The Highlight of Your Day thread

[Faith-and-Hope]

@Catcakes do you use stevia for sweetening ?  I had a live plant at one stage, and I found the chopped leaves much nicer than stevia drops.

I have a vegan chocolate cake recipe, but I found I needed to add chopped walnuts or hazelnuts to boost the flavour.  Together with wholemeal flour and (real) maple syriup or palm sugar - both of which are not very sweet but high in nutrients .... and perhaps some blueberries which are not sweet either, you can create deserts that are diabetic-friendly,

The icing is a blend of cocoa, olive oil, and a little maple syrup.

[NikNik]

I like the way you think @soul

[Catcakes]

I might have used stevia at one point Faith-and-Hope but I don’t make desserts much now. Actually I don’t even eat desserts much, or crave them.... I was just being funny 🤣

[Faith-and-Hope]

Yeah ..... got it as funny @Catcakes .... then turned it a bit serious ....

I had to off-set the flood of sweet stuff pouring through my door towards my kids.  We didn’t have much like that when I was growing up, and I am selective even now .... has to have a decent amount of food value .... but you know what ?  Sometimes something chocolate really hits the spot .....

And now I am wondering if @Phoenix_Rising managed to finish her Highlight Cake .....

(1 x chocolate-cake-filled-turtle ....)

[Catcakes]

I always preferred savoury over sweet, @Faith-and-Hope. Even as a kid I loved tasty cheeses, salami, olives and salty fish.
What’s on for you today ?

[Faith-and-Hope]

Thinking I should throw a vacuum around @Catcakes .... but first I am going to try to paint with coffee this morning .... will be a highlight if I do well with it .... 😊

Will come and post the image here if I am happy with it,  I have been toying with the idea for the last year or so, since seeing others do it online.

[Catcakes]

Looking forward to seeing the results @Faith-and-Hope, hope there’s no mosquitoes about 🤔

[Faith-and-Hope]

😄 @Catcakes .....

Close-up of the “mosquito” in yesterday’s coffee ......

[Catcakes]

Very fancy coffee art @Faith-and-Hope.
I must be going to the wrong cafes🌿

[Faith-and-Hope]

Internet-found images @Catcakes .... local coffees are love hearts and squiggles ..... 😏

Here is my highlight of the day .....

I finally got to my first coffee-art sketch.