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

On any day in September – Zwetschgekucha

September 23, 2015 by nadel&gabel

If not now, when is the perfect time for a juice plum cake?! So, although I’ve still got some travel impressions to share, they have to wait and make place for this traditional German autumn cake. It’s a recipe for the high season of autumn fruits, when you have so much of them that you squeeze as much as you can onto a layer of simple yeast dough. Top it with streusel – here we go! Still, a few notes […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: almond, autumn, cake, cinnamon, classic, cookie & dessert, damson, dough, easy, german, plum, recipe, simple, swabian, warm, yeast, zwetschge

The loved ones – Red Currant Mazarin Tart

August 14, 2015 by nadel&gabel

When you would ask me about my favourite summer cake, my answer would always be the same: A “Träubleskucha” (red currant cake) the way my grandma always made it and how it is still made in our family. Red currants always bring childhood memories with them. I remember the garden of my parents that produced such masses of red currants throughout the summer season that we were busy to handle all of them – besides all the other fruits and […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: almond, berries, cake, cookie & dessert, cream, crust, fresh, marzipan, Mazarintårta, recipe, red currant, scandinavian, shortbread, sour, summer, sweden, swedish, sweet, tart, tartlet

We call it a Klassiker – German Cherry Cheesecake

July 19, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Phew! The heat waves that reached Germany throughout the last weeks really turned me into a phlegmatic sloth! The days got a new rhythm, I tried to move as little as possible,  and fed mainly on melon and salads. No way to put on the oven in our top floor apartment! But then for a few days, temperatures sank to a – kind of – normal level. And I had to quickly bake a cake. The cherries on the market […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, summer, vegetarian • Tags: baking, cake, cheesecake, cherries, classic, cookie & dessert, crust, curd, fresh, fruit, german, lemon, pastry, quark, recipe, summer, traditional

It’s fresh, exciting… – Quark lemon babka

April 3, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Easter is just around the corner – time to bake some braided bread. Don’t you think of some kind of brioche/plait/whatever-you-call-it when it comes to Easter? (Second after eggs of course.) I guess this is a tradition in many christian regions: Italian Colomba di pasqua, Greek Tsoureki, Austrian/German Osterzopf/Osterstriezel Eastern European Paska,… there are probably countless more regional traditions of Easter Bread. Though, – as you may have recognized – this isn’t a classic Easter bread… I wanted to make […]

Categories: breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, vegetarian • Tags: babka, braided, bread, brioche, cake, coffee, cookie & dessert, curd cheese, dough, easter, fresh, lemon, milk, Ottolenghi, quark, recipe, swirl, tea, twisted, yeast, zest

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

Baked cosiness – Spicy pumpkin bundt cake with apples

September 20, 2014 by nadel&gabel

 Every season has its cake (at least one!). This one is packed with autumnal produce like pumpkin and apple … accompagnied by the warming spices cinnamon – apples are hard to imagine without – ginger and nutmeg. Can a cake be described as cosy? – If yes, than this cake IS cosiness. It’s an easy to mix up cake, not too sweet, moist, flavourful and colourful – just the right thing to nibble with a cup of tea or coffee […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: apple, autumn, baking, brown, bundt, butter, cake, caramel, cinnamon, coffee, cookie & dessert, cozy, fall, ginger, nutmeg, pound, pumpkin, recipe, spice

Grown up – Strawberry hazelnut bundt cake

May 23, 2014 by nadel&gabel

I baked a cake … actually I am baking a lot of cakes recently, somehow it became a habit to bake cakes for my colleagues and students on a regular basis. This is especially satisfying when you’re actually meant to correct class tests… This cake I made twice in one week – which indicates already that something is totally right with it. First of all it is strawberries … of course – I just can’t walk past if I see […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, summer • Tags: berries, cake, chocolate, coffee, cookie & dessert, easy, fruit, hazelnut, pound, recipe, spring, strawberries, summer

Antiquities, and a perfect carrot cake cheese cake for Easter sunday

April 11, 2014 by nadel&gabel

First it was only carrot cake I somehow got obsessed with. All those tempting recipes around … thoroughly – and much to my friends, neighbours and colleagues delight – I did extensive research and testing. Cakes that passed my kitchen or caught my interest were Hannahs carrot cake with cream cheese honey frosting (very carroty and nutty, adding an intense flavoured honey to the frosting is just wow!) With a little touch of fancyness and probably only for culinary open […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, spring, vegetarian • Tags: antiquities, baking, cake, carrot, cheese, cookie & dessert, cream cheese, easter, enