When temperatures suddenly skyrocket up to 35° C I decided that we’ll need ice cream … to survive. I thought about a simple, fresh & refreshing ice cream, a no-churn type – easy to create … & because I don’t have an ice cream maker. That’s why I stocked up on lemons, organic lemons. The result was a refreshing lemon ice cream – my better half was delighted.
I bought a new baking tin. I laid my hands on a 20 x 20 cm form because there are mainly the 2 of us … Any larger baking tin is not convenient. (Even when having a dinner event this baking tin will produce enough cake for a dessert for 4 or even 6 people.) I’m not a hoarder concerning baking tins or any other cooking/baking equipment or any kitchen equipment in general. My kitchen…
How did it start? Last January on a Sunday morning before breakfast I looked for some jam. All I found was a single small jar filled w/ strawberry jam. My better half & I had run out of homemade jam – so early in the year. What to do? For the next weeks & months I bought jam in my trusted food store & I made plans for jam production later in the year. May…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. The heat wave: it’s merciless, intensifying, suffocating … After almost 2 weeks of heat I wasn’t in the mood for cooking or baking. Most of the time we has some light, fresh salad w/ fresh baguette, cold cuts, cheeses … When coming across these delicious red currants I suddenly had an inspiration: what about some really simple and fresh ice cream, homemade of course, topped w/ red currants. I…
It is a cheesecake, however, not the American style w/ cream cheese or the fluffy style w/ lots of whipped cream or the no-bake style w/ crackers – it’s a German cheesecake baked in the oven & based on low-fat curd cheese aka quark. In addition, it’s a cheesecake w/o cake i. e. there is only the filling! During the last weeks I noticed in the food blog universe some approaches to German cheesecake w/o…
I’m always looking for easy & fast dishes … also dishes which can be prepared w/o using too many pots & pans & other kitchen equipment which need to be cleaned excessively later. So I admired the easy way of galettes for rather a long time – & now I decided to give it a try. For my 1st approach I chose a very simple galette w/ few ingredients. It’s rhubarb season at the moment…
It’s an olive oil cake w/ orange flavor – the basic recipe from one of my favorite cookbooks. The recipe defines cake for 2 rather small round cake pans – I used a larger springform. I made some rough calculation & decided that the area covered by 2 small cake pans or by a larger springform – like mine – was almost the same. So there were no changes necessary due to the dimension of…
Key Lime Ice cream – remember Key Lime Pie: it’s a perfect dessert taking almost no time – only patience until it’s frozen. The main flavor agent are these organic limes. I had 4 of them. (At 1st I pondered about the quantity – should I go for 6 limes? More about this later.) I don’t have an ice cream maker – so it’s always no-churn ice cream. Let’s start!
To begin with: a banana bread isn’t bread, it’s cake. At the end you get a juicy, soft cake w/ chocolate flavor & a hint of vanilla. (Ok – this time I didn’t add any more spices like cinnamon or so, nor did I shatter any nuts, nor did I think of any additional fruit or vegetables … to make all just a bit more fancy!) Years ago – at least it appears to me…
I like coffeecake: a nice espresso & a slice of cake – and the afternoon break (maybe also the mid-morning break) is fine & afterwards I’m full of energy for the rest of the working hours. I like especially these simple loaf cakes; it doesn’t matter if there is an icing or not. Maybe w/ some fruit inside or some chocolate chips or some whatever. Why is it so difficult to bake a simple loaf…
I’m obsessed w/ loaf cakes – always looking for new ideas & the best recipes. I like a slice of loaf cake next to my espresso cup in the afternoon or as dessert after lunch or dinner or accompanying my espresso nightcap … I think you get it. Best is a loaf cake with some sort of icing keeping your cake moist – that’s the reason behind, however … it’s really hard to resist to…
I couldn’t resist to try another ice cream: mashed strawberry & raspberry in a yoghurt mix … It’s perfect: easy to make, full of fruity summer flavors, creamy … & you don’t need an ice cream maker! Recently I made some ice cream w/ strawberries & chocolate – a real rich (!) ice cream. Now I approach another ice cream with strawberries – and some raspberries in a light yoghurt mix.
We are on the Italian road again … you know: Omnes viae Romam ducunt! (So now you know that I learnt some Latin at school … in the spirit of my food blog it’s simply: go to Rome resp. Italy & you’ll learn about the best desserts ever!) Tiramisu: Imagine a (big!) rectangular casserole filled w/ ladyfingers soaked w/ espresso & fine liquor, covered w/ mascarpone cream finished by a thick layer of cocoa. You may…
We are mid of rhubarb season & it’s time for me to add some new rhubarb dessert experience. I thought of some combination of baked rhubarb w/ lots of thickened rhubarb juice & some light cake … The dessert is also known as cobbler in the English hemisphere. In general it’s a thick layer of fresh fruit covered by a thin layer of batter processed in the oven until all is done & bubbling. It’s…
Spring is in the air … w/ sunny days and even warm evenings … so ice cream making is obviously required! Unfortunately no ice cream maker is sitting somewhere in my kitchen eager to produce ice cream … Therefore I’ve to stay w/ my approach for “no churn ice cream“ (which works very well!). Which ice cream … Quite easy: I was entrapped by these totally ripe & bright red strawberries … So I relied…