Elisenlebkuchen (transl. Elisen-gingerbread) are typical German biscuits originating from the city Nürnberg. Elisenlebkuchen belong to my favourite christmas biscuits. They cannot miss on my christmas plate. They are easy to make, you only have to note that the dough has to rest overnight in a cool place before you bake the biscuits. Ingredients for 40 […]
Voilà, today I present you a new recipe for chocoholics: Chocolate cookies with little pieces of two kinds of chocolate. I love them! Before they are baked, I roll them in icing sugar. And in the oven – while the cookies are rising – the sugar cover bursts. That’s how the spotted surface is developed.
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On 6th of December – St. Nikolaus Day – it is common in Germany and our family that Nikolaus brings sweet little men called “Stutenkerle” ( transl. breadmen ) overnight. These funny guys are made of a sweet yeast dough. Very delicious for breakfast. They taste best fresh baked, that’s why Nikolaus is a little
The Bakery Project – Diary – 15 ( This is my final diary entry from South Africa.) Mince Pie is a traditional English pastry for christmas. As South Africa is a multicultural country with a big influence from England, the Black Forest Bakery is offering them for christmas. I was always suspicious of Mince
The Bakery Project – Diary 14 Lots of biscuits for christmas! The Black Forest Bakery has pretty much christmas stress. They are offering 20 different kinds of christmas biscuits. I’m helping to package them all. When we are ready with one batch of biscuits, the bakers come with the next batch. I’m already dreaming of
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The Bakery Project – Diary – 13 This year the Black Forest Bakery is offering a Gingerbread House. The package contains the walls and the roof out of ginger bread – additional a christmas tree. People have the opportunity to build this little cute house themself and to be creative in decorating.The house in the
The Bakery Project – Diary – 12 It is recommendable to have a Ginger Bread recipe in your repertory for Christmas time. The Black Forest Bakery is offering different cookies with icing decoration – as you can see in the picture above. The Santa picture is printed on edible rice paper. So is my little
The Bakery Project – Diary – 11 Christmas is around the corner! The first Stollen are baked. And there are already lots of orders for Stollen in the bakery. The Black Forest Bakery is offering 5 different kinds of Stollen in different sizes. You can choose between Dresdner Stollen, Marzipan, Poppy Seed, Hazelnut
The Bakery Project – Diary – 10 In connection with the brand relaunch the Black Forest Bakery was searching for new product packaging as well. I made some suggesstions and we started to put one idea for the christmas products into practice. One of the most important conditions for the new packaging was: Practical in
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The Bakery Project – Diary – 09 Danish pastries or just Danish is a speciality of the Black Forest Bakery. It is a multilayered, sweet pastry in the viennoiserie tradition. The concept was brought to Denmark by Austrian bakers and has since developed into a Danish specialty. Like other viennoiserie