Better Than A Pot'o'Gold??

Maybe not what you'd expect to find at the end of the rainbow, but on St. Patrick's Day, this is what showed up on my table:  A Guinness cheesecake, some homemade irish cream liqueur, and a batch of homemade chocolate/banana irish cream ice-cream (not shown in picture).  Lucky? Me thinks so, and the guests agreed!

And yes, it's suppose to look sloppy, cuz that's how you get on St.Patty's!

Little pockets of heaven....!!

My mother decided that today was going to be the day that she would teach me how to make Paczki (that's doughnut for all you non-polaks out there).  It doesn't take much, just a few ingredients, a little bit of time and some patience (because you have to let the dough rise something like three or four times) but it's entirely worth it just to get to the filling part...so fun!

 

We decided to try the traditional cook in oil method, but we also baked a batch, and to be honest, I think I almost prefer the baked ones...I know I know, it seems almost a sin not to fry the doughnuts in oil, but they are quite delicious baked, and a little better for you too.

Dzienkuje bardzo mamusia!

La Pitoune Express!

My lovely coworker, decided she wanted a pink, blinged-out train cake for her birthday....and well, ask and ye shall receive my friends!

Bonne fête G-toune!!!!