I've been sitting here on my little couch, all cuddled up drinking tea and staring out the window at the grey and cloudy sky. Just thinking.
A few months ago, I wrote a blogpost about being grateful for all the little things in life and how this makes life a lot better and provides you with a more positive outlook on everything. Well, I just noticed that I kind of forgot about my own advice and how I tended to be a bit bored and just not as happy and enthusiastic as it used to be so I've just had a little meltdown about that and then I thought to myself: "Well, actually it's my own fault."
I think, that everyone can relate to this. Well all have times where we seem to be a bit stuck and not know how to move on, regarding the job or just life in general. And it is okay to feel that way, its totally normal and everybody has felt this way at least once in their life. The important thing though, is to detect the problem and to come out of that hole and actually do something.
get up, shake all the worries and thoughts off of your shoulders and move on! Life's short and you shouldn't spend it on sitting around, thinking and complaining.
With every rising of the sun
Think of your life as just begun.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
You can start with little steps, go out, take a nice walk or go and drink a cup of coffee in town, play with your pets or bake something. I decided for a walk and then I did some autumn baking. To me, baking has something therapeutic. For a good amount of time, you just focus on the ingredients, escaping into a world of sugar, butter and cinnamon. Heavenly!
The weather outside gives me all the feels: a cold breeze, cloudy skies and trees hanging full of apples...Autumn is here, and that means apples and cinnamon are more wanted than ever. I decided on making a carrot and apple cake. As a kid I always really liked carrot cake and I love apple pies so I decided to combine these two into a moist and delicious tasting bundt cake. To make it look and taste a bit more fancy, i made a sour cream and cremates frosting, spiced with cinnamon. This cake came out so delightful and I was in a much better mood after making it. I would say, a complete success!
Ingredients for the cake:
280g flour
170g butter
4-5 carrots (depending on the size)
220g sugar
3 eggs
2 large apples
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp spice mix (mine has dried orange peel, ginger, nutmeg and anise)
3 drops of butter almond flavoring (optional)
pinch of salt
Ingredients for the frosting:
200g creamcheese
100g sour cream
2 tbs powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preparation:
First of all, place the eggs, softened butter, sugar and spices in a large bowl and mix them with a handmixer until smooth and creamy. Then, add the almond flavouring and finely grated carrots and stir them in with your hand mixer on low to medium speed. As soon as the carrots are incorporated, add the chopped apples (its on you how big you want your chunks) and stir them in with a spoon.
Grease your bundcake tin with butter and fill in the dough. Now, you are ready to bake the cake in the preheated oven at 190° for about 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let the cake cool completely and then flip the cake on a cake tray or plate. Then, put all the ingredients for the frosting into a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until it is all combined. Spread the frosting all over the cake and store it in the fridge until it will be eaten.
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