Spring is officially here and also not – somehow the weather can not quite decide whether it should now be cold and wet or sunny. Well… that’s April I guess. At least here in Germany ;) Whenever the sun is not coming out it’s a good idea to get something “sunny” on the table. A delicious Buttermilk Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Curd, for example. The colors alone say spring and sunny, right?! ;)
Germany’s holiday lockdown is supposed to last until next week – let’s hope that’s the end of it and we can slowly go back to a more normal life. Probably not gonna happen if you look at the numbers, but some can hope, right? Well… lockdown means more people are cooking and baking – which leads more people to food blogs. At least that is something good (for me) ;) No – honestly – people finally spend some more time in the kitchen preparing meals and bake bread or cake instead of just ordering food. I think that is something good. People should bake more. Much more. Even more banana bread (with cream cheese swirls) ;P
Today is World Baking Day! Yay! What do you do on a day like this? Baking, of course! It doesn’t matter what you are baking – the most important thing is to get the oven ready and create something nice to munch ;) Today I made a super delicious little Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Well… maybe not so little, it’s actually quite a bulky piece of cake.
If you ask people from all around the world which cake they like the most, you will often get the answer “cheesecake”! In the US you will also find a lot of people that like carrot cakes a lot. Her in Germany we are not that fond of carrot cakes – even though Starbucks does a good job in trying to convince us. Their carrot cake is awesome ;) Anyway. I am a huge carrot cake fan and love to bake it. I am not eating much of it though (because of all the sugar) but my friends and colleagues are very happy each time they get a slice of goodness ;P
Everybody knows cinnamon rolls. They are quite popular. Delicious and fluffy yeast rolls with a thick cinnamon cream cheese glaze on top. Hmmmm… So good! These ones here are a seasonal version with cherries. Since cherries are all over the place right now, you have to use them for baking, right? ;)
I guess you all know NY Cheesecake already. These rich and delicious but mostly pale cheesecakes every coffee shop around the world offers nowadays ;) Why are they all so pale and why is this one here still an NY Style Cheesecake even though it looks different? Important questions of life…! :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 ;)
