The Bakery Project – Diary – 01 Finally I arrived in South Africa and managed the first days in the Black Forest Bakery in Johannesburg. The Bakery is well known for its rye and sourdough bread. And actually the Kommissbrot was the first bread which caught my eye. Kommiss means Military and Kommissbrot / Kommissbread […]
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Scones are typical for an English “High Tea”. They are served with clotted cream and jam. In Cornwall they call this traditional afternoon ceremony “Cream Tea”. I got the Scone recipe from my mum in the seventies. She brought it back from an England trip. Especially in summer or autumn the Scones are perfect with
This is a typical bread from the Provence in France: Fougasse. It is a bread made of yeast and with lots of olive oil. Additionally you can add dried tomatos, rosemary, thyme, bacon, garlic, sliced olives or anchovies – whatever you like. Fougasse is perfect for a picnic, for a barbecue or simply with an
Beside Baguette a Brioche is a typical French Bread. In Paris I have seen Brioche in every bakery. Lying in the shop window in quantities I can never pass without buying one. The brioches look so tasty and when you enter the bakery the smell of fresh bread waves in your nose and you can’t
Yes, I have to admit that I’m a chocoholic. Because of that I don’t want to leave out a single recipe for chocolate cookies in my recipe collection. This recipe is easy and quick to make and it is good to always have some cookies in stock. You never know who will surprise you with
This is one of the most baked recipes in our Jamie Oliver’s recipe book and my daughter‘s favourite tarte. No wonder: It’s made of chocolate and our whole family loves chocolate. A piece of this tarte after lunch is miles better than a piece of chocolate after lunch. It’s something very special. In summer the
Our friend Michael loves Black & White Cookies – in Germany called “Schwarz-Weiß-Gebäck. So whenever I have time I bake him some cookies for his birthday in August. I prefer to make a spiral design out of both doughs. More challenging is the chessboard pattern. In bakeries you can get very small Black & White
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These little muffins are coming with a surprise. Each muffin hides one fresh rasberry. Summertime is raspberry time so take the advantage to get fresh raspberries for these delicious muffins with white chocolate. The recipe is from Linda Lomelino, I modified it to smaller cute muffins topped with buttercream. Dough 200 g flour 1 ½
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This recipe is from my mother in law. She on her part has it from aunt Trude. This pastry is a hearty dish. It’s perfect for a dinner with guests. You can prepare it and you can heat it up just before the guest will arrive. Serve the ham pastry with salad and Cumberland Sauce.
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A Marble Cake is the traditional birthday cake in our family. The cake will baked in a bundt cake pan which has a hole in the middle. In the picture I decorated the cake with flowers. As a birthday cake we put a candle in the middle of the cake. I made this cake all