upholstery 101

when an unfortunate confluence of cat-vomit and washing machine shrinkage left me minus a chair seat cover this week, i was a little bit devastated. fortunately, some helpful advice from my mum and a handy youtube video later

(this guy is the greatest)
and i was able to remedy the problem with some old curtain fabric i had lying around. a fun project for a rainy monday!

spring is in the air

girl crisis

baked goods

i have had a hankering for red velvet cake this week, but i decided to branch out and try a slightly new variation on the theme: chocolate beetroot cake. so easy to make, delicious, and the red of the beetroot was actually brighter than you get in red velvets. plus you can (kind of) pretend it is healthy (if you ignore the sugar and the oil and the flour and.. oh well) now i just can't wait for my beetroots to grow so i can make it from our front yard.

Ingredients

Wet

five small beetroots, boiled until soft (45 mins) then peeled and pureed

2/3 cup canola oil

1/4 cup almond milk

1 egg (or egg replacer)

Dry

1 cup plain flour

1/2 cup cocoa

3/4 cup sugar

1.5 teaspoons baking powder

Blend the wet ingredients together in a bowl. Sift the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Combine the two and bake in a (preheated) 170* oven for an hour.

And I iced with a basic cream cheese frosting.

something cute

somebody made a john mccain electoral ad in the style of wes anderson. it's pretty old now, but supercute!

nostalgia ain't what it used to be

For my sweetheart