Journey through time – A family gathering in the Black Forest

March 8, 2015 by nadel&gabel

On this first really springlike sunday this year I refuse to spend a lot of time at the desk. So excuse me that I will mostly let pictures speak for the moment. We spend a part of the weekend in the Black Forest where a family celebration took place. We celebrated an 80th birthday – a moment to review, a journey through time. The celebrations took place in one of the most traditional German holiday regions – the Black Forest. […]

Categories: Behind the camera, In the kitchen, nature, objects & places • Tags: Black Forest, cake, cookie & dessert, celebration, decoration, dining, fir, food, gathering, german, Germany, hotel, old-fashioned, retro, South, table setting, travel, trout, vacation

Life and the whole thing – Oriental birthday buffet

February 19, 2015 by nadel&gabel

“My head is an animal” these days, bombarding me with all those existential questions: So many paths to go – but which one should I go? Is there a right one, a right way of life – at least a right one for me? What’s true about “there is a time for everything”? In which phase of my life am I at the moment? Clearly, there are a lot of answers, that one gets offered, implicit and explicit expectations, what […]

Categories: bread, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, meat, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: arab, aubergine, baba ghanoush, bagel, beetroot, bialy, cake, cookie & dessert, cheese, chickpea, dates, dough, falafel, feta, Haroset, hummus, Israel, Jerusalem, jewish, knish, labneh, latke, lentil, nigel slater, oriental, Ottolenghi, parsley, pastries, pastry, pie, potato, salmon, sfeeha, sfiha, spinach, yeast

Let’s twist again – Bread flower with poppy seed marzipan filling

February 1, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Alright, ready for baked sweets again. Bitter-sweet pleasures to be precise. This poppy seed bread flower belongs to the category ‘simple, but impressive’ (one of my favourite 😉 ) – a recipe for show-offs … Mother-in-law has announced a visit? That’s your recipe! Want to contribute some baked treat to a party buffet that convinces in terms of taste and appearance + can be eaten without plate and cutlery? – That’s it! Remember this savoury kalacs I adapted from Viviane […]

Categories: bread, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: baking, braided, bread, brioche, buffet, cake, cookie & dessert, flower, gift, marzipan, milk, party, poppy seeds, recipe, star, twisted, yeast

It’s magic – Crema catalana cake

March 2, 2014 by nadel&gabel

You`ve probably alread heard of this magic custard cake that is spreading throughout the internet. It’s magic because in the oven the batter forms different layers and you’ll end up with a soft custard bottom and a fluffy top. For my cake, I used this recipe as a starting point to uplift to new spheres of cake heaven. The other inspiration for this recipe came… 1. from my current enthusiasm for orange zest and the oranges lingering in my fruit […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, gluten-free, In the kitchen, vegetarian • Tags: brulée, burn, cake, cookie & dessert, caramel, cinnamon, creme, custard, egg, magic, orange, recipe, spanish, sugar, zest

Say cheese! – Fresh mini gugls

May 5, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Addictive! Eat one of these little sweeties and you won’t be able to stop until the plate is empty – except for a few crumbs. At least this happened to me when a friend offered me them the first time. I urgently needed the recipe and I didn’t fully believe her, when she said that the recipe was totally easy, probably the most easiest recipe ever … But I can tell you: She didn’t exaggerate! Only four ingredients, only whisking […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: baking, cake, cookie & dessert, cheese, curd cheese, easy, food, gugl, lime, muffin, quark, recipe, semolina

Between rural tranquility and modernity – Discovering southern Lower Saxony

August 28, 2012 by nadel&gabel

I am back home again – at least from my longer trips this summer. The last two weeks now I spend in the far north, at least in what southern Germans see as the far north. In many cultural aspects – food is of course a not unimportant one – Southern Germany is more similar to Austria or Swizerland than to the Northern Germany. Perhaps this can’t be sayed to be a rule, but for me Vienna f.ex. feels more […]

Categories: around the world, Behind the camera, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, Germany, In the kitchen, nature, objects & places, On the road, snacks & small dishes, travel • Tags: architecture, blueberries, cake, cookie & dessert, farm, german, Germany, landscape, Lower Saxony, mirabelles, modern, nature, photography, rural, travel

White chocolate and lemon Easter lamb cake

April 3, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Remember the lamb cake moulds I bought lately? The came into use now … of course: Easter is only once in a year.

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, vegetarian • Tags: baking, baking mould, cake, cookie & dessert, chocolate, easter, food, german, Germany, lamb, lemon, recipe, spring, traditional

Spring and antiques market and a new-old baking mould

March 25, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Categories: Behind the camera, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, objects & places • Tags: baking mould, cake, cookie & dessert, easter, market, photography, retro, spring, vintage

Resolutions and banana bread

January 11, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Yes, I made some New Years resolutions. I know, they’re ment to broken, but these I want to take serious. Actually they aren’t very surprising: Eat more healthy and light and exercise more start exercising (We want to be honest…). After all the meaty and rich holiday dishes it is obviously not only me who feels this desire for fresh, light dishes: I collected a few favourite fruity dishes that I would like to try on my Pinterest board “sweet, […]

Categories: bread, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, vegetarian • Tags: banana, buttermilk, cake, cookie & dessert, low fat, orange, recipe