this cake is linked to so many wonderful childhood memories… my “aunt” tante used to make it for me, because i loved it so. the fruity, juicy apricots are probably not in season just yet - but in case of an imminent craving, frozen fruit works just as well. bout of nostalgia guaranteed!
Category: Sweet
Chocolate Dipped Almond Brittle
i’m officially a short haired (concerning me, anyway) girl! i thought i might as well step out of my comfort zone a little bit and - chop, chop - now i’m a bit blonder and a lot of hair lighter. for what feels like an eternity, i haven’t had a proper new ‘do on my...
Sticky Date Cake with Toffee Sauce & Thank Yous
one of the first food blogs i’ve ever read, years back (probably almost a decade by now?) was heidi swansons (by now classic) blog “101 cookbooks”. i still remember how i felt humbled, awed and like something “clicked” when i found it. i felt oddly connected to heidi, who, in my eyes, was a hero...
Brown Butter Choc Chip Cookies
i’m still - and might be forever so - on the hunt for the perfect cookie. one that’s slightly chewy and soft, not too sweet, not too thin, with a nice, buttery flavor. i’m still not sure if the lack of the perfect home made cookie in my life is due to my lack in...
Oat Lace Cookies & Maca Almond Milk Hot Chocolate
today, it’s healthy desserts day again. because i’m knee-deep into this very interesting and fun project, where i get to research - and cook up - what feels like a hundred healthy dishes. ask me anything about superfoods - chances are, i’ll come up with a wikipedia-worthy reply in a whiff! still lazy as fuck...
Vanilla Dream Cake
at sprüngli, the local confiseur, one of my favorite products is a vanilla bean coated truffle. it’s not a vanilla yellow, but a vanilla black, so much vanilla is incorporated into it. so much so, that i inofficially dubbed it “the vanilla bomb”. strangely, they’re a seasonal produce though, so i am not able to...
Lavender French Toast
my temporarily - and now repaired, i.e. brand new - broken oven almost resulted in an oven-gate. needless to say, i knew how to ship around it. being the creative me, i dreamed up an awfully - or exquisitely - french dessert (that passes as breakfast, too). because all good things are somehow, eventually french....
Cherry Cardamom Pavlova
pavlova! i don’t think this ever gets boring. clouds of meringues, tart, boozy cherries on top, hints of cardamom… what’s not to like? in other words: i’m really into pavlova. i mean i wish i could be one. no! i really mean: i just really like pavlova. full stop. and i can’t wait for spring...
Kaiser-Schmarrn with Apple Sauce
the odds are: i really like kaiserschmarrn, and i’ve praised its perks - i.e. comforting, sugary, sweet and basically everything you want from something to eat - at least once (though in my mind, it’s been far many times than that, really). and for those of you who have no idea what kaiserschmarrn is, here’s...
Black Forest Trifle
i love baking cakes. which i do, of course, to obtain something: a good result, a pretty to look at (ideally) and yummy cake. both, equally. well, for this cake, what i wanted to obtain was a black forest layer cake, with three layers of lush chocolate cake and mascarpone cream, röteli (a swiss cherry...