Plum pie,

Last weekend I took bit time for baking since I had got some nice and beautiful plums and  I could not eat them all, so, instead let them go bad I decided to bake a pie. Had never done one of those before, so, it was time to challenge myself bit ;)
As I also was promise recipe, when I must admit, reason, why it comes first now is easy - time just flies and have not had much time before. So, today evening I decided to take bit time for myself from studies and do other thins as well, what is needed to do ;)

Here is recipe for plum pie as promised!

Ingredients:

Bottom:
125 g butter what has room temperature
3 dl flour
2 tbl.spoon Brown sugar
2 tbl.spoon water

Filling:
150 g. pealed almonds
1 1/2 dl. sugar
2 egg
3 dl. creme fraiche
lemon peel from half a lemon
1 liter fresh plums

Garnish:
powder sugar

Mix together butter, flour, sugar and water for a dough. Press it out to pie form, ca 28 cm. Prick it with fork. Let it be in fridge for 30 minutes

Crush almonds. Mix together all ingredients for filling and fill bottom. Divide plums to half and remove the stone. Push them lightly into filling. Bake lower part in own in 225 degrees for 30 minutes.

Serve when it is lukewarm with vanilla ice-cream, vanilla sauce or whip cream. Just before serving, garnish pie with powder sugar. 

Budapest roll,

 
Ingredients:

140 gr ground hazelnuts
8 egg whites
2 dl sugar
1 dl quick marsan powder (From Ekströms)
3 dl whip cream
150 gr. Philadelphia cream cheese with chocolate
240 gr peaches

Chop hazelnuts if they are whole.
Whip egg whites hard and fluffy.
Mix grounded hazelnuts, sugar and marsan powder and add the mix with whipped egg whites.
Cover baking tray with baking paper and spread out the dough.
Bake 20 minutes in the middle of the own in 175 degrees.

When cake has bit cooled down, when take it out of form. On the table put wet towel and new sheet baking paper on it. turn the cake bottom on it and tear off the baking paper from the bottom. Cover it with baking form and let it cool down until it is cold.
Spread chocolate Philadelphia cream cheese first on it.  Whip up the whip cream and cover cake with it. Top it with sliced peaches and roll it together.

 

Out in nature,

It has been a while, when I was last time out in nature with camera. Of course, I did not have my camera with me also today, since I forgot it home. As usually in my case ;)
I am very happy that my iPhone has quite OK camera and I could use that. Negative was that phone was uncharged and got empty and memory is full :D It happens only with me, but here are some pictures, what I did today when I took this trip. Had to enjoy the last beautiful days outside, since summer has passed anyway mostly with rain this year.

Back at school,

It has been now some weeks, when I have been back at school. It feels so strange to be back after a while from University. As I studied in Estonia as well I will study here the corporate law.
First subjects have been started and first books are ordered. I might be stupid that I have ordered all new books, but that has been easiest so far. At least I thought so.
It is quite big difference between different countries and even schools and subjects. Compared here, at least in first subjects we have a lot of books to read and many small works to give in before the big exam, we did not had that same way it built in Estonia. At least I am happy that I like reading. Else it would be hard.
Most biggest book is Swedish Law - the elected collection of different laws. Very heavy and mostly every time with me at school. That we did not had Estonia. They did not have same kind collection of laws in one book. I think that is quite good.
This week we had also first assignments to hand in. Will see, have I passed in one and on the other one will see, was I on the list to check the work.
One big difference here is, that classes are much more bigger than we had in Estonia. There was max 30 students in class, here is over 80 students. Some groups in some classes are divided to smaller groups.
So far I can say good things about school. Will see how it ends :) Hopefully well and I can manage it.

Summer is over,

and autumn has slowly started to arrive. Some trees have already lost all the leaves and others have started to change the colour.
For me, the busy time has arrived. Tomorrow will be first day at school for me again after a while. This study will be combined together with work and other things. Most sadly I probably am, because I can't spend as much time as I would like to behind my sewing machine, but on the other hand, I will have eventually opportunity to work with something I feel and burn for. Something I really love and like. That does not mean, that I do not like what I am doing already today, but I also would like to work with the part I love as well.
All that means a lot of hard work next upcoming years. Both in school and as well at work. Hopefully I can manage all of this and I believe that I will. The supporting husband by my side all wishes can became true.

Summer has been very nice and I have been very happy over the opportunity to spend 3 weeks with my aunt. We also have had nice time with my husband. Small trips in Sweden. Together we will visit in winter my family also in Estonia. Seems, that it will be the trips, I have time to take. Later after school we will have more time to spend abroad and visit other countries.

This year has brought many ups and downs as well with it. Some in personal life and some in our company. One thing, what is good with roads to down, that you can't just go down. In one moment the luck has to turn and road should start to go up again. Not always the road can go just down. It has to have ups as well or else it would be just miserable through every day.
It has been good time with people I care about around.