Cakes

Cyndee’s Neiman Marcus Cake

March 30, 2012

The other week my son brought some cherry poppy seed cake over to our neighbors across the street. The recipe for the cherry poppy seed cake makes a big sheet and I knew that it was way too much for us to eat. A few days later they returned the dish the cake was […]

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Toasted Walnut Banana Bread

March 27, 2012

This toasted walnut banana bread has been one of our favorite quick bread recipes for many years. My family loves this moist banana bread with the crunchy walnuts. I always double the recipe since the bread just seams to vanish as soon as I get it out of the oven. Toasted Walnut Banana Bread 4.7 […]

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Cherry Poppy Seed Cake and an OXO Scale Giveaway

March 23, 2012

Before we get to the recipe of this German cherry poppy seed cake I would like to share with you a little story from my previous life. I was working for several years at a pharmacy in my hometown in Germany. We had a dermatologist office located in the same building as the pharmacy. The […]

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Linzertorte

February 18, 2012

Linzertorte is a cake that originated in the Austrian city Linz probably around 1650. It is said to be one of the oldest cake recipes and very well known in Austria, Hungaria, Switzerland, Germany, and Tirol. Linzertorte is a crumby nutty dough that gets covered with marmalade and topped with a lattice of dough strips. […]

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Prune and Port Bread

February 15, 2012

I love quick breads! They are an absolutely wonderful invention. Fast to assemble and ready to serve in no time. They keep, transport and freeze well. This dried prune and port bread is a perfect example and unbelievably scrumptious. The addition of yogurt keeps it moist and the taste of the dried plums gets enhanced […]

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Donauwelle - My Guest Post at “Cooking with Michele”

February 8, 2012

Today I am guest posting a German cake, Donauwelle, at “Cooking with Michele”. Michele is one of my local Denver food blogger friends that I highly admire because of her versatile talents. She takes clients to Italy on cooking trips, keeps a successful catering business and just finished her very first cookbook. She teaches cooking […]

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Limoncello Cake (gluten-free)

January 22, 2012

Limoncello, an Italian lemon liqueur, can not only be served as a digestivo. It can also enhance the flavor of desserts. This is very well proven in this flour-less Limoncello cake I baked for my family last weekend. Almonds and Limoncello keep it moist and the addition of the Polenta (corn grits) gives the cake […]

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Spiced Red Wine Cake with Dates and Ginger

January 9, 2012

Spiced Red Wine Cakeis a very traditional cake in Palatinate Germany, the wine region where I come from. This cake has always been a favorite of mine. We even served it at my wedding. I was in heaven after I found this recipe since my old red wine cake recipe lacked in taste after the […]

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Celebrating Nikolaus on December 6th with a Chocolate-Cranberry Tart

December 6, 2011

Moving to a different country and continent with my family was a very big change. You literally leave everything behind, your family and relatives, your friends, your work and your routine and familiar life. My kids were very little and I didn’t know anybody besides my husband and his parents. I was extremely lucky to […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Time When all the leaves are off the boughs, And nuts and apples gathered in, And cornstalks waiting for the cows, And pumpkins safe in barn and bin, Then Mother says, “My children dear, The fields are brown, and autumn flies; Thanksgiving Day is very near, And we must make thanksgiving pies!” (Author unknown) […]