My Therapy

Today I once again am getting personal!

I have been baking ever so regularly for almost 2 years now and have come to find that I use it as my own therapy. 

It takes my time of things, it makes others happy, I relax. If it wasn't for biscuits, I would probably lie in bed in a cold and dark room feeling sorry for myself.

What I am trying to say is, there are many different coping strategies, finding the right hobby is by far the most important! The problem won't go away if you sleep all day! Take the day and make it yours! When you open your eyes to new things anything can happen! 

Double Choc Chip Cookies

Heyy every1,

So when I came home from school today I ran straight up to my room, tidied it, got changed, grabbed my electronics and dashed back downstairs!

I was going to bake something that I must say is one of my definite weaknesses, an apple crumble!! I can remember getting all excited when I smelt that apple-cinnamon smell this delicacy brings to the house as my mum took it out of the oven. Eating it with some tubby custard in front of the tv. ooh those were my favourite evenings :)

Anyway you're probably thinking, "Hold on Anna I wanted to see a cookie recipe and instead your talking about apple crumble?"
Yeah I know, I did bake a crumble today, however, you know those recipes you get at the supermarket for free? well I think this was one of them :D It turned out all right but too crummy.

So I decided to make another one of my specialities, double choc chip cookies :D

This one is from a recipe book called "secrets of aga cakes".
I hope that the next time I'll be posting a baking post, it'll be one of my own creations, I don't know if I'll manage it but we'll just have to see then won't we ;)

So let's get on with the recipe then shall we!!

Ingredients:

• 100 g butter, softend
• 75 g caster sugar
• 75 g light muscovado sugar
• 150 g plain flour
• 1 egg
• 25 g cocoa powder
• 100 g white chocolate chips (or chocolate of your choice)

You'll need two baking sheets, greased.

Cream together the butter and both sugars in a bowl with a wooden spoon, until soft and fluffy. Add the flour, egg and cocoa powder and mix for a few moments until a dough ball.

Stir in the chocolate chips. Then form into small balls and place on the baking sheets.

Conventional oven:

Bake in preheated oven 180°C for 10-12 minutes.

Remember: Any recipe with egg in will not keep for too long, so eat within a couple of days or freeze.

And after a long hard work of 15 mins they were ready to go into the hot steaming oven. 

They came out like this:

and then popped them into this cute cookie tin:

Should I take medication? -Mental Health

Heyy every1,

This is something I had to choose myself, I had no one that I knew of who was on antidepressants or any other medication considering mental health.

So I thought for all of you out there who also, like me didn't know what to expect I'll give you a little over view of my experience with Fluoxetine also known as Prozac or Sarafem.
Maybe for those who know someone taking medication for the well-being of their mental state, you can also get an idea of what it may feel like for them.

This is just my experience. It won't be the same for everybody!

I had reached a time in my life where I felt stuck, this had been going on for a good year and a half and I had been in therapy but things didn't seem to get better. My psychologist suggested I'd go see a psychiatrist (a doctor who specialises in mental health). I went there a couple times, first I tried some sort of homoeopathic pills and then we decided to go a little higher. After a few tests I took, my doctor suggested fluoxetine and we started at a low dosis, I still am on quite a low one now.

At first I felt really tired however my psychologist said that it isn't a side effect and I was probably getting too little sleep. But I know for sure it came from the medication because I always go to bed around about the same time, same goes for waking up.

I also had a dry throat but all of these things stopped after about a month.

Pros:

1. I finally found interest in most things after being so down and lying in bed on regular afternoons. So now, I do archery again which I absolutely love! I'm on a waiting list for horse riding lessons! And next school year I'll be learning the drums and guitar.
2. I don't mind waking up in the mornings. I get out of bed on weekends at round about 9 am, I used to get up at 11. Usually I'm also quite excited to see what the day will bring before it was a chore to do anything really.
3. My mood swings balanced out. I would have huge highs and eventually sink into these dark lows and now it's all-round ok.
4. Less arguments with my parents. We are all thankful that there are people out there who really care for us, often they don't know what's going on and how to react so for me medication kind of reassured them that I'm going to get better. That I'm getting help and know that I'm in good hands. This obviously also depends on your doctor. But I'm sure no one would want to go to a doctor they're not entirely comfortable with.

