In France, they got a seemingly endless supply of delicious sweet treats it seems. French Pâtisserie is an important part of French culture. One of my favorite sweet treats I am, unfortunately, not making often enough, is Paris Brest. Rings of choux pastry with a nutty, caramel cream filling. Soooo extremely (and dangerously) delicious! There’s no other way to say it… ;)
I am a big fan of anything sweet and salty combined. For example, peanut butter and jelly or salted caramel. With stuff like that you always make me happy. That’s why I got a delicious Salted Caramel Cake today. Simple cake layers with caramel buttercream in between and loads of sweet and salty stuff on top. Can you resist? ;P
For special days and celebrations, people like to have a cake on the table. Today is one of these special days, that deserves a cake. This small Rainbow Piñata Cake. Colorful, delicious, and also coming with a message. Today is May 17th and some may know or can guess what today is all about…
Mother’s Day is coming up soon again – as a good son or daughter you want to make this day special for your mom. Maybe even make her happy for once ;P A gift mothers often get on this day is flowers. I prefer baking something, to be honest. Something like this Pink (Red Velvet) Mother’s Day Cake. I did not make this one here for my mom (she lives far away), but I am pretty sure she would have liked it… even though it’s pink ;P
If you have guests over for an Easter breakfast, brunch, or a coffee in the afternoon there is normally a lot to do. You got to prepare food, decorate the place, hide eggs or small gifts, and in the end also make yourself presentable ;P In cases like that, it’s good to know how to save some time here and there. For example, instead of preparing several different desserts for your guests, you make some simple cupcakes. They can all look different and taste different but are all made with the same basic recipe. If you want to know how to do that, you should keep reading ;P
Do you like cupcakes? How about a delicious Walnut Chocolate Cupcake along with a cup of coffee? Sounds good, right?! We always have something baked in the house on the weekend – otherwise, the coffee breaks on the weekend would not be perfect ;) Some cookies would be fine as well, so you have something you can dip into the coffee, but if there are cupcakes… we choose the cupcakes, of course! ;P
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 ;)
