Sweet paul

Chocolate and coconut cupcakes

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Several of you asked about the recipe for these cupcakes
So here it is.
They are wonderful cupcakes with a gentle coconut flavor.
Very easy to make, and tastes so good with the chocolate coconut and ice cream on top.
Makes 12 large cupcakes

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup shredded coconut
4 tablespoons good quality cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
ice cream, for serving

Preheat oven to 350F.
Beat butter and sugar until pale.
Add eggs, one at a time. Mix well.
Add flour, coconut, cocoa and baking powder.
Mix well.
Pour the batter into a 12 cup buttered cupcake tin.
Place in oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack.
Toss the shredded coconut in cocoa powder.
Serve the cupcakes with the chocolate coconut and ice cream.

Photo:Colin Cooke

Cool Craft:

The very cool craft magazine CRAFT have a page called "Our favorite trinkets and treasures.
And in this issue they wrote about my doilie vase.
Thanks guys!
They will soon be sold on etsy, I promise.Just have to find the time!

Sweet corn

I did this story a while ago for ELLE Interior.
Just love fresh corn.I went out to a great big corn field to pick it.
They also had a big BBQ pit where you could grill your corn there and then.
Freshly grilled corn with some herb butter...wow!
Life is good!
Photos by Studio Dreyer Hensley

Happy mothers day

Dear mothers .
I wish you all a wonderful mothers day wherever in the world you are.
Photo by Frances Janisch

Frances & Co.

My good friend and great photographer Frances Janisch just opened up her new etsy store.
She is selling these super cute gallery wrapped canvases.She has photographed some of her daughter's
favorite toys.
More stuff coming soon, so check out her site.

A great time!

I had such a great time in LA, it was short but sweet.
A big thank you to all of you who gave me tips.
Abbot Kinney was really cool and I loved Bountiful. Beautiful, but so expensive.
But the best of all was that I learned to knit while being in LA.
YES, you read it right!
A friend of Otis, the wonderful Lori teaches a knitting class at Wildfiber in Santa Monica.
So I spent many hours saturday knitting in a big group of great people.
And Im proud to say that I was knitting all the way to New York.
Did I get looks?
Yes I did, but hey....Im man enough to take it!
My first project will be a scarf with unexpected buttonholes and strange stripes I didn't plan for.
But it will be 100% made by Paul.
Will keep you posted on the progress.
Again, thank you Lori!

LA tips!

Im going to Los Angeles tomorrow.
Otis is shooting a commercial there this week and Im spending the weekend.
Only been there once for 12 hours, so I need some tips.
Does anyone know of any cool places to go vintage shopping?
Im looking for places that sells cool vintage housewares, fabrics etc.
Any other tips would be great as well.
Flee markets etc.
Can't wait to kiss under the hollywood sign( Always been a dream of mine).

More from Slurp

Guest blogger

Doing my first guest blogging over at This week for dinner.
I was very happy to be asked to do this and it was lots of fun.
Check out the site for great food tips.

SLURP teaser

Here are some pictures from the cookbook SLURP.
Just a little teaser for you guys.
This was such a great shoot, we spent 10 days in Key West shooting, eating and drinking.
Life is hard!
I did the food and prop styling and Nina Dreyer and Jim Hensley did the photographs.
In this book you can sip, savor and satisfy your thirst for cool cocktails, silky smoothies, classic coffee drinks, tantalazing teas and much more.
We both present alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, along with recipes for tasty appetizer pairings and tips on entertaining, as well as hangover remedies for the day after.
The book is now out and you can get it on Amazon.