Thursday Tunes.

I love music. Always have. There even was a time when I could play the guitar (a little bit). Here's an overview of songs I loved this month. My taste in music is kind of varied, I think. I pretty much like everything, from Elvis Presley to Five, to Linkin Park.
 

Cookie Dough Cupcakes

There's nothing I don't love about cookie dough, I could eat everything cookie-dough related all day long. That's why I love these cupcakes so much! I discovered them through Pinterest and they happened to be from my favorite cooking site. I should have known. I have to warn you though, this is not something you make quickly. It might be my lack of organisation or just because I'm slow... or the fact that I can only bake 6 cupcakes at once but it took me a whole afternoon to finish these beauties. It was worth every second though. They. Are. SO. Good. I did change the recipe a bit (sometimes I'm just too lazy to go to the store to get the right ingredients) but it turned out okay. If you like the original recipe better, you can check it out here. You can find my recipe below:

Strawberry Daiquiri.

For a minute there, I thought summer had begun. But, as usual, rain had to ruin the party. While I was still high on sunshine and had the belief that summer was just around the corner, I started thinking about all those summer cocktails. My best friend and I are on the hunt for the best strawberry daiquiri in town after we had it in a Cuban cocktailbar in Amsterdam. So far, we haven't met anything that comes even close to the one in that bar. I know it's risky, but I tried to give it a shot myself. Still not the same as in Amsterdam, but maybe I just remember it wrong. Besides, this one isn't half bad either (it's not the "official" recipe, I improvised a bit).

DIY Vanilla extract

DIY vanille-extrtact: beste ontdekking die ik in maanden heb gedaan! En ik wil jullie graag deel laten uitmaken van de vreugde! Als je zoals mij van bakken houdt, gaat je dit nog heel handig van pas komen, geloof mij! En het beste van al? Het is supergemakkelijk om te maken; je hebt slechts 2 ingrediënten nodig. Met een vanillestok en wodka, maak je heel eenvoudig je eigen vanille-extract. Maak je je zorgen om de alcohol in je baksels? Wel, de alcohol verdampt tijdens het bakken dus je kan het met een gerust hart ook aan kinderen serveren.

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate.

Everybody loves cupcakes, right? Just what I thought! I invented these cupcakes on my own but it's actually just a recipe to make a regular cake. I've added chocolate filling and chocolate frosting to it and if I may believe the critics, it's pretty good. For an ordinary cupcake, that is. You can find the recipe below: