As promised, another Schichttorte – but this time with a twist on the traditional recipe. For those of you who watched last year’s Schichttorte episode on the Great British Bake-Off, you’ll remember people commenting on the dryness of the finished cake. After all the amount of grilling, that didn’t really come as a surprise – one…
This popular traybake is so wrong, and on so many levels, that it simply has to be right. It has everything you’d expect from a cake: it’s pretty, delicious and it contains every ingredient you’ve ever been warned about. And in double quantities. Its German name is ‘Waves of the Danube’, probably because of the beautiful…
It’s rhubarb season! When I saw Vasun’s delicious rhubarb and coconut crumble on Cupcakesncurries, I knew I had to get my first fix of the season! Little did I know that it would take 3 attempts to get the cake onto this post in one piece … The tartness and acidity of the rhubarb needs to…
I recently read an article about the effects of our Western love affair with quinoa, which claimed that our desperation to cut down on wheat has led to price increases in quinoa, practically making it impossible for Bolivian farmers to keep some of their produce for their own consumption. Although I really like quinoa – and wouldn’t…
I’m afraid that today’s Blogvent calendar is not as Christmassy as you might have hoped for, but December is not an easy time for my family, at least not for the adults, as all our birthdays bar one fall into this month. And Christmas, too. You will hopefully forgive me this rather uninspired idea of…
These gorgeous little stars have been part of our family Christmas for as long as I can remember. They are not easy to make as the dough is incredibly soft and sticky, but they are absolutely worth the effort: the earthy taste and coarse texture of the whole almonds is balanced out by the soft meringue,…
I have to admit, I would have missed the episode of the Great British Bake Off had it not been for my son, who excitedly called to tell me they were doing a German cake, and what ‘Schichttorte‘ was. I had no idea, so I did what every German baker worth their salt would have done in…
Last week I stumbled across Frau Dietz’ blog Eating Wiesbaden, where she describes her life as an British expat in Germany. I loved her introductions to various German delicacies, such as the cheesecake, in her list of top 4 German cakes. Having previously posted recipes for Sachertorte (Frau Dietz’ no. 3) and the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (no. 1),…
Germany has many different dialects, probably due to the fact that the country as such used to be a whole bunch of kingdoms, duchies and whatever else they could come up with, including free cities. Only with the formation of a German empire in 1871 did Germany, or Deutschland, as such come into existence, and the local rulers…
I have been looking forward to the plum season for weeks – we’ve had some damsons, which one of our neighbours kindly let us harvest, but nothing quite beats the rich juiciness of ripe plums. And what better to do with them than make a cake! The name of this very traditional traybake, Zwetschgendatschi, literally means…
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