Blueberry Brownies
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?
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Marillenschlangerl – Austrian Apricot Cake
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A simple yeast dough, rolled out, deliciously filled, rolled up and cut in slices – these are our delicious pizza rolls.
Apple Cake without flour
This flourless apple cake is really moist. It will still taste delicious for the next 2 days!
Mohnkronen – Austrian Poppy Seed Crowns
We love these poppy seed crowns! A simple yeast dough with a poppy seed filling. Very tasty!
German Apple Pie
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I baked this rhubarb coconut “Gugelhupf” in the last rhubarb season. And now it has finally made it onto the blog.
Rhubarb Crumble Muffins
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
We love Salted Caramel, especially our homemade!It’s ready in 15 minutes and tastes just delicious!
Coffee Hazelnut Swiss Roll
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
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
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
We are really happy about our braided yeast curd plait. It is great for breakfast or afternoon tea.
Wild Garlic Feta Cheese Babka
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
Do you already have ideas for Easter? Here’s a little inspiration, simple little Easter bunnies.
Blood Orange Curd
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
This garlic cream soup is really creamy and it will keep you warm on the cold days.
Krapfen – Carnival Doughnuts
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
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
These Cherry Hand Pies are great as a little present, for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthday, or just so.
Garlic Knots
These garlic knots are soo fluffy, soft and simply delicious!
Apple Cake with Almond Crust
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
Had I known that homemade speculoos were so delicious and easy to make, I would have baked them much earlier.
Quick Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
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
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
Lets start the Christmas season with this filled gingerbread. We love filled gingerbread, very soft and moist.
Apple Walnut Gugelhupf
This Apple Walnut Gugelhupf is so moist and really delicious.
Banana Chocolate Cake
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
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
These brownie cookies are definitely something for all chocoholics, like me. 🙂Everything good about brownies is packed into a cookie.
Coconut Rhubarb Bar
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
These chocolate cookies are just perfect, a little soft on the inside and deliciously crispy on the outside.
Crumble Cake with Egg Liqueur
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
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
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
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
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
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
We like our homemade Gingerbread soo much. So I thought, why not Kipferl with gingerbread spice – Gingerbread Kipferl!
Schneekrapferl EN
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
These Lemon Crescent Cookies are just refreshing. They taste deliciously lemony and not too sweet.
Vanilla Crescent Cookies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This Poppyseed Custard Cake With Plums is a typical autumn cake for me, specially because of the plums.
Austrian Stewed Plums
Autumn is coming, in the evening the temperature is milder, daylight hours shorter and its time to harvest the fruits.
Coffee Chocolate Ice Cream
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I haven’t had this cake for a long time now, don’t ask why. 🙂 It’s quick to prepare and really delicious!
Easter Sheep Bread
This Easter lamb or Easter sheep (because it is so thick 🙂 ) is a speciality of ours around Easter time.
Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake
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
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
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
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
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
These Chocolate Pretzel are definitely one of our favourite biscuits this year. A crispy biscuit dipped in chocolate. Simple and so delicious!
Chocolate Peanut Fudge
These little chocolates bites are so incredibly delicious! They melt on your tongue, with the delicate taste of caramel and crunchy peanuts. What a dream, the Chocolate Peanut Fudge!
Coconut Macaroons
In Austria we call it translated Coconut Kiss, and it is actually available at many fairs in Austria. But even in the Advent season they wont be missing. Our Coconut Macaroons are fluffy and really delicious! Even Mr. Spicy likes them!! 😛 More Christmas recipes with coconut:Quick Chocolate Coconut MacaroonsCoconut BallsKokoskuppelnCoconut Chocolate BiscuitsCoconut Sticks Enjoy […]
Linz “Eye“ Cookies
These are probably one of the best-known Christmas cookies. The Linz “Eye” Cookies are cut out of a simple shortcrust pastry and filled with jam.
Chocolate Orange Crinkles
These Chocolate Orange Crinkles are definitely one of our favourite biscuits this year. They are nice chocolaty, soft and the orange aroma comes through, just perfect! Looks great on the cookie plate, really tasty! I love it!
Quark Stollen
Stollen is a sweet bread with raisins, candied orange and lemon peel, and almonds. We always have it in the Advent season and for Christmas. This quark stollen is very tasty and easy to make. It can be eaten immediately or can also be left to rest a week or two.
Hussar Biscuits
Hussar Biscuits are traditional Austrian Christmas cookies. They are easy to prepare and really tender and crumbly.
Austrian Poppy Seed Fingers
An Austrian speciality.We loved poppy seed fingers when we were little, we had them for lunch after a soup when we came home from school.I still love them and so do our kids!
