Easter without a cake – not possible in many families. If you get together for an Easter brunch or simply for a coffee date during the long Easter weekend you need cake. Right?! It’s essential for the whole shablam. This year I am probably baking again this delicious German Eierlikör Custard Streusel Cake. We’ve been baking this cake for many years already but the recipe never made it onto the blog… until now ;P
A few extra vitamins can never hurt in winter. Many people do this with an apple between meals or a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast, but I think a delicious Polenta Blood Orange Upside-Down Cake is much better for this purpose. You won’t have it on the table quite as quickly as a glass of orange juice, but it looks a lot better, doesn’t it? ;P
The name for these little sweet delights could cause some confusion I think. They are called »Spandauer«. Spandauer with Marzipan, Vanilla Custard and Raspberry Jam to be precise. The name Spandauer refers to a district in Berlin but these fellas are not German. Not at all. You could almost say »something is rotten in the state of Denmark« ;P
Advent is the time for Christmas cookies – it all starts on the first of December and ends whenever all the cookies are gone. If you bake a lot like me that can be in late January ;P Every family has their traditions, and everyone has their favorite Christmas cookies. The amount of cookies to choose from is pretty much endless. Today I’ve taken a traditional recipe for Spitzbuben and modified the cookies a little. You can call them Orange Funfetti Spitzbuben now. Not your traditional Christmas cookies I have to admit ;P
Brownies are a quite popular bake I’d say. Rich, sweet, and often very chocolaty. BUT they have to have a very specific consistency to be really perfect. You know what I mean – fudgy! The German language does not have a proper word for this I think… ;) We would probably describe it as moist and juicy… but that might bring up other pictures in someone’s head, right? ;P Anyway – these delicious Fudgy Biscuits Brownies are perfect. No matter how you describe them. Just take a look at the pictures and no more words are needed.
When you talk about »Buchteln« here in Berlin, you often get strange looks. It’s just not a common name for this type of bake here – it’s more frequently used in the south of Germany. In English, you would probably call these Apple Pie Buchteln something like Apple Pie Sweet Rolls with Streusels, I assume. Whatever you want to call them – these fluffy rolls are super delicious and quite easy to prepare (if you like to work with yeast dough) ;)
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;) 
