Blueberry Brownies

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Our little one loves blueberries so much, and since we had some at home, I wanted to bake something with blueberries. So, why not blueberry brownies?

Marillenschlangerl – Austrian Apricot Cake

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Maybe you already know my Apfelschlangerl – An Austrian Apple Cake, a time-honoured family recipe that is baked several times a year.I used this as inspiration for my Marillenschlangerl – Austrian Apricot Cake. And they turned out simply heavenly.

Strawberry Poke Cake

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Our Strawberry Poke Cake consists of a simple sponge cake, with strawberry pudding filled holes, covered with whip cream and decorated with slices of fresh strawbwerries in it.

Strawberry Treats

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We find these strawberry treats really delicious! A simple light base, a spread of strawberry cream with curd and yogurt, and a fruity strawberry mirror on top.

Rhubarb Clafoutis

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Clafoutis is one of the fastest cakes to bake I know! And you do not even need a mixer, you just stir it together with a whisk. You can bake the Clafoutis with different fruits. This time we have a rhubarb clafoutis!

Rhubarb Walnut Cake

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The rhubarb walnut cake turned out really delicious! The nuts and the rhubarb tart go really well together and, this cake is really moist!

Donauwelle – a typical German sheet cake

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I don’t know the proper translation for Donauwelle. Danube waves? No!!It’s a light and dark cake batter, with cherries, baked on a baking tray and normally topped with a vanilla butter cream and a chocolate glaze, with a wave pattern in it. This recipe is not made with butter cream, but with curd cream, a […]

Simple Breakfast Croissants

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I named them breakfast croissants, because we always have them for breakfast. The scent of the croissants spreads throughout the house as they bake. And fresh on the plate, simply irresistible!

Topfenknödel – Austrian Curd Dumplings

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Topfenknödel (Curd Dumplings) are a typical Austrian pastry that we love to eat. These dumplings are made of a mixture with curd cheese and rolled in toasted breadcrumbs. We like it best with strawberry sauce. But the dumplings also taste very delicious with plum roaster or apricot roaster!

Poppy Seed Curd Sticks

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I baked these poppy seed curd sticks when we had a visit from a dear friend. She loves poppy seeds and also likes curd very much. So this creation came to “life”! By the way, she was the one, who gave me the recipe for our popular poppy seed cake!

Pizza Rolls

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A simple yeast dough, rolled out, deliciously filled, rolled up and cut in slices – these are our delicious pizza rolls.

Apple Cake without flour

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This flourless apple cake is really moist. It will still taste delicious for the next 2 days!

Mohnkronen – Austrian Poppy Seed Crowns

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We love these poppy seed crowns! A simple yeast dough with a poppy seed filling. Very tasty!

German Apple Pie

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The German apple pie is a classic cake for the coffee table. Consisting of a simple shortcrust pastry and a pre-steamed apple filling, the delight of many people. 🙂

Chocolate in a bottle Dessert EN

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The Chocolate in a bottle Dessert, is a very special cake, perfect for any special occasions – Christmas, New Year’s Eve, a jubilee or a wedding anniversary!

Speculoos Apple Tart

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A Christmas tart that goes perfectly with Advent and Christmas! Light, fruity and the aroma of spices!!! Our Speculoos Apple Tart is highly recommended!

Beetroot Chocolate Babka

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For all those who like to hide vegetables in a cake! 🙂A fluffy yeast dough with a beetroot puree, with a chocolate-cocoa filling. Rolled up, cut in half, twisted into each other and in the loaf tin. It makes a great picture, the delicious, Beetroot Chocolate Babka!

Potato Bread

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We find this potato bread so great! It’s soft, fluffy and really easy to make. It does take a little time, but that’s what makes this bread so delicious!

Banana Cupcakes

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The muffin is made from the same batter as our Banana Chocolate Cake , which you can also bake in a loaf tin if you have ripe bananas. It is filled with a banana custard and topped with a delicious banana mascarpone cream. Here we are… Banana Cupcakes!!!Mmmmhhh my mouth is watering just thinking about […]

The best Burger Buns

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I have baked these burger buns countless times and they are awesome every time!Super soft and so delicious!!! For us, these are much, much more better, as the ones bought in a store.

Apple Cinnamon Bread

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Actually, this apple cinnamon bread has nothing to do with a bread for me, but because it is baked in the loaf tin and I can differentiate it from my apple cakes better, I named it like that.

Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake

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This is a pretty quick and easy cake that tastes really deliciously chocolatey. This chocolate buttermilk sheet cake is based on a simple sponge with cocoa powder and lots of buttermilk. After baking, add a layer of chocolate and a few sprinkles. Leave to cool and it is ready to eat.

Linzer Sheet Cake

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The Linzer Sheet Cake – an Austrian speciality – is really delicious, easy to make and best of all, they keep for up to 2 weeks (if they survive that :-)).

Autumn Fruit Crumble

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I made this crumble because I had various fruits to use up.The apples are falling from the tree, peaches and plums from my mum in Austria and a few raspberries and blackberries were still waiting to be plucked.So, the best idea is? An Autumn Fruit Crumble, of course!

Plum Vanilla Cake with Crumble

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I baked this cake for a very dear friend for her birthday, nothing extravagant, just this fruity, tasty, Plum Vanilla Cake with Crumble.

Peach Galette

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This peach galette is really very delicious! We baked it several times in a row, just because it tastes so good. Besides, it is really quick to prepare.

Apricot Pie

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Every year I look forward to the fresh apricot season, to make delicious apricot dumplings. A simple recipe with simple ingredients and terrific result, delicious.

Curd Cheese Turnovers

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In Austria and as far as I know, also in Germany , you can get Curd Cheese Turnovers (Quarktaschen) at just about any bakery. We like to eat them a lot.

Rhubarb Coconut Bundt Cake

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I baked this rhubarb coconut “Gugelhupf” in the last rhubarb season. And now it has finally made it onto the blog.

Rhubarb Crumble Muffins

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It is finally rhubarb season! 🙂 We really like this sour vegetables, we hid rhubarb peaces in the muffin and sprinkles it with crumble to make it a bit crispy.

Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce

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We love Salted Caramel, especially our homemade!It’s ready in 15 minutes and tastes just delicious!

Coffee Hazelnut Swiss Roll

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I really wanted to do something using coffee again, since I still had hazelnuts left, and to keep it simple, this Coffee Hazelnut Swiss Roll was the result. 🙂

Wild Garlic, Potato and Bacon Rolls

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Before this years wild garlic season comes to an end, I have a recipe for you. We have classical wild garlic, potato and bacon rolls.

Egg White Cake

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Egg white cake, is in my opinion, the best cake for using up egg whites. I’ve tried a few recipes before, but they were often just too dry. That is absolutely not the case with this cake.

Braided Yeast Curd Plait

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We are really happy about our braided yeast curd plait. It is great for breakfast or afternoon tea.

Wild Garlic Feta Cheese Babka

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The wild garlic season has started. As a must, there is always a wild garlic cream soup, then many other dishes, refined with this delicious herb. I always like to come up with new recipes and this time it was a wild garlic feta cheese babka.

Easter Bunnies

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Do you already have ideas for Easter? Here’s a little inspiration, simple little Easter bunnies.

Blood Orange Curd

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Besides the well-known lemon curd, there are several other variations that you can make. I have already posted the recipe for blackberry curd and now it is time for a fruity blood orange curd.

Garlic Cream Soup

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This garlic cream soup is really creamy and it will keep you warm on the cold days.

Krapfen – Carnival Doughnuts

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Once a year we have these homemade carnival doughnuts (Krapfen). When we were kids, our aunt always came to our parent’s house to make Krapfen. In Austria we call them, Carnival Krapfen, in Bayern, simply Krapfen, in some German states, they are known as Berliner, or Berliner “Pancakes”?!…. 🙂

Chocolate Orange Number Cake

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My elder son wanted something chocolaty for his birthday, and since he loves to eat oranges, I decided to make this Chocolate Orange Number Cake.

Cherry Hand Pies

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These Cherry Hand Pies are great as a little present, for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthday, or just so.

Apple Cake with Almond Crust

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I love all kinds of apple cake. This apple cake with almond crust is especially delicious because of the almond crust, which harmonises perfectly with the delicately tart, sweet apples.

Speculoos

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Had I known that homemade speculoos were so delicious and easy to make, I would have baked them much earlier.

Quick Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

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These chocolate coconut macaroons are probably the fastest cookies I have ever baked. 🙂 And they are really soft and tasty. I formed them using an ice cream scoop (small to medium size), it went really quickly. It would also work with two spoons. More cookies with coconut:Coconut MacaroonsCoconut BallsKokoskuppelnCoconut Chocolate BiscuitsCoconut SticksChocolate and Coconut […]

Linzer Streifen – Austrian (Christmas) Cookies

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The Linzer Streifen is a typical Austrian cookie derived from the Linzer Torte.A delicious nut shortcrust, spread with red currant jam, laid with strips of pastry.

Filled Gingerbread

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Lets start the Christmas season with this filled gingerbread. We love filled gingerbread, very soft and moist.

Banana Chocolate Cake

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Soft, moist, chocolaty,… Simply delicious and the great thing about it: you don’t even need an electric mixer to make this Banana Chocolate Cake.