Pear Brownies
Somehow I felt like I need chocolate. We also had ripe pears which should be used as soon as possible. And it has to be something quizy – quick and easy!!! So…
Plum Apple Jam
I did not want to deprive you of this jam. It really tastes very good. You can taste both the plum and the apple well. Tastes good on Scones! Enjoy!Maggi & Family
Salmon Quiche
„Is there anything I could take to the office for breakfast tomorrow?“ My husband was feeling like our kids, when they had to take something to school on special occasions.
Blackberry Curd
Lemon Curd is a long time on my to-do-list, but I did’nt get do it till now. Since I had some blackberries, I decided to make Blackberry Curd. The result is a very creamy, silky and smooth “spread”.It tastes fruity, slightly sour and not too sweet. And the great colour…..! This curd is really easy […]
Plum Crumble Cake
I had so many juicy plums here, so I decided to make a Crumble Cake with Plums. Because I had some egg liqueur left, I put it in the dough. This cake was very moist, fruity and because of the crumble also crunchy. Also ran an die Zwetschken und fertig los… Let’s plum!! Ready, steady….. […]
Summer Apricot Cake
We have had this apricot cake a few times now. I also made it for my sisters birthday.Delicious, fruity, fresh and crunchy with caramelized almonds.
Cherry Crumble Cake with Marzipan
We had lots of cherries this season, we made a crumble cake with cherries and marzipan, not to forget our cherry coconut jam.
Raspberry Chocolate Tart
When I saw the ripe raspberries in our garden, I knew I had to present them perfectly. 🙂Because we love berries and chocolate, so we combined them into a Raspberry Chocolate Tart.
Cherry Coconut Jam
Jam goes anytime! For breakfast at teatime – with bread, homemade baguette or scones, or for example in our easy jam bundt cake.
Strawberry Semolina Tart
We love semolina porridge and we also love strawberries. So I thought – let’s make a tart out of both. And that is the result! A Strawberry Semolina Tart!
Easy Jam Bundt Cake
Sometimes the simple things are best! That applies for this Easy Jam Bundt Cake.
Strawberry Dumplings
How nice the strawberry season is! We love the little red fruits! The strawberry fields are full and just waiting to be picked and nibbled. In Austria, we like to have sweet food for lunch, such as apricot dumplings, potato fingers or apfelschlangerl. The list could go on forever. 🙂Today we have strawberry dumplings.Main course […]
Strawberry Sour Cream Cake
Finally!! The strawberry season is open! There are a few strawberry fields in the region, where we go pick as much as we wish.Then we have our first Strawberry Sour Cream Cake.
Asparagus Salad
We love asparagus – specialy this asparagus salad!!!
Green asparagus wrapped in bacon
Asparagus must not always be “naked”. Here is a “dressed” alternativ. Quick and easy – Asparagus wrapped in bacon! 😉 Goes perfectly with wine or even beer, on an evening with friends or just “dinner for 2”! Enjoy cooking!Maggi & Family
Rhubarb crumble cake
The beauty of spring!It brings a lot of great things after the winter like wild garlic, rhubarb, asparagus, strawberries and many flowers, trees and bushes are blooming.So enjoy the time outside! 🙂
Wild garlic potato fingers
The wild garlic season is coming to an end. Since the season is short we try to make the best out of it. Wild garlic paste is the best way to conserve and use through out the year. Here is a German and Austrian speciality with wild garlic. The famous “Schupfnudeln” – wild garlic potato […]
Wild garlic cheese puffs
A little snack for in between! Wild garlic cheese puffs!! Cream puffs are normally sweet, but you should try out one of these. Delicious!!
Wild garlic tarte with tomatoes and mozzarella
The wild garlic season is very short, so we have to use it out.
Wild garlic paste
We have been looking forward… its here!! The wild garlic!!!
Beigl – a traditional Snack in the fasting period
Beigl is an Austrian speciality in the fasting season. Very much enjoyed by children as an afternoon “teatime” snack instead of something sweet.
Carnival Titbits
Another Austrian speciality the “Schürfi” aka “Polsterzipf” (Polster Zipf = cushion or pillow corner) We called it Carnival Titbits.
Choco Coco Delight
Fresh tasty Chocolate Coconut Delight. Easy to bake and always a hit. I got this chocolate base recipe from a colleague and couldn’t wait to try it out.
Napolitaine – Mauritian Treats
“Soft like cotton candy that melts-in-the-mouth!” thats what our daughter says, as she let one vanish away. Napolitaine are so heavenly!
