Rita's coconut cake with raspberry jam

The "Cake-of-the-week" is still runing at House Doctor, and this week Rita has spoild us with this lovely cake:

Coconut cake with raspberry
30 g sugar
75 g margarine
150 g plain flour
25 g potato flour
1/2 beaten eggs
1/2 tsp. baking powder
raspberry jam

Coconut glaze:
50 g margarine
125 g sugar
2 eggs
120 g desiccated coconut

Mix sugar with flour, potato flour and baking powder, and crumble the margarine into the mixture. Gather the dough with the egg. Roll or press the dough into a rectangular greased baking tin - 18 x 28 cm. Subsequently, the dough should be spread with a thin layer of jam.

Coconut glaze:
Stir the sugar and margarine well together. Stir in the eggs one at a time and eventually came coconut flour in. Spread the stuffing on the top of the jam and bake the cake at 225 degrees for 15-20 min.

ENJOY :)

First Sunday of Advent

Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent, and if you have not found the perfect candle holder yet - this might inspire you.

Last week our candle holder box was highlighted in the Danish magazine Femina and was shown on Danish TV2: http://go.tv2.dk/morgentv/id-45953373.html.

The box gives a lot of decoration opportunities and you can easily get a new expression for next years christmas. 

Location sneak peek: Everyday 2012

Home after 3 busy days on a beautiful new location...! Now we are back in front of the computer and within four weeks, the catalog is ready for print. Hope you are looking forward for the new Everyday 2012 catalog - WE ARE!

A bouquet of flowers

A different way of using our storage boxes: how about using them as a vase... A new way of using the colourful boxes and a new way of giving a hostess bouquet.

Just remember!: the boxes are not waterproff! Place a small vase or jam glass with water, inside the box. 

A new way of decorating, which is bound to make you happy!

Sneak peek: Spring/summer 2012 collection

Here you go! First sneak peek of the Spring/summer 2012 collection... The packshot went well - next stop: location next week! Maybe a new sneak peek will show up at the blog :)

Easy carrotcake

Spoil yourself with this extremely good carrot cake made by Tina! Very easy to make - and... it is actually a quite healthy cake! (as healthy as a cake can be....)

2 eggs
125 gr Sugar
100 gr hazelnuts or almonds
300 gr finely grated carrots
100 gr chopped chocolate (a good 70% chocolate)
30 gr flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
(some coconut if you like it)

Whisk the sugar with the eggs. Add the remaining ingredients and mix it well together. Pour the batter into a baking tin - do NOT grease the tin - and bake the cake at 170 degrees for 40 minutes.

Serve the cake with either whipped cream, sour cream, icing sugar or ice cream.

Go for it! It's a winner!

Maduro - "the local gift-design-shop"

Do you want to visit a great and interesting shop in the weekend? Then go to Maduro, Copenhagen. Maduro is located in the center of Copenhagen and see themselves as "the local gift-design-shop" where you can get great products for a nice price, and where everyone can participate.

Maduro cherish the good atmosphere and style equally high. That is one of the reasons why they love House Doctor as a part of their assortment. "The New Yorker feeling mixed with a French market, gives a great atmosphere for your home!"

Find Maduro at:

Frederiksborggade 41, 1360 København K
Phone: 0045 3932833

New coffee-table-books

Need new colors in your bookcase or do you just love coffee-table-books? Make a nice mix of your own books with some of our new "books".  

The books are hollow, and apart from looking good - they have a function as storage boxes!

Pieces of photographic art

As something completely new in our range of products, we have collaborated with photographer Karna Maffait to produce five photographic pieces of art, which will add a very expressive mood to the modern home.

Each picture has something very special about it, and even we find it hard to have a favorite! But maybe you have a favorite???

Do you want to know more about Karna Maffait, then check out her website:
www.karnamaffait.com