Cakes

Let’s Celebrate National Bundt Cake Day!

November 15, 2011

I have a big soft spot for Bundt cakes in my heart and in my tummy. Therefore I have been following “The Food Librarian” for some years while she is baking 30 Bundt cakes leading up to 11/15 which is National Bundt cake day.Here is a small collection of my favorite Bundt cakes. I […]

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Organic EVOO Pumpkin Bread with Pumpkin Seed Topping

October 27, 2011

Do you know this feeling? You are ready for a snow day. They told you on the news. Emails from the school arrived. The kids finished the snow dance and put lots of ice cubes in the toilette. No, mine don’t do that, but I was told that is tradition in other families. Yes, up […]

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Walnut Apple Cake (gluten free)

October 3, 2011

This post is especially for my friends that have been following my food adventures from the very beginning but have been diagnosed with Celiac disease. Cooking and baking gluten free often seems very involved for all of us “outsiders” and makes us sweat in advance when a dinner guest waves the gluten free sign. I […]

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Gâteau Fondant Aux Nectarines - Moist Nectarine Cake

September 7, 2011

Here we go. One last nectarine cake before the summer ends. Light, moist and fresh, perfect to enjoy with a cup of coffee while sitting on your deck with the last warm days of the season. This French fruit cake has become a kitchen staple in our house. I have baked it many times before […]

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Blueberry Walnut-Streusel Cake

August 30, 2011

First, I wanted to thank Roxana, one of my blog readers, for baking some of my cakes to bring them to her work for Friday treats. Thank you Roxana! I am honored that you like the recipes on my little food blog so much. While communicating with Roxana and suggesting to her which cakes keep […]

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Blueberry-Lime Bundt Cake and Impressions of Berlin

August 6, 2011

Blueberries, lime and cream cheese come together in this moist and flavorful Bundt cake; a tasty summer treat that is assembled in a wink. I baked it this week for my son and his friends on their last week of summer break. Can you believe it is already time for the kids to go […]

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A Warm Welcome Back With A German Almond Peach Cake!

August 1, 2011

Welcome back everybody! If you have ever visited Germany, you know how lovely it is to stop at a Konditorei, pick your favorite piece of cake or torte, and enjoy it sitting at one of the store’s outside tables in the sunshine with a good cup of coffee. You can sit there forever watching people […]

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French Rhubarb Cake

May 20, 2011

I stumbled over this French rhubarb cake recipe on one of the German blogs I follow, Bolli’s Kitchen. Katja, the face behind Bolli’s Kitchen, lives actually in France and shares a lot of French recipes with her German readers. I like that a lot, since my school French has gotten very rusty over the […]

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Happy Easter - Frohe Ostern - Lime Bundt Cake

April 23, 2011

Happy Easter form our house to yours with a picture of our annual Easter bouquet. My kids have dyed the hollow eggs over the years. My suggestion for your Easter coffee table would be a fresh tasting lime Bundt cake with lime zest, lime juice and yogurt. A moist and fresh cake that keeps well […]

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Mint Chocolate Bundt with Creme De Menthe Chips

March 2, 2011

Most of you probably know that it is “Girl Scout cookie time”. Our family’s very favorite are their “Thin Mint Cookies”. My daughter purchased two boxes (only) through one of her friends. Don’t ask me what we were thinking. We should have ordered a lot more. But here we were with only two boxes of […]