Kuchen, Torten, Kleingebäck
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 – 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
Last week my brother came back home from a bicycle ride, he had a coffee in a cone during a break. He was so impressed and bagged me to make a plan somehow to cup his beloved espresso in a cone or else. I wasn’t happy with a cone as you cannot put it down.
The Bakery Project – Diary – 06 This week my niece celebrated her 7th birthday. She invited lots of little girls. It was a real challenge to bring them to her home after school. Several cars had to be organized. The birthday party was focused on horses, she loves them. In my last post I
A Gugelhupf is a typical yeast cake from the French Alsace region. I got the recipe from my mother. She brought it back from a hiking trip in Alsace; where the people like to enjoy it with a glass of white wine in the evening. My kids loved it after school for tea. This year
The Bakery Project – Diary – 05 I have never heard of “Lamingtons” before. When I was told about them the first time I had to think of the animals “Lemminge”. But far from that: “Lamingtons” are a pastry covered with chocolate and coconut. I saw them the first time in the Black Forest Bakery;
The Bakery Project – Diary – 04 Cheesecake is another speciality of the Black Forest Bakery. Last week I had the oppurtunity to help with the cheesecakes and I learned something new I was impressed of. On a prebaked shortbread base I had to spread a thin layer of apricot jam. On top a
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