sweet delights

cake & fruit & more

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…

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ricotta cake with mashed berries

This cake is so simple and easy. You can use it again and again. It’ll go fine always … & anytime of the year. Depending on the seasons you can add some fresh fruit or some mixed-berry-sauce or some chocolate sauce or whatever to create your own special cake event. One approach is flavoring the cake with lemon or orange flavour & adding fresh fruit e. g. fresh berries. Okay – you won’t have fresh…

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rhubarb … & more!

A highlight: I found rhubarb in my trusted food store. The rhubarb season started w/ delicious fine delicate rhubarb stems – all red. (I admit I like this fresh young rhubarb & its brilliant red color!) So I spontaneously bought some rhubarb … & started thinking what to do with it. Of course the very 1st step is to cook the rhubarb & create some sort of rhubarb mess aka compote. After some roaming of…

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