Heeee, it's time for another month of sugary treats roundup.

October has been a really busy month in the kitchen (especially the oven) and I haven't managed to take photos of  everything I baked. What is worse, I haven't managed to write down the recipes I'd like to keep either. Bad, bad, bad girl...

The month started off with a very very tasty Lemon Poppy Seed Bread. This one is definitely a keeper

It was fluffy and lemony and delicate. I used lime instead of lemon and 1/3 of the sugar quantity and it turned out great. A bit too large for my usual baking dish. Maybe next time I'll split the batter in two or halve the recipe.

Next followed an apple pie/cake.

heee :) pacman

I don't remember much about this one. Not even the site I found the recipe on. It was ok-ish, but I don't think I'll be making it again, the apples didn't shine through as much as I would have liked. I remember it was a fun recipe though, because I baked it on a baking sheet and not in a tray, and I shaped it by hand.

Next followed a multitude of pumpkin pies, breads and tarts. I only have photos of the pumpkin bread.

This bread, well..I would like to keep it, but I think I have to tweak the recipe a bit. It uses vegetable oil (olive oil) and I think this makes it a bit heavy. It also uses pumpkin purée, which is this autumn's greatest discovery. I am never going back to stewed pumpkin! The pumpkin purée made it very moist and cake-y, more cake-y than bread-y :) It was packed with spices and overall it was very, very tasty.

Neeext, we have the lovely pear tart I promised you! I made a tiny tart and a tinier galette. They were both delicious and fruity. I used very little sugar and instead let the fruit take centre stage. Which it did!

I used only two spices: a gentle sprinkle of cinnamon (no autumn cake without cinnamon, right? right!) and a button sized piece of ginger.

This one is a keeper and next time I'll try and arrange the pears nicely or make a lattice on top. For presentation purpose, of course!

And to finish off, a favourite of mine, which I always prefer warm and gooey and sticky:

Zucchini cake! Well, you can't really make better an already good recipe so this is pretty much as I told you about last autumn. The only thing I've changed since: replaced some of the flour with cocoa powder (because there's no such thing as too much cocoa, right? right!)

Gata!

Mă gândesc să mă mut la ţară. În ţara altora.

Să plantez sfeclă şi dovleci şi pepeni,
să cresc găini şi pisici şi raţe,
să am o grădină cu flori şi caişi şi cireşi
şi o casă mică cu bucătarie şi dormitor şi bibliotecă.

Cu lambriuri de lemn.

O să schimb ouăle pe făină de grâu ca să-mi fac pâine şi sfecla o să o dau la fabrica de zahăr ca să pot plăti factura la electricitate.
O să fac şnaps de caise şi o să îl schimb pe bere şi o să vând scump puful de raţă pentru perne de prinţesă ca să-mi cumpăr cafea.

Poznaşul zice că n-o să am bani să-mi cumpăr iPod, şi n-o să pot asculta muzică în timp ce prăşesc în grădină, da' nu-i bai! că-mi scot boxele pe geam şi bag mietăluţu tare şi rezolv şi problema iPodului. Iar vecinii n-o să se supere că doar sunt la mama dreacului.

Dacă o să am raţe îmi fac şi iaz şi vara o să mă duc cu motanul la pescuit iar iarna o să mă dau cu patinele. Şi când mă plictisesc de patine pot să mă dau cu sania pe derdeluşul din spatele casei pentru că aşa e casa mea de la ţară: prea tare!

Şi n-o să mai muncesc de la zece la şase jumătate şi n-o să mă mai enervez pe lucruri pe care nu le pot controla şi nu o să îmi mai fie frică de întuneric.

Atât.