Cons:

1. I don't feel like I'm me any more. It feels like I'm two people. Someone on the outside that's influenced by the medication and believes everything is fine and the one on the inside that's still the insecure little girl like before that feels just as she did before. It's not like two different moods that switch it's like faking it but you can't help it. Don't know if that made any sense, can anyone relate? 
2. It feels like the medication is slowly wearing off. I am on a low dosis, but the aim is to gradually take less but I think I have to take a higher dosis considering the circumstances I'm mentally in.
3. I am quite dependant on them. If I forget to take them I realize my mood dropping and I can get very cranky :D

I would advise you to try everything that's possible, try to get help, try new things, maybe go see your doctor or a therapist but if nothing works, do give medication a go.
I'm sure, if you do really want to get better anything is worth a go!
No matter the side effects or trouble you may have to go through, you can't lose anything from trying. If it doesn't work try something else. Just make sure you do talk to someone or at least keep someone informed about your new plans and thoughts and not keep it all to yourself, talking can mend so many wounds on it's own already and with the help of a family member or friend the little steps you take won't be so frightening because someone is right beside you encouraging you to carry on!

Hope I could help some of you out there!! See you soon!
  

Young people and drinking..

Heyy every1,

My glorious new phone has arrived, yippie!!
It's copper!! Will write a review once I've got the hang of it all which I suspect should be quite soon!

Anyway I thought I'd talk a bit about my weekend! Well maybe just ramble a bit about a typical situation that happens around here at a festival. Just kind of wondering if it's like this everywhere or only here. :D

From Friday the 3rd till the 5th of July a festival took place in a small town.
One of those typical Bavarian festivals, so yes that means beer and lederhosen!
I actually have a pair! :) However this time not a lot of people wore them, they just wore some nice summery clothes :)

Around the town centre there were little stations, each one had a band or a DJ. There was an Irish pub with a lovely band of three, my boyfriend and I sat there with my parents but after a drink my little sister was tired and fed up with it all so they went home.

After that we went to a place where more younger people were standing and we stood by a group of my friends, talked and then some of my friends would turn up extremely tipsy and would hug me and dance. The legal age to drink wine and beer here is 16. Most of the people were 14.

Yes there was security and the police did walk past but there are also the over 16s who would be there to buy the drinks for the ones who were still under age.

Basically all I'm trying to say is, why is it sooo cool to drink under age?
There were arguments all over the place. Some were lively and others got all cranky. It was not a pretty sight!! And smoking is really cool around here too! I can't stand smoke at all. People are allowed to do whatever they like however they also need to think about their parents! Who are going to be held legally responsible!!

They thrive on the excitement of the possibility of getting caught!
What I had in England which they don't have around here is the DARE program.
At school a police officer comes weekly and tells you all the side effects and the chemicals of drinking, smoking, drug use and so on. The best part was the chapter on peer pressure.

Around here peer pressure is definitely a problem! Especially for the boys!
Last year at this festival I was in the wrong area, this year it wasn't at all like that but a year ago I really had nightmares and weird flashbacks that drove me crazy from what I saw.

I really want to have a kind of DARE program here! It taught me so much and it was child friendly!! Ever since I was 9 (year 5) and had those lessons, I've been so aware of some of the many damages these things can do. And because most people start drinking and smoking so young it ruins their brain cells which are developing!

I will try to get my school to start something like this so they can try to help children to stop giving into peer pressure and prevent them from using these substances at such a young age!

Surrounding yourself with happy people

heyy every1,

today I want to write about something I've been thinking about a lot.
One thing my Father always said to me was "Leave the friends that hurt and the right ones will come". For a long time I was scared, not about having no friends but that if the people I feel that don't treat me well and I do decide to leave them, that I'd be rejected by well, everyone.

To clear things up this was definitely NOT the case. This school year I felt as if my friends weren't interested in me any more so and I had a small but helpful plan. So if you still go to school the first thing I advise you, is to not sit next to your best friend when you get to choose where you sit at the start of the school year!
This not only helps you when there's trouble between friends but also you get to know other people in your class a lot better!
I had the pleasure of sitting right at the front behind the teachers desk, next to two of the most friendliest people ever!

These two girls have a lovely mind set. They all think positive and look on the bright side! I've just about come out of a dark corner in my life and finding people that respect me, listen and make you laugh really helps. Of course no one can be happy and positive all the time, that's totally normal and understandable, take a little step at a time and gradually everything will slowly fall into place.
Now I know for many people with depression for example, it's not all about friends, often you just don't feel anything or you don't know what's wrong but ever since I've had the lovely support of my family and feeling accepted in my class I mentally feel a thousand times better.

