Coffee -crasin - mascarpone loaf

This is my first post for this year, so let me wish all my friends A very Happy New year.

Hope all your wishes come true this year.

Here at my side we all enjoyed the Christmas and Newyear parties.Minus point of all the parties is that my new years resoulution ( again this year) is to try loosing the excess weight.After starting to blog I have gained 4 to 5 kg. Which I am reallygoing to try to get rid off ( I did say TRY)

So I have decided I am only going to bake on sundays ( when i bake for sunday I take to my in laws place for afternoon coffee, so I won't have temptation , which I will, if i keep them here at home) And aslo will bake on some tuesdays as my daughters friend/friends come here after shcool, for a drink and a snack.

Evert tuesday I do get one friend from her, but then sometimes there are three girl friends comming over.So you know 16 year olds love to have cookies and cakes, so then i bake something for them if i am in the mood for baking.

Before I go to the cooking part I want to share with two gifts I got for my Kitchen for Newyears. (we don't do christmas present, we do presents on Newyear.) So after comming from my inlaws place after midnigt, we open up our presents)

I got a chocolate Fondue pan from one of our good friends.Then the surprise of all was my daughters present. ( When she was little I used to buy a small present and then tell to her to give for papa as a present and he did the same) but now she is bigger she has been doing it herself for the last year from her own pocket money.

So if you look to the picture you will see what I received from her.A measurement jug, measuring tbsp etc.. and then some 10 cookie cutter.I must admit this was the best gift I got especially as she was so thought full to buy something like this.

When ever someone came home for the last days , I have been proudly showing them the gift she gave me :-)))

So I thought I will share with you all :-)

Present from my daughter

Picture taken on Christmas eve dinner in our home. (Removed on 15-01- 2008)

Chocolate fondue set

My Christmas eve tabel ready for the party.

Yummy lobster in my in laws place for Newyear eve party

Now to the cake.....

This yummy delicious cranberry cake was made when i was on the break. I saw this cake in sunita's place and i Knew i will sure making them. As they looked so yummy.

If you want to make this delicious cake you can get the recipie from her place here.

You woudn't believe there is only few tablespoon of flour in them and no sugar and butter at all. I had to double check the recipie when i saw the little amount of the flour she was using , first i thought she must had made a type mistake, but then my daughter was looking to the pic and she was reading the comments and she told it is true that there is only so little amount of flour.

It was a yummy cake, i was really surprised how wonderful it tasted even thought there was no sugar etc.......this is a cake i will be making again.

Sunita said her cranberries sinked , mine too did that, but i also add cranberries on the top so that they all didn't sink. I also added a tbsp flour to the cranberries. Which ofcourse worked as you can see.Sunita used Bailey's with a hint of coffee, I had here Original coffee so I used them and added1/2 tsp Instant coffee powder.I served them with Mascarpone cheese with baileys.

My cake was a bit darker lookinjg, i guess it is because of the addition of coffee.
I am sending this to at Ruth Kitchen Expiriments for her bookmarked recipe event.