Gingerbread Cookies

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These are the gingerbread cookies I bake when it’s actually too early for Christmas baking, but I want to get in the mood 😉

The Best Brownie Cookies

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These brownie cookies are definitely something for all chocoholics, like me. 🙂Everything good about brownies is packed into a cookie.

Coconut Rhubarb Bar

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I thought that coconut and rhubarb would go really well together. So I simply mixed rhubarb with coconut flakes and tadaaa… the coconut rhubarb bar was born. 🙂

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

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This strawberry rhubarb pie is next to the apple pie, one of the most delicious pie I know! 😛 The sweet and fruity strawberry harmonizes particularly well with the slightly sour rhubarb. And then with the delicious pie crust…. Heaven!!!!

Rhubarb Cheesecake Brownies

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I was really in the mood for chocolate and something fruity. Since the rhubarb season is in full swing, I decided to bake Rhubarb Cheesecake Brownies.

Marble Cake

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There are many Marble Cake recipes. Everyone has his or her own recipe or is looking for a very special one.

Rhubarb Cake with Vanilla Sourcream Gush

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Now that you can find the red stalks everywhere, of course you have to bake a cake with rhubarb 😉 This one has no crumbles and no meringue as you might often see, but a nice refreshing vanilla sour cream gush.

Moist Chocolate Sheet Cake

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This chocolate sheet cake is one of the first cakes I made on my own as a child. It always turned out great and tasted really delicious!

Wild Garlic Pide Bread

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Before the wild garlic season is over, here is a Wild Garlic Pide Bread.It is really fluffy, very soft and the wild garlic does not only give this great color, but also a fine spicy flavor.

Lambada Delights

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This Lambada delights has a taste of childhood for me. We had this at almost every family reunion, everyone loves it, and it’s also pretty quick to prepare. My kids also associate this cake with the big family reunions in Austria. 🙂

Classic Chocolate Cookies

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These chocolate cookies are just perfect, a little soft on the inside and deliciously crispy on the outside.

Crumble Cake with Egg Liqueur

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This cake is made out of a simple shortcrust pastry and lots and lots of crumble. Inside is a thin layer of custard with egg liqueur.

Egg Liqueur Tiramisu Cake

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I wanted to bake a beautiful cake, like a ‘Wow’ cake! Since it will soon be easter, I thought why not an Egg Liqueur Cake, and to make it like even more ‘interesting’, why not pack tiramisu with it. The result was a wonderful Egg Liqueur Tiramisu Cake.

Oatmeal Cookies with Nuts

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Crunchy, nutty and a little bit chocolaty!!! We find these Oatmeal Cookies really delicious! Just nice to nibble or maybe even for breakfast? These cookies remind me of a crunchy cereal. 🙂

Red Wine Cake with Cherries

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This simple red wine cake with cherries tastes especially delicious in the colder season.Although it was really spring-like the last few days, it still tasted really good.

Semolina Dumpling with Plum Roaster

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These semolina dumplings are fluffy, soft and sooo delicious! We love these dumplings. Can be served after a soup for lunch, or as dessert in the evening.

Brioche Croissant with Poppyseed Apple Filling

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These are the best brioche croissants.They are really soft and fluffy, filled with a poppyseed-apple filling. But there is no limit. You can also fill them with a nut filling or Nutella.

Gingerbread Kipferl

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We like our homemade Gingerbread soo much. So I thought, why not Kipferl with gingerbread spice – Gingerbread Kipferl!

Schneekrapferl EN

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I baked these Schneekrapferl (I don’t know any English name for these cookies) for the first time this year and I am thrilled. They are really delicious. I had to bake them a second time because the first ones were eaten right away.

Lemon Crescent Cookies

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These Lemon Crescent Cookies are just refreshing. They taste deliciously lemony and not too sweet.

Vanilla Crescent Cookies

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There are a lot of Vanilla Crescent Cookies recipes. Everyone has his or her own favourite recipe or family recipe. I just wanted to share mines as well. 🙂

Hazelnut Apple Cake

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This Hazelnut Apple Cake tastes really nutty, fruity, moist with a slight scent of Christmas from the gingerbread spice.

Pumpkin Bars with Frosting and Brittle

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Pumpkin bars are as far as I know, more popular in America and England. They are usually baked in autumn and winter, in the pumpkin season.

Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies

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These cookies are made with pumpkin puree and chocolate chunks. Ideal for a nibble in-between or as a bring-along to a party in autumn.

Cinnamon Roll Apple Cake

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This time I thought of an apple cake that is a little different. I wanted to use a yeast dough and I came up with cinnamon rolls as the base.

Pumpkin Chocolate Babka

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Autumn is already in full swing. The pumpkins are heaped on the roadside for sale, chestnuts are falling from the trees and the leaves are changing color.And that’s where this Pumpkin Chocolate Babka fits in perfectly!