Austrian Potato Fingers
Today we have a typical Austrian “Erdäpfelnudeln”. There is no englisch name known to me for this snack. That’s why I call them Austrian Potato Fingers. It used to be our midday fast food and since we were allowed to eat with our fingers it tasted 10 times so good. 🙂
Chocolate Kipferl
The baking of christmas cookies and biscuits in the Advent season is a tradition. So to say pre-christmas attunement, with christmas carols in the background mixed with the scent of typical christmas spices. New is this Chocolate Kipferl.
Walnut Apple Cake
I wanted to bake a walnut cake, before our tratitional chrismas cookie baking challange starts 🙂 . I added apples to make it more moist and tasty.
Poppy Seed Cake
I just love poppy seed cake – irresistible!This Poppy Seed Cake is moist and succulent. I got the recipe from a very good friend of mines! Thank you very much!!!
Apfelschlangerl – An Austrian Apple Cake
Apfelschlangerl – typical Austrian again – just like the Apricot Dumplings and Buchteln. Surprisingly this apple cake is not really known in Germany. In Bavaria they would call it apple strudel, but its not an apple strudel. The apple strudel is more a long drawn-out dough.
Buchteln
We are going through a so called golden October. Cold in the morning, sunshine and blue sky during the day. A weather for Buchteln. A typical austrian type of bun. Ovenbaked yeast dumplings filled with jam.
Poppy seed, plum strudel
It’s autumn, when you get up in the morning and it’s no more 22 degrees but 2. Brrrr…. Altho during the day the sun shines beautiful. The local fruits: apples, pears, plums and nuts are ready for harvest. So today we will do something with plums – a poppy seed plum strudel!
Strawberry Elderflower Cake
Strawberry season is nearly over. Let’s plug some and prepare a cake!
Elderflower Syrup
Pluck some elderflowers. I’ve made a elderflower syrup without using any kind of citrus fruit acid for maximum taste.
Berry Chocolate Cake
Wild strawberries – I love them!! Delicious!!
Rhubarb Sour Cream Cake
Spring is here! Its rhubarb time! As a kid we loved to wear the huge rhubarb leaf as a hat. Unfortunately we don’t have rhubarb in our garden, fortunately we have markets selling regional fruits and vegetables. Actually rhubarb is a vegetable, but it is mostly used in sweet dishes, or as juice, marmalade, jam […]
Homemade Baguette
Crunchy on the outside, soft inside. We love it.
Mango Kutcha
This is a fruity, spicy, slightly hot speciality from Mauritius. Delicious! Mmmhhh!! Just thinking about it, brings water in the mouth.
Garlic-Ginger Paste
We prepare our own garlic-ginger paste and store in the fridge for our daily use very practical. Peel and garlic and ginger in equally amount. Put in blender. Add salt and some oil and mix. If it doesn’t mix properly, add more oil. Put in a jar and store in fridge. If not used too […]
Gingerbread House
Merry Christmas and a happy new year! OUR GINGERBREAD HOUSE Maggi & Family
Winter Apple Cake
2 days to Christmas…. Children are so excited… What’s behind door 22?
Pumpkinseed Biscuits
3 days left! What’s behind door Number 21?
Garlic Scones
4 days left!!! Door Number 20!!
Olive Tomato Biscuits
Now that we had so much “sweets”… It’s now time for something “salty”… These biscuits go with wine and beer or just for nibbling. 🙂 My sis’s and bro’s would say “ti gajak”… 🙂Our children love them too. Also good for “in between”, picnics or snack for school. Enjoy baking!Maggi & Family
Peanut Swirl
What’s behind door number 18.
Beetroot Cookies
Today is the 3rd Advent. In a weeks time its Christmas! The children are of course very excited. What’s behind door number 17?
Poppy Seed Biscuits
Because I love poppy seeds so much, I adapted these Poppy Seed Biscuits from the large Poppy Seed Pastry (rolls) and made them into Christmas biscuits.
Hot Caipirinha
There’s a little warm-up for the weekend! Simply as an alternative to mulled wine (Glühwein) or punch. We bring the warmth of summer into our hearts: Hot Caipirinha
Choco Coco Cake
Are you curious to know what’s behind door number 14? Rüdiger? 🙂
Anise Treats
No big ado, quick and easy… lots of anise. This Anise Treats are the favorite of my father!
Gingerbread
This is the best Gingerbread ever!!For us it is a must to bake these gingerbread for christmas. Often it is the problem, that the gingerbread get hard. But not with this one. The dough has to be prepared and stored for two weeks before baking. You can also build a gingerbread house! More Christmas Cookie […]
Cat Tongue Biscuits
We have this Cat Tongue Biscuits since years for Christmas time. Delicious and easy to make. Some more biscuits:Christmas BeetlesLemon Crescent CookiesPoppy Seed BiscuitsLinz “Eye“ Cookies Enjoy baking!Maggi & Family Please do not hesitate to share your ideas with me!Suggestions and critics are welcome.Instagram: use #sweetandspicyde or @sweetandspicy.de, so I can see your creations.Thank you!
