just yet.