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from Sarabeth’s Bakery: Expresso Cake

27. February 2013
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Cakes + Cookies

AUGURI  to all those who celebrate their birthday today!!  My kisses and wishes fly to Florence! Sarabeth’s Expresso Cake makes for  a true birthday cake: the batter tolerates the fanciest baking moulds, it’s moist and smooth. With its subtle coffee flavour the cake is perfect for the birthday breakfast. Expresso Cake ( from the book Sarabeth’s Bakery) butter for the pan 1 cup hot brewed coffee 3 tablespoons instant coffee, preferably expresso 3 cups flour […]

100 ayurvedic cookies

26. February 2013
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Cakes + Cookies / Snacks / Sweets

My dear readers, this is not a joke, I really mean one hundred cookies!   Antje passed by and brought me a nice little paper bag filled with some super healthy cookies. When I later asked her for the recipe, she sent me the below: Ayurvedic cookies 18 cups oat flakes 3 cups sunflower seeds 3 cups raisins (soaked in warm water, strained) 3 ts salt 6 ts cinnamon 3/4 ts clove powder 3/4 ts […]

big snow, 3 boars and a simple beetroot salad

23. February 2013
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Salads

I had a flu. Runny nose, sore throat, cough and fever. So instead of throwing myself into the planned spring detox and sports  in the (supposed) sunshine I’m spending my days lazily on the sofa, recovering, drinking hot English tea and trying to motivate myself to breathe the snowy air outside my warm cocoon not only for shovelling snow. Snowboots and ski pants on, camera hidden under the parka I bravely headed  into the forest. […]

weekend links

10. February 2013
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I’m sure you’ll like these seteditions. On her blog foodiecrush Heidi shares 10 favourite lemon recipes + some irresistible Fettucine with lemon. They definitely needed a bookmark! On  Eat this poem – a collection of recipes inspired by poetry- I found 10 amazing tips for blogging with soul. The pictures posted by Windermere Lake House  make me travel in my dreams to beautiful Lake District.    

Käsekuchen (German Cheesecake)

25. January 2013
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Cakes + Cookies

A good cheesecake is the pride of every German housewife and apart from the famous NewYork Cheesecake (which is made of cream cheese instead of fromage frais) it seems to be a signature cake of Germany. The recipe in the cookbook requests 7 (SEVEN!?!) eggs for the filling. “No no no, that can’t be true” I thought to myself, numbers and exclamation marks filling my head. The perfect cheesecake, one that satisfies the tastebuds and […]

Red cabbage with figs and chestnuts

20. January 2013
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Dinner / Lunch

      Following my intuition rather than a recipe I broke my red cabbage routine. The original recipe contains apples and onions which gave the distinct savoury-sweet flavour. This time I used dry golden figs and cooked chestnuts to add sweetness and body. I was happy to find that the cabbage was no longer merely a side dish but had been transformed into a filling meal. Red Cabbage with Figs and Chestnuts 2 tbs […]

Midnight Milk Punch – Lenka’s suggestion from Paris

31. December 2012
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Hi Lenka, thank you so much for your suggestion! Your Midnight Milk Punch reminded me of the legendary Eggnog, Cary Grant offered so adorably in “The Awful Truth”. Only that in all the years I tried to serve the Eggnog all my guests denied in favour of some more transparent liquids. But you won’t believe it: just mentioning your name  (so much cooler than Cary Grant!), everybody has been keen to try it. Big hugs […]