As if… – Carob cake with dates

October 18, 2015 by nadel&gabel

As if… this cake was made with chocolate, but wait, it’s not chocolate but carob powder! I had long forgotten about this product. But when I stumbled across it in the baking section of our local organic supermarket, memories came back. Memories of carob milk that we drank as kids and that resembled a cup of hot chocolate. Wise mum, who knew that the powdered fruits of the carob tree were much healthier than cocoa: less fat, no caffeine. If it tasted […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, batter, cake, caramel, carob, chocolate, cinnamon, clove, cocoa, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, dates, easy, flavour, juice, recipe, spice, syrup, toffee, warm, winter

What can be wrong with it? – Spicy chocolate cake with pear

November 1, 2014 by nadel&gabel

This post is about a chocolate cake, so there can’t be much wrong with it, eh? Especially as we are digging deeper into the cold season… The base of this cake comes from Izy. You don’t know her blog “Top with cinnamon” yet? Jump over and be convinced by her recipes, pictures and words. Since she has just released her first cookbook, her recipes are spreading the food blog scene recently and her version of a Swedish chocolate cake seams […]

Categories: autumn, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, baking, cake, chocolate, cinnamon, cookie & dessert, cozy, fudge, ginger, kladdkaka, pear, pumpkin, recipe, spice, sweden, swedish, warm, winter

Flavourful – Autumnal lasagna with pumpkin and chanterelles

October 26, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Due to the fact that at the moment my days just seem to have not enough hours, this time here’s only a plain recipe – that I however didn’t want to hold back from you. It’s an lasagna packed with autumnal flavours of pumpkin and chantarelles. Spices like cinnamon, allspice, clove it perfectly pair with these. They also kind of anticipate the approaching winter with it’s warm scents. Autumnal lasagna with pumpkin and chanterelles (2-3p., 26 cm x 18 cm […]

Categories: autumn, In the kitchen, meat, pasta, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, chanterelles, cinnamon, cloves, fall, food, ginger, italian, lasagna, pasta, pumpkin, recipe, spice, winter

“Something bizarrely fulfilling” – Welsh cakes

September 20, 2013 by nadel&gabel

After admittedly a lot pictures from our Wales trip, here’s a recipe again … a welsh recipe. It’s a recipe for one of THE traditional welsh foods. And it’s amazing – or “bizarrely fulfilling” in Jamie Oliver’s words: Those little cakes are so easy and quick to make, all the ingredients are very likely already in your kitchen – yet they’re so yummy. A mysterious transformation of ordinary things! Although I think you shouldn’t change recipes too much that have […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, Behind the camera, Black and white, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, cake, cinnamon, clove, cookie, cookie & dessert, currant, fall, Great Britain, mixed spice, raisin, scone, spice, tea, teatime, welsh, winter