There are trends, that are actually just the repetition of the repetition… Like this Basque Cheesecake aka. San Sebastian Cheesecake aka. Burnt Cheesecake. This thing has been around for ages, but somehow it popped up again just recently to end up on all the social media channels out there. I couldn’t resist baking this cheesecake myself, but at some point, I noticed that it looked very similar to something I already know for quite a while… ;)
My first “new” rhubarb recipe this year. I have to admit I’m a little behind when it comes to rhubarb. The small red stalks have been available here for quite some time already, but I didn’t start baking with them right away this year. Somehow I am not in the usual “baking mood” right now. Due to social distancing I have fewer people I can feed with my bakes so everything has gone down a bit ;) Well… but today it happened – I made a delicious Rhubarb Almond Cake and you can enjoy this one here right now… at least visually. If you want to taste it, you have to bake it yourself :P
It seems that banana bread is a trending topic right now. My recipe for banana bread with walnuts turned into one of my most clicked recipes on the blog in the last several weeks ;) Even news outlets start talking about banana bread now. Crazy. It became a trending lockdown topic. Well… banana bread has always been a favorite in our home and is made on a regular basis – not only because everybody else does it right now. A loaf of good old banana bread is simply delicious and almost always easy to prepare. Same for this (gluten-free) Coconut Banana Bread here (even if attributes like gluten-free, flourless, and sugar-free might suggest a more complicated recipe… that’s not the case).
I guess you have experienced something like that as well before… you see something and you want it – no matter what. In my case, I see something and I want to bake it. Love at first sight, but slightly different ;) That is exactly what happened with this delicious (Polka Dot) Poppy Seed Cheesecake. I saw it and I wanted (to bake) it. I am a person that loves to share, so come over and grab a slice… because you know – love is the only thing that becomes more when you share it. Aaaawwwww ;)
I am not that cheesy normally. Don’t worry ;) How do I manage the jump from “love” to this cake and to Ikea in the end? Well… it doesn’t matter. Ikea. That was the jump ;P
Easter is over – let’s get back to business ;) I hope you had a good time and you could spend some nice days with your family or friends – of course, only within the allowed limits and restrictions. Don’t forget those 6 feet distance at the dinner table ;) Easter was very quiet for us this year, but I was able to bake a few things… which none of them will end up on this blog here ;) This delicious (Keto) Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake here was made some time before Easter and did not survive until the weekend. Well… in case you still have problems organizing flour, you can try this cake here. No flour needed – almonds are used as a substitute here.
The US celebrates the “National Beer Day” today – that is enough reason to make something with beer, right?! ;) Here in Germany we actually celebrate the International Day of the Beer – but that is in August. Way too far in the future. I want some nice Guinness Cake with Sour Cream Glaze now!
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 ;)
