Open For Christmas

Brewster Cafe is open for Christmas! Come enjoy some hot cocoa and a sweet treat. Destress from the holiday parties and shopping. This is Second Life where you don’t have to stand 6 feet apart.

16th Fall Season in Second Life

Penguins and Cocoa

The holidays are upon us, and we are usually so busy that we don’t have time to enjoy them. After baking and decorating these cute cookies I want you to sit down by the fireplace, and enjoy your hard work with a nice cup of hot cocoa. Stop and take in the season. Look at the beautifully decorated Christmas tree that you worked so hard on decorating. Love it! Enjoy it!

I found a pretty easy recipe to make these penguin cookies. Bonus, you can make snowmen the same way! Use two different size round cookie cutters. Size will depend on how big or small you want your cookies to be. After baking decorate with royal icing. The cookies and cocoa shown here are What Next – Wintertime Cocoa & Cookies.

Sweetopia has a great recipe for The Perfect Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookie. If you don’t want to make peanut butter cookies you can do any type. Her article has great tips on how to keep the shape of the cookie. Definitely go take a look for step by step instructions.

Recipe after the break!

Great Homemade Gift Ideas

Do you want to give a gift that shows care and thoughtfulness? Baking is one way to a person’s heart and stomach! With the help of Dust Bunny, Vespertine, 22769, and Tentacio we can make some pretty good looking personalized gifts! Here are a few ideas:

1. Buy cute mugs and fill with Hot Chocolate, Marshmallows, and Candy Canes.
2. Peppermint themed gift basket. Fill with Popcorn, Loose Candies, Lollipops, Kisses, and Cookies. All peppermint flavored.
3. Macarons and Flowers for the one you really love.
4. Assortment of homemade cookies.

Let’s share recipes! The peppermint chocolate cookies look delicious. This recipe is from Cooking Classy. Please go to her site to read more about these cookies and more.

Keep reading for the recipe and more.

15 Years

I have been a resident of Second Life for 15 years as of October 23, 2018. Pretty much rezzed in world every day of those 15 years. Of course, there are days when I haven’t. We all get burned out. But I have never been away for too long. Friendships have come and faded. Never gone.

My Second Life career started right away making jewelry. Caroline’s Jewelry closed early 2014, I believe. Fortunately, a few designers then let me have fun and blog for them. My true love of late has been the incredible food creations. I tend to shop Dust Bunny and Apple Fall when looking for food. Not too real, but not fake looking edibles. I like pairing them up with a recipe to try. So this is what I enjoy to do for now.

I am wearing Truth Hair – Oksana, my outfit is Zenith at Collabor88, Cae – Trinket Necklace, and the pose is An Lar Poses – Queenie. Most of the food on the table is Apple Fall – Autumn Treats. I tried to include my favorite designers in the picture, but I LOVE so many!! So you will find Dust Bunny, What Next, Tres Blah, and Half-Deer.

Onto dessert!! This cake was made for Second Life’s 15th Birthday! The recipe that I have paired with this is Spiced Peaches and Cream Cake. After following the recipe you can decorate the cake with blueberries for added color.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups cake flour

1 tbsp + 1 tsp baking powder

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

¼ tsp nutmeg

¼ tsp cloves

¾ tsp salt

2⅔ sticks unsalted butter, room temperature

2¼ cups sugar

4 large eggs, room temperature

3 tsp vanilla extract

1½ cups + 2 tbsp whole milk

3-4 ripe peaches, sliced

3 cups heavy whipping cream

For the Whipped Cream

6 tbsp sugar

1½ tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp salt

honey

Recipe for the Cake

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line three 8″ or 9″ round cake pans.

Whisk both flours, baking soda, spices and salt together. Set aside.

Beat with mixer the butter, sugar, and vanilla for about 3-5 minutes until light and fluffy.

One at a time, beat in eggs.

Using low speed, beat in flour mixture made above in 3 parts. Alternating with milk. in 2 parts. Beat for one minute or until batter is well combined and smooth.

Pour batter evenly into cake pans.

Bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clan.

Remove cakes and place on wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.

Trim cakes flat.

Recipe for Whipped Cream Frosting

Freeze mixing bowl and whisk for 10-20 minutes.

Add heavy whipping cream, sugar, vanilla, and salt into mixing bowl and whisk for 2-3 minutes on high. Stiff peaks should form.

Assembling the Cake

Spread whipped cream frosting onto trimmed cake layer. Add fresh peach slices. Repeat. The final layer will go on bottom side up. Drizzle honey on top.

For the complete recipe and lovely pictures go to Oh She Swooned.