My Mini Cakes
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
Tag: homebaking
Marble Cake
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
Bine’s Cookies
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
Sunken Apple Cake with Rum and Cinnamon
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
Oma’s Plum Cake
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
Mini-Amerikaner
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
Yogurt-Cheese Cake with Fruit Salad Topping
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
Apricot Raspberry Cake
What do you do when you feel like eating cake, you don’t have one in the house and you don’t feel like going to the shops because it is raining cats and dogs? Well, I say: bake a cake! And there … Continue reading Apricot Raspberry Cake
Poppy Seed Cheesecake
Last bank holiday weekend I decided to make a poppy seed cake and after long deliberation I decided on a cheesecake. But not everything went to plan: I had to adapt the recipe I had been planning to use midway … Continue reading Poppy Seed Cheesecake
Rhubarb Cake
I am by no means a royalist, but any occasion that might require a cake is very welcome and so I made this rhubarb cake in celebration of HRH Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, decorating it in red, white and blue. … Continue reading Rhubarb Cake
London-Olios 