On the spur of the moment I decided to create a plum galette – after having watched all the plum cakes appearing in the food blog universe last week. It’s a simple affair: you’ll need not more than an hour to prepare this juicy delicacy. If still warm it’s absolutely soft and crumbly calling for some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream … Next day after a night in the fridge the galette is crispy…
Jam production … I’m in for creating small batches of jam. Starting w/ about 1000 g fruit and 500 g preserving sugar (2:1 method – it’s more fruit than sugar …) I get about 5 jam jars of 250 g or 4 jam jars of 340 g – and a little more for instantaneous delight. Concerning the jars I always use jam jars once filled with ready-to-eat jam I bought in my trusted food store.…
It’s autumn now & it’s pumpkin time. So I started working with my favorite pumpkin – the Hokkaido pumpkin. I like this pumpkin very much because of its size which fits for 2-4 servings, its delicate flavor and the easy way of preparation because you don’t need any peeling – all will get soft at the end. This is a basic recipe – so it’s a very short post. I started with cleaning the pumpkin…
I remember my very 1st true carrot cake: it was during a USA holiday trip many years ago somewhere in Northern California in a small diner – rather late in the evening – when it turned out that only carrot cake was left for dessert. It wasn’t a simple cake it was a 3-layer structure w/ lots of frosting & minced walnuts … it was just delicious! To set the record straight from the beginning:This…
Since Xmas I have a new toy: a new baking tin. It’s a classic one concerning the size, however, there is no non-stick coating. So I studied the instruction & decided to work exactly as recommended – meaning to use butter generously for the baking tin & finish w/ flour. (To prevent becoming this last step a mess I worked over my sink when adding the flour, shaking the baking tin & turning it upside…
We are still approaching Xmas – the ultimate time of the year for baking! It happened that I suddenly on an afternoon thought about baking … some cake? So I checked my kitchen, the pantry, the fridge … Fortunately I’ve always got some supplies on flour, sugar, eggs & all the trimmings of baking like baking powder, vanilla extract etc. Aside from that …Some days ago I got a glass jar w/ mixed spice from…