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 […]
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 […]
My dear friend Mela sent me a recipe of her grandmother and a picture of herself (cute!) as an extra feature for this blog! I was so excited about the submission so I felt rather guilty for taking so long with the actualization of the blog post! Mela, I finally baked the terrace heart biscuits, so what do you think? I must say, they were fingerlicking good! The recipe (as seen above): 120g sugar […]
Another recipe from the famous Rose Bakery in Paris! For quite a while I have fancied Rose’s maple syrup scones. When my daughter and our friend Lenka felt like trying out some new recipes for a tea party I seized my opportunity and suggested the scones. Equipped with the BREAKFAST-LUNCH-TEA cookbook and all the necessary ingredients and tools, making scones for the first time went very smooth. Rose Carrarini doesn’t exaggerate saying that these scones smell like […]
A clafouti is a great summer cake. It has no crumbly, greasy “floor”, but is juicy and moist and fruity and still doesn’t fall apart. Julie, originally from France, to be precise la Bretagne, makes the best clafouti I have ever tried. Of course I had to get the recipe and her permission to pass it on to my dear readers! Julie’s clafouti 150g flour 4 eggs 80-100g sugar 80g melted butter 1/2l lukewarm milk […]
Always looking for tasty recipes without animal products I invented the sweet fruit pizza. The dough is basically a pizza dough, with the addition of 4 tablespoons of sugar. I also exchanged the water in the original recipe with vanilla soy milk. Eventually all you have to do is spread out the dough on a baking tray and cover it with seasonal fruits. In the last few months I have read plenty about the positive […]
One of my most loved cookbooks at the moment is Breakfast, Lunch, Tea from Rose Bakery in Paris. Rose Bakery offers a modern, simple and healthy cuisine, using first quality, organic ingredients from regional suppliers. Just what I’m trying to do here in my everyday kitchen for my family and friends. One of Rose’s recipes I tried out lately is the pistachio cake. I was looking for a nut cake, because I had some leftover […]
Had a cool morning with one of my best friends drinking café au lait, eating English Seed Cake and gossiping.
The recipe, adapted from my Tuscanian Cookbook by Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer: 200g bittersweet chocolate, chopped 200g butter 100g flour 200 g Sugar 5 – 6 eggs, depending on the size Preheat the oven to 180° and butter a 26cm baking form (or two smaller baking forms like in the picture). Melt the butter and the chocolate in a bain-marie (double boiler) stirring often until smooth. Set it aside to cool for 5 minutes. […]