My day

My shirt from Forever21 that I got in NYC and the butter sponge cake from my last post! And some strawberries, gotta have them in here!
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Julia Child's Perfect Butter Sponge Cake

So I found a post on I think craft gawker, which is weird because that's a crafting site, of a perfect sponge cake! The recipe for the cake and fillings is found on http://lulussweetsecrets.blogspot.com/2012/02/perfect-cake.html?m=1

The cake has a strawberry jam and a sweetened condensed milk layer and the "frosting" is basically a whipped cream. But don't worry, all three are on the blog post from Lulus Sweet Secrets. Also, instead of making 3 different smaller cakes, my boyfriend and I made one cake and just used a leveler to make two layers.

Bon appetite!
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5th Time in the City

I'm so bad with keeping up with posts haha, but here are the pictures I took in NYC when I went last month.  It was my fifth time, so nothing was really new... but again, I still haven't been to the fashion district!  It was fun, but the man that opened the door for me at the Chanel boutique took my salted caramel mocha that I bought at Starbucks.  He actually thought I would want it back! They surprisingly did not have much in the boutique, but I'm going to save up to buy my first Chanel bag!  Or I might just go up to Boston for the day and get one there since I think I remember a Chanel boutique (which was quite large) last time I was on Newbury Street.  Oh well, Happy New Year everyone!  

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Baked

So today was the first time that I have baked something in so long. I literally cannot remember the last time! So my boyfriend posted a chocolate cake on his tumblr about a week ago and it looked so good so obviously because it was chocolate, I had to make it! It's called the Sachertorte, and I followed the recipe exactly until it called for an apricot glaze and in the middle of fall, there aren't too many apricots growing! So I skipped that step and I think the cake came out pretty good. I have yet to try a piece since it's really late and I was too lazy to cut a slice, but I will tomorrow! Also, this cake took quite a while. I started at around 5 p.m. and I didn't get done until exactly 8:30 p.m. The reward is great though!… well it looks great so far!

This is the final result, chilling in the refrigerator so the chocolate layer on top sets.

I also changed the name of this blog to La Brune Lavande, french for Lavender Brunette.

Edit:
I didn't want to make another post about how the cake turned out because I want to do another post today! It was a little dry and not very chocolaty, but it was very good! I recommend doing the apricot glaze or putting whipped cream on the top when you're going to eat it :)

Oh and the recipe I used was one that I found on foodgawker.com and the website is here!
Happy baking!

DIY Anklet/Bracelet

So I've had this beaded feather necklace for a while that I bought from AE and never wore, so today I decided to deconstruct it and make and anklet! You can also make it into a bracelet too, but I have a lot of those already.

Materials:

• necklace you don't use
• needle nose pliers
• patience! 

First I took the three larger feathers off including their jump rings

next I took off the lobster claw, its jump ring and the chain that you can adjust the size with

Taking the three feathers and their jump rings, I attached them to the inside strand of beads from the necklace.

After successfully attaching the feathers, measure around your wrist or ankle how big you want it to be. Then cut it evenly on both sides.

Next apply the jump ring and lobster claw to one end of the chain and close it securely.

Lastly, take the adjuster chain and it's jump ring on the opposite end of the bracelet/anklet and securely close it.

Finished product!

I hope you all like it! 

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College!

Oh my god I haven't posted on here in so long! Because of my senior year, being new to tumblr and having a boyfriend, I couldn't really get on here much but I still appreciate all of my lovely followers and your comments! They really brighten my day! So college is starting in a week and I'm so excited so I think I'm going to post my daily outfit on here, no matter what it is. But should I do only the five days a week in at school without the weekend or with the weekends? Comment and let me know! It's easier for me to post my ootd now than before because I have the iPhone! Well that's not really the reason. Let me rephrase that; I have a phone connected to the Internet lol. So now I can snap a picture and up it goes!

One more thing before I go, I remember posting about the Hunger Games movie in theaters and guess what?! It's out now! I still haven't gotten it but I will soon! Later today I'll post a picture of my moms birthday gift. Im painting her a pansy and hopefully getting it framed :)

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