Singing Cheburashka!

We LOVE Russian character Cheburashka here at the Spök-spök HQ. As a kid in Sweden, Daniel watched Cheburashka every night on TV, and as a grown up he got the Russian mascot from the Turin Olympics.



By accident we found out that this snow white Cheburashka sings! Does anyone know what he's singing about? Does anyone know this song? If you do, please enlighten us, because we have no clue what this pretty song is all about.

Happy Birthday To Daniel!!!

Even though Eric fixed our oven we decided to make a no bake icebox cake. It's a perfect summer time cake made with layers of chocolate wafers and whipped cream.

Ming covered the top with tiny Hershey's Kisses!

We Love Cake! - UPDATE

Eric our super is so nice. He heard our sad story and decided to stop by, even though it's the  weekend. Luckily it didn't take too long. He fixed the oven in less than 2 minutes.

And by "fixed" we mean "plugged in."

Hey, we're plush makers not oven experts! :)

We Love Cake!

This Sunday is going to be a very very special day! On that day Daniel, the creator and master of the Spök-spök universe, has his birthday!

Yay!!!

For weeks now we've been researching recipes for the perfect cake. It had to be unpretentious, delicious, easy to make, but above all else, chocolate. After much searching, comparing, changing of minds, and even some arguing, we decided on Kladdkaka.

It is a gooey chocolatey Swedish cake that can be made in one bowl! Everyone was very very excited.

But tragedy strikes! Our beautiful newly renovated space has a beautiful new oven... which doesn't seem to work. And the super can't come until next week! The whole Spök-spök crew is thinking hard about this, but if you have a favorite bakery in NYC please recommend it to us!

Toof Hugs!

Just because the contest is over doesn't mean you have to stop sending us your photos! One of the very best things about working at Spök-spök is seeing our cuddly BFFs make new friends.

Doesn't this brighten your whole day?

It made our whole week!

Thanks to Mel for the photo!

Baron Won Ton!

We made wontons!

These are cilantro wontons that Ming's grandma taught her to make. The original recipe calls for pork, but we substituted with strained tofu for the vegetarians of the Spök-spök crew. Cilantro is called "fragrant vegetable" in Chinese. Isn't that a great name?


Even the Baron likes them!

Winner!

We have a winner!!! Congratulations Sarah Sullivan, New York, NY, you have won a one of a kind longhaired Toofhairy!

We believe the winning picture is awesome both in composition and cuteness! Kudos!