Chocolate Hazelnut Treats
These cookies melt on the tongue. A mix of chocolate and hazelnuts. Simply irresistible!
Kokoskuppeln EN
We love Kokoskuppeln. They are not known everywhere, but so delicious. It takes some time to prepare, but mmmmhhh … soo good.
Christmas Beetles
I call it Christmas Beetles, because for me they look like this. They stay soft because of the marzipan (almond paste). Delicious!
Coconut Chocolate Biscuits
Crispy biscuits with coconut and chocolate! These have been on our biscuit plate for a few years now! Our children also like to bake these coconut chocolate biscuits.
Chocolate Mandarin
What is behind door number 6? Let’s look!
Almond Treats
I also loved these Almond Treats as a child. We used to get a big tin full of biscuits from my aunt every year. And these were my favourite!
Crumble Biscuits
Crumble is mainly used on cakes and, of course, on crumbles. Here we have also put the crumble on Christmas biscuits. Our Crumble Biscuits.
Coconut Sticks
These Coconut Sticks are one of our favorite cookies. My aunt has baked them every year since I was a child.
Banana Walnut Cookies
These cookies are ideal to use a ripe banana. They taste really delicious, also for children.Not only at Christmas time.
Florentine Peanut Biscuits
Soon it will be that time again!!! Christmas is just around the corner. And to sweeten the Advent season, we usually have lots of biscuits. Now it’s the turn of the Florentine Peanut Biscuits!
Scones
Scones are typical english! They are eaten at tea time with double cream and a marmelade, black tea with a drop of milk. We have scones mostly on weekends for breakfast. Warm with butter melting… I love it with jam. Just delicious!!! My husband enjoys it with butter and cheese (preferably cheddar 🙂 ). […]
Chocolate and Coconut Chip Cookies
Hello everyone! Today we have Chocolate and Coconut Chip Cookies. I love chocolate. Who does not? 🙂 Like everyone else I try not to eat a lot of chocolates, but sometimes it has to be “chocolate”!! 🙂 If you open a bar of chocolate, you have to finish it… otherwise it might go […]
Tasty apple cake
You can get apple cake in every variation. Here is an easy and quick one. A quick prepared dough with spelt flour, fresh juicy apples and of course cinnamon. Brown sugar is for the hint of the caramel effect and the almonds to make it crunchy. Enjoy baking!Maggi & Family
Semolina flummery
We prefer to eat semolina flummery when the temperature falls, autumn and winter. Best with orange sauce, it somehow taste different. In summer preferably with fresh strawberry or raspberry sauce. Easy to prepare! Enjoy!! Maggi and Family Merken Merken Merken Merken Merken Merken Merken
Beet root Pull-apart bread
I wanted to try something else using beet roots. I once made beet roots buns and mayonnaise. So it’s now time for beet root pull-apart bread. A nice and strong color. First I made beet root purée and mixed it in the bread dough, let it rise and rolled it out. Spread melted butter, sprinkled […]
Homemade tomato ketchup
I always make this tomato ketchup in summer, when tomatoes are of abundance – from our garden or from the shop. Tomato ketchup tastes very good with grilled chicken or turkey. If the weather is bad, we would roast the chicken in the oven and tomato ketchup shouldn’t be missing. As bring along to BBQ […]
Our Asian pan
We don’t believe there’s a right or wrong way when it comes to cooking. It’s just a matter of taste. The ingredients should somehow fit. Here is our typical Asian pan, the way we cook it. Really delicious!!! The chinese vegetable Yu Choy, one of our preferred, which we get in litte […]
Gateaux piment / Mauritian Chilli Fritters
Gateaux piment or Gato pima (creol) In some countries it is bread and butter with jam, in Mauritius it is a hot crunchy baguette with butter and Gateaux piment. My husband is crazy about Gato pima. 🙂 You can buy them on almost every street corner, sizzling hot out of the pan. Much enjoyed […]
Cream horns
You will get cream horns on every fair, fancy fair in Austria, in all sizes and taste, with icing sugar, dipped in chocolate or chocolate and coconut flakes. My cousin sister started making cream horns, since then I can’t remember any party without them. Just the right size. Delicious!! Once you start eating them, you […]
Apricot dumplings
On her last visit my sister brought me a huge amount of apricots from Austria, to my joy! We had to use them soon, since they normally turn bad fast. Of course we started with eating some of them 🙂 . And the Kids had lots of fun throwing the seeds all over our garden.