I know you're probably thinking that it's not a good idea to depend on people to make you happy. I am not saying this at all. I believe that happiness isn't a choice and I've always had riots with people who say it is!
However when you see these positive people living their lives you see their inspiration and at least for me, I found things that I enjoy in life and it gave me so much hope and I find myself thinking, Hey! I can be like that too! I want to share this happy feeling with others and help them out like these and many other wonderful people have helped me! By showing me that happiness is precious but also the key to life.

It's unbelievable how much one person can affect your life, find the one that leads you to light instead of pushing you back into your bedroom corner!

That's all for now, good night!xx

Cookie Baking: Choc Chip Cookies :)

Heyy every1,

Today, I thought I would talk about one of my absolute favourite recipes!
American Choc Chip Cookies!!
This recipe is always a success, ALWAYS!
One of the many recipes by Martha Stewart and because the recipe's on the internet I thought I could post it on here too. I'll also put a link to her website on here, she does have some lovely ideas, not all have very good ratings though, just try things out that sound appetising to you and I'm sure it'll be fine! :)

website: http://www.marthastewart.com/344840/soft-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies

The ingredients are measured in Cups, so I'm going to post it in grams and to do this I'll use this converter, so if anyone has any other recipes they need to convert into grams to bake or cook this one is quite good:  http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/531168/cups-to-grams-converter?type=Dry+ingredients&ingredient=225g&cups=0.5&btnSub=Calculate&text=

• 288 g All-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 227 g butter ( I always do 250 g, it's worth it ;) )
• 112 g granulated sugar 
• 220 g light-brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 100 g milk chocolate chips (I often do 50 g dark choc and 50 g milk choc)  

Gas mark 4 180 °C 

The instructions are on the website but all you really need to do is throw it all in an electric mixer (recommended by Martha Stewart herself) , stir in the choc chips, form into small balls, place on tray and then pop them in the hot oven for 8 to 10 mins :) 

This recipe was kindly recommended by a family we know from Canada. They came one summer and we went to a fantastic village festival and when we came home we watched some episodes of Miranda while eating these exquisite Cookies :) We also put some smarties on top of the squidgy dough  before we put the two trays in the oven, but that was the only time I've done that. It's not necessary. 

Ever since then I made these Cookies for friend's birthdays and many other different occasions! I even made a batch last weekend for my boyfriend's family for it was the first time seeing them and I thought it would be something they might enjoy eating. 

I had made them the night before at round about midnight, they are nicest when freshly baked though, but I wouldn't have time to make them in the morning Anyways, they did adore them :D That worked out very nicely indeed!

Another time I brought some into school when it was my Birthday and everyone came up to me asking for the recipe and wanting more but sadly there wasn't enough for everyone to have seconds (we are a class of 31!). 

They are very sweet, I tried using less sugar but that was a disaster. I'm still thinking about making my own recipe for choc chip cookies just so I might be able to achieve the taste I'm aiming for :) 

Mini piercing adventure!

Heyy every1,

I have seen many videos about nose piercings, well piercings in general but mostly nose since I had my helix (top of ear) already pierced and wanted more of a facial one.
Anyhow, some said it hurt, some didn't, depends on your pain tolerance really however I have never heard of anyone's piercing getting caught on a towel or in my case a tissue!!

We arrived at our camping site in Italy in Coreglia Antelminelli, Tuscany and it wasn't really what had I expected. The long journey (8 hours or so) obviously had tired me out and I got quite emotional. Later I actually loved it :D so yeah I had mixed feelings :) anyway I cried and while I was blowing my poor nose my piercing came out!!
I panicked. Cried some more. Tried to put that screw in again, sadly it didn't work and we jabbed mum's golden earring in which was easier as it is straight.
I walked with a throbbing red nose to the reception to ask for the wi-fi code (gosh the technology these days) and also to ask if he (the owner) knew any piercing/tattoo stores that could help me. He had to look it up (his kids are still small) eventually he found one and I walked the very steep hill back down to our tent/house.

I called them. No answer. Left a voice message as this was an emergency and then looked up some more places on the internet. Thanks to Facebook I was able to contact the place that was recommended by the owner and found out that the piercer was coming on Thursday (this all happened on Sunday btw). So I thought ok, if I see a different place while we're exploring then I'll go in, if not I'll go to this place on Thursday. It wasn't a nice sight to see me with this huge earring in my nose but the pain was the only thing that actually got to me.

