Every housewife has her own recipe for "casual guests" cake, "mother-in-law in five minutes" cake and "mom I would like something sweet" cake. Today I would like to share with you the recipe for "something chocolatey fast" cake. In secret I will tell you that I, not my children, really wanted some chocolate cake. My family knows that I like chocolate, which is the remedy for a bad mood and stress. Today I "treated" stress connected with my children's sports camp, because as a protective mum I feel safest when I have the whole family at hand.

There are loads of great things about this cake. As well as the basic fact that it is chocolate cake, you can use any kind of flour, you can use your favourite fruit, and egg isn't an essential ingredient. You don't need to use a mixer, and you have only two bowls and one spoon to wash up. An oven is necessary, and patience, because the cake smells delicious while baking.

Ingredients (20cm cake tin)
100g of flour
100g of wholemeal flour
1 egg
250ml of milk
120g of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
3 tablespoons of cocoa
80ml of oil
1 tablespoon of cider vinegar
1 teaspoon of baking powder
raspberries

Everyday life is sometimes difficult, dull, and busy. In the evening I feel like I've thrown a tonne of coal into the cellar, so from the cinema, theatre or literature I expect relaxation, escape from everyday work and the chance to recharge my batteries. It doesn't mean that I watch only comedies and read only crime stories (even though I value both). I have to psych myself up for a difficult book and be aware that I will be watching a tough movie. Often I wait until I can watch especially difficult movies at home. I can then take a break, rest, cool down and go back to watching.

Today we decided to go to the cinema to watch a more difficult movie. Enticed by friends' recommendations, we didn't wait, and we watched „Zimna wojna" by Paweł Pawlikowski on the big screen. I have to say it was a good decision and the excellent reviews really weren't over the top.

The beginning of the movie: fragments of folk music and an audition for a folk band serve as an excellent introduction to 50s and 60s war-torn Poland. We also meet the main characters of the movie: Lech Kaczmarek (Borys Szyc), Irena Bielecka (Agata Kulesza), Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) and Zula (Joanna Kulig). Zula – an interesting girl with a shady past – draws Wiktor's attention from the beginning. The forthcoming affair between Wiktor and Zula is in fact as obvious as his stormy life history is surprising, poignant and disappointing.

For my family waffles are a symbol of the summer. During seaside holidays they are a permanent fixture of our afternoon walks. Everybody likes their waffles with different ingredients: with whipped cream, fruit, icing, caster sugar; it's important that the waffles are crunchy and fresh.

There are a few weeks to our seaside holiday, so for the beginning of summer I prepared chocolate waffles at home. I served them with vanilla cream cheese, fresh fruit and chocolate icing. They were excellent. I recommend them!

Ingredients:
200g of butter
200g of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
2 tablespoons of cocoa
3 eggs
400g of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
350-400ml of milk
vanilla cream cheese, fruit, chocolate icing