The best Danish pastries I have ever had, I didn’t have in Copenhagen, Vienna or Berlin, but in the United States, in a small Danish enclave called Solvang in California, north of Santa Barbara, in the St. Ynez Valley. Here … Continue reading Danish Pastries
I don’t often bake with yeast, I don’t really know why. Maybe it is because I am sometimes a bit impatient and I don’t like having to wait for the dough to rise before I can pop it in the … Continue reading Nut & Chocolate Plait
I love baking, but sometimes a whole cake is just too much for the two of us, and I hate seeing good cake (or any other food) going to waste. Normally I would take a few slices round to our … Continue reading My Mini Cakes
Bread making is something I have always wanted to do, but apart from the odd foray into buying a bag of ready-mixed flour for baking rolls, I have never really ventured there. I always assumed (never assume!) that making bread … Continue reading Making Bread with PAUL
In Germany there is a saying “die Augen essen mit” which translates as “the eyes eat as well” and means that it is important for food to look appealing because your brain, via your eyes, will tell you: “Look at … Continue reading Marble Cake
Last Sunday I wasn’t in the mood to bake a whole cake, but I wanted to have something nice with my afternoon coffee, so I dug up this cookies recipe. I am calling these cookies Bine’s Cookies, because my friends call … Continue reading Bine’s Cookies
There are hundreds of apple cake recipes, but I really love this one. Top priority, as always, is the taste and I think the apple, cinnamon and rum work extremely well together. Close second comes the fact that it is … Continue reading Sunken Apple Cake with Rum and Cinnamon
I love this time of year – late summer, early autumn, harvest time – with its hazy sunshine, golden colours and plenty of delicious ingredients to bake and cook with. One of the cakes I always associate with this time … Continue reading Oma’s Plum Cake
I have no idea why these little cakes are called ‘Amerikaner’ or ‘Americans’, but I do remember them fondly from my time growing up in Germany. They are a kind of round sponge cake and come with either a white or … Continue reading Mini-Amerikaner
This cake is a bit different from the ones I usually bake as it needs pre-planning and patience. The later is not really one of my strengths, but they do say ‘good things come to those who wait’. This cake … Continue reading Yogurt-Cheese Cake with Fruit Salad Topping
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