Later I found out that the piercer wasn't coming at all this month and after going to a bigger city finding 2 others closed I wasn't quite sure what to do.
The lady who does the tattoos said she'd give it a go because she's also doing a piercing course so maybe she'd be able to do it and we made an appointment.

On Wednesday we went to the little town and I was there at 3 pm sharp. We also looked at different shops and had the best ice cream ever!! Mum and Claire (my little sister) both had seconds!
So when I stepped in, the first thing that I noticed was the interior, old fashioned/classy/punk-ish. It was really nice and different from other tattoo places I've seen.
While she was sorting some things out I looked at her designs, they were very original, she did many different things, more for females in my opinion but beautiful. If she's still open for business when I'm old enough to get one, I'm going there!!!
She couldn't get the piercing in, but she gave me a smaller nose stud, also straight for a fiver. Extremely easy to get in, less secure. I woke up one morning when I was back home, excited to meet up with a special someone *wink* *wink* but only to find my piercing had disappeared once again. I stuck the first earring I could find (a gigantic pearl), ran down the stairs laughing and called for Mummy.
We went back up and she searched the floor and bed. Finally she found it with her most magnificent bionic eyes :D

Yesterday I went to my regular (well, -ish) piercer and she thankfully had no problems putting the original one back in. She even said it was extremely easy. So I have no idea what Mum and I were doing even with the help of Youtube!!

Link to the tattoo place (in Italy): http://www.cherrybloomtattoo.com

& a little picture :)

England School Trip - Monday...

heyy every1,

welcome to my next blog post about our wonderful school Trip!

Monday 11th 

Today we didn't do much however we did go to a lovely historic town called Canterbury. The first thing we did was go to the famous Cathedral in which the archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered.
There we got these telephone-looking electronic things to listen to an audio guide. With the telephone we also got a map with numbers so you know which numbers to press. It was tremendously confusing. I remember the voice saying walk up the stairs and you'll see.. and I looked around thinking "What Stairs!?". Not only did I have that very problem, almost everyone did! All the classmates I saw walking past kept asking if I knew where we were.
Sadly we didn't get to see most of the church because the guide wasn't helpful at all and we didn't understand much of what was being said because we didn't know what they were talking about, especially when your most likely to be in the wrong place.
But I most definitely would go again and book a proper tour!

After that we were allowed to go shopping for about 3 hours, which was heaven! :) There was a cute Laura Ashley shop and I bought a present for my mother and after I talked to two really kind ladies who worked there, they even gave me a free catalogue! yayy me :D

Tuesday 12th

Today was the day everybody was looking forward to. We took a train from  Eastbourne to London :D We got off at Victoria Station and then caught a tour bus that guided us through the city.

We also went on a boat and saw all the bridges and then jumped off at the London eye! The view was spectacular! Even though many people were afraid of heights only one of them was truly terrified this was because it rotated very slowly which made almost everyone feel safe. Not much I can really say except that at lunch my little group went to Pizza Express and we thought that based on the prices the pizzas would be gigantic however this was not the case. One pizza had hole in the middle and was filled with salad, we knew that it came with salad but we didn't know that this meant less pizza :(

During our day in London, I found it difficult to realize and believe I was actually there. I knew I was there but it didn't feel real, I don't know how to exactly describe how I felt but it wasn't like I was disappointed, because the city was more beautiful than I expected and I'd without a doubt go again but I wasn't very happy or excited about being there either. It was like the message didn't really arrive.
I don't know if any of this makes sense but I wanted to share this hoping that someone else has experienced this weird kind of feeling :)



Wednesday 13th

This day was more relaxed, we didn't have to walk around much which was relieving after such a long day in London. We sat in the bus for about two hours and had a short break at Sainsbury's to shop for our picnic. Our group bought sushi, salads, Cheese and Crackers but also some snacks which involved scrumptious English chocolates and walkers crisps.
We then drove on to Hever Castle, where Henry VIII's wife (well one of his wives)  Anne Boylan grew up in. The castle was indeed very beautiful however after someone else had purchased it, there was new interior which is a bit 'different' to how it would have been so basically quite glamorised. Also there was a room where they showed many types of torture weapons which I found disturbing. The Castle is gorgeous but in my opinion it wasn't worth going in. The garden however is soooo beautiful, all the bright flowers glow gracefully in the sunlight, there are statues and when you walk on, there's a balcony type deck where you have a great view over a lake.
In this wonderful garden lies two mazes one with high hedges, the other was more interesting. This one was a water maze. You step on tiles and get squirted with water not on every tile only on some. Our teachers said that we weren't allowed to scream, this was almost for us girls impossible :)
Here are some more pictures :)