Best Apple Pie

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It is now time to go English, the American art.I have baked this Apple Pie really often now, it is just delicious and so juicy.

Plum Sorbet

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For me, plums anounces the fall. When you have fresh plums, they have to be used quickly. So I made a Plum Sorbet.A sorbet is usually poured over with sparkling wine and eaten before the main course in a menu. The mixture of plums with sparkling wine is said to stimulate digestion and reduce the […]

Blackberry Crumble Cake

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This Blackberry Crumble Cake is crispy on the outside and fruity and soft on the inside. It is really a great combination, in my opinion.

Poppyseed Custard Cake With Plums

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This Poppyseed Custard Cake With Plums is a typical autumn cake for me, specially because of the plums.

Austrian Stewed Plums

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Autumn is coming, in the evening the temperature is milder, daylight hours shorter and its time to harvest the fruits.

Coffee Chocolate Ice Cream

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This is a very creamy, really tasty ice cream that is not made using an ice cream machine. The taste and creaminess can definitely compete with the ice cream you buy. I find it even better. Especially now when the temperature rises, quick and easy.

Grießschmarrn – An Austrian Sweet Semolina Treat

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The Grießschmarrn is a typical Austrian sweet dish made of semolina. We have it mostly for lunch, one of my childhood memories. Tastes really delicious.

Simple Strawberry Cake

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I wanted to make a simple strawberry cake without a lot of frills, but with lots of strawberries. And this is what I got.

Poppy Seed Strudel

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This poppy seed strudel is not the classical baked yeast dough, it’s a short pastry with sour cream.So it’s perfect if you don’t have yeast.

Strawberry Rhubarb Tart

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We love strawberries, mixed with rhubarb it makes a great combination. The sweetness and fruitiness of the strawberries and the slight acidity of the rhubarb harmonize perfectly.

Vindaye Poison – Fish Vindaye

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Mauritius is known for its mixed exotic dishes. A mixture of Indian, Asian, Arabic and Creole cuisine. Finally a speciality from Mauritius for you. 🙂 Vindaye Poison is usually eaten cold with baguette. It is a kind of preserving the fish with spices: turmeric, mustard seeds, chilli, garlic, onion and vinegar. Will preserve in the […]

Strawberry Swiss Roll

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It’s great, the strawberry season has begun! We love strawberries!!! Picked fresh from the field, of course, they taste best. Even hidden in that swiss roll, strawberries are the best!

Engadine Walnut Cake

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The Engadine Walnut Cake is made of short pastry filled caramelized walnuts.It has become very popular, far beyond the borders of switzerland.

Mohnzelten – An Austrian Speciality With Poppy Seed

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Does Mohnzelten say anything to you? 🙂 Mohnzelten is a speciality of the Waldviertler region in the state of Lower Austria. Just potato dough with a poppy seed filling. As I always say, simple but really delicious! 🙂

Chocolate Hot Cross Buns

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Hot Cross Buns are originally from England and is part of the Easter tradition, Good Friday, actually.Was originally baked with raisins, dried fruits and spices. Is also an Easter tradition in many other English speaking countries. In some places you can even get Hot Cross Buns all year round and in many different flavours. We […]

Walnut Treats

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Since we still had some walnuts left from my parents garden, why not make some Walnut Treats?Believe me, they are really good! Simple, moist, and they’ll keep for a few days and in the freezer even longer.

Tyrolean Nut Cake

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I haven’t had this cake for a long time now, don’t ask why. 🙂 It’s quick to prepare and really delicious!

Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake

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In winter we love to eat oranges. For breakfast, freshly squeezed orange juice, in the afternoon just like that. And once in a while the oranges also hop into a cake, like in this one. 🙂

Poppy Seed Tart

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I love this poppy seed tarte!!It consists of a fine yoghurt base with a great layer of poppies on top. As topping we have the tasty meringue spots. Simply heavenly!

Apple Cinnamon Treats

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This Apple Cinnamon Treat is fruity, light, not too sweet and really delicious! It goes just as well with a festive coffee table as with a casual coffee klatch with friends. Big and small alike, like this great cake.

Rum Cut Cookies

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These Rum Cut Cookies are a good change on the cookie plate. They are soft, nutty and of course with a dash of rum. Perfect to a good cup of tea.

Coconut Balls

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These coconut balls are really juicy. Of course there is a full load of coconut in it. 🙂 It is also a good idea as a gift. They are super quick and easy to prepare, without baking or cooking…

Chocolate Pretzel

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These Chocolate Pretzel are definitely one of our favourite biscuits this year. A crispy biscuit dipped in chocolate. Simple and so delicious!