Thursday 14th

Our last day. This day I was looking forward to most! Once again we hopped on a bus but this time we went to another new place, Brighton!!
And of course it's almost impossible to go to England and not experience English weather! I didn't particularly mind this but it was pouring down with rain. Because of the weather we went to the Royal Pavilion which we were going to go to anyway but instead of going to the seaside we just went shopping in a huge shopping centre.
Let's start with the Royal Pavilion. I really really enjoyed the guide through it. Again it was an audio guide which was really good but it should have been shorter. Often you just want to go further to the next room but then you don't get to hear the special bits and bobs. So you really have to come with a lot of time and patience. If you like visiting castles and historic houses this one is definitely worth going to!
It has a Chinese style to it, I suppose not everyone likes that sort of style but then again not everyone likes everything. It was different than most places you'd think Queens and Princesses would stay in. Queen Victoria apparently only went twice a year or so, this was because the layout of the rooms was and still is a bit muddled up. You don't have a good overview of the whole building. This I found is true however I also found it very amusing. It didn't have the impression that it had to be perfect just because it's meant to be a place for royalty. This feeling comforted me in a way as if The Royal Pavilion had a personality of its own.

After this inspiring walk through, we got to go shopping for a good 4 hours!
Our closest shopping centre is round about 45 mins away from our little village and only has two floors  and even there most shops are kind of boring or too expensive.
We did not have that problem here!
There were 3 floors with lovely shops, many of which you cannot get in Germany! Double Bonus!!
I managed to get everyone at home some presents.
For Claire (11 yrs) I bought a Unikitty keyring (all Lego Movie fans will get this), the horn even lights up when you touch her nose :D I gave this to her on our birthday (we share birthdays) which was only three days after I returned. She adores it (at least I hope she does).
I got Amy a T-shirt with the unicorn from "despicable me" and the smallest of the 3 girls and on it said "It's so fluffy I'm gonnna die". A girl she knows shares this insider joke with her and I hope she wears it to Uni so she can show her!
"In your dreams" is probably what you're all thinking right now :)
For mark I got a jumper, a really nice one with sights from London printed on it and I must say it suits him dearly.
For my special life givers I bought matching coasters one says "Her Ladyship" and the other "His Lordship". I thought I had to buy this as what may not seem quite surprising for those who know my mother and I, we're both Downton Abbey fans and we even tried the "Mama"and "Papa" (the way they say it, I'm well aware that in other languages this means mum and dad) nicknames instead of whatever I normally say but sadly it didn't catch on.


This is the end of my school trip. If you actually got this far :), I hope you enjoyed reading all about it. We all had a great time so it was a huge success. Many of us wanted to stay a bit longer as did the teachers and for them it must have been a quite a stressful time but I'm glad we didn't tire them too much.

Thank you for reading my blog post and I will write again very soon!
    

England School Trip 2015 - Sunday -

heyy every1,

so as you may know I was on a school trip in England and I had such a lovely time, I just had to blog about it! It would have been a very long post so I thought I'd do different parts!

Sunday 10th 

On Sunday morning we met up at the bus station in Eastbourne and went to a morning mass at a small, cosy church!
The mass was about love and how it's a choice, not a feeling. You can have feelings of love for somebody but when they fade that you might still choose to be there for one another. God knows all our faults but still he chooses to love us!
This really helped me and made me think about many things, especially about my parents, I wonder if they still have feelings of love for each other and if they don't will they choose to love each other when the time comes where they don't quite know for sure?
After this inspiring mass, we went to a chip shop and had some crispy fish and chips!!
After that we went to the pier. I collected many stones and seashells and of course the whole class were making selfies!

The weather in this picture doesn't look fantastic, but the weather was definitely the best weather I've ever experienced in England :) The sun shone the whole week except for the last one but that's only because England was going to miss us!



Later we all hopped back on the double decker bus and drove to a beautiful place   for a walkies called the seven sisters which are seven mountains. So we basically walked up and down the whole time! The view however was absolutely fantastic, there were small rivers that then led into small lakes. When you get to the top of the first sister you got to see the deep blue sea! :D It was stunning! A friend of mine and myself rolled down a hill :D many others did too and filmed it!

England School Trip 2015- The journey -

Heyy every1,

so from May 8th to 15th, I was on a fantastic school trip to a place in east Sussex called Eastbourne. On Friday the 8th at half past 1 a.m our long journey started!

Our trip was organized by a company called "Tommy Trips" and they did a wonderful job. We got to travel in a double decker bus and on the way there I got to sit at the top, right at the front, I couldn't believe that it was actually happening!!
We stopped every 2-3 hours for a short toilet break and because none of us could really sleep properly we all came out of the bus half dead and wandered around like zombies.  After a tiring total of about 15 hours including the ferry, we finally arrived in Eastbourne.

Two friends and I got picked up by a taxi and were brought to a family who we were going to be staying with for the week. We didn't know that the man picking us up was a taxi driver until someone paid him. He didn't say a word to us, so extremely relieved we stepped into an old fashioned but arty house and dragged our luggage to the room which claimed to be ours. The room was coloured orange and pink with: a flatscreen, Sky, 4 beds, huge mirror, PlayStation (that sadly didn't work) and tons of books!
On the first night we stayed up watching Britain's Got Talent which was great seeing as I hadn't seen it in years!
To be continued...

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Heyy every1,

Today I want to write about the Kurt Cobain film I saw last week. My father and older brother were kind enough to go with me.
The film was made out of interviews, sketches and small video clips.

It was not easy viewing, I must say however it does make you think about many things. His childhood affected me most. When his parents got divorced he slowly stopped being the happy boy he was and suffered dreadfully from depression.

The way I think of it is that as a child he probably was hyper and happy but this made him feel out of place and in those days no one got divorced so that made him feel much more out of place but also overwhelmingly rejected.
Experiencing a huge mix of negative feelings, lead him to four coping strategies: art, music, self medication (drugs) and withdrawal. He withdrew from school, family and friends, this made him feel alone.

There were small clips of him when he was under the influence of drugs. They were very disturbing and you really saw the trouble inside him.

One of the things you'll definitely wonder is, if he was so afraid and traumatized of rejection, why did he leave his own family by killing himself ?
This is something I discussed intensively with my father.
He thought he would ruin his daughters life by staying, that he was making his family's life hard with his mental state. He didn't want his daughter to grow up like him so he thought it would be best to leave.

Many people criticize him for his actions I completely do not! To me, it seems like I can place myself into his mind and see his pain but also all the things he has accomplished, all the songs he wrote and sung, all his inspirational quotes and many more things that none of us will ever know about.
I personally love listening to Nirvana, it's so unique and meaningful, but also original which I think has been lacking in many other bands.

Cake Baking - Coffee Cake

Heyy every1,

Yesterday I made a delicious Coffee Cake for my mother.
You see, I live in a small but homey village and a group of women meet up and take turns in making a cosy breakfast. So once every year my Mum gets to be the special host!
For the occasion that took place today, she asked me if I could bake something nice and not to sweet, many people around here don't like very sweet things, so I thought a coffee cake might tickle their taste buds!

And it was a success!!

As you can probably see, this creation was a traybake.
A traybake is always simple, all you need to do is pour the cake mixture into a prepared traybake tin which is just a tray really but one you can put in the oven of course ;)
This makes it easier because you don't need to take it out of a form, with the risk that the cake might somehow come out wrong, you just leave it in the tin to cool and when it's ready you can cut the cake into preferable sized squares and pop them onto a plate and your ready to go!

Information about the recipe:

 This lovely recipe is by Lucy Young in the book "Aga Cakes".
 Sadly, we haven't got an aga any more since our big move however
 all the info about the temperature and so on for the use of  a conventional oven
 are thankfully included!
 It was the first time I had made the "Espresso Coffee Traybake" and I must say it
 was delicious!! Even though I made my own white chocolate topping instead of  icing, it was definitely a success, as are many recipes from the recipe book!
 But next time I will follow the recipe just to compare :)

The breakfast was a huge success except for the fact that it had to be cut short, as I was ill and had to be picked up from school :D

Thank you for reading my very first blog post, hope you enjoyed it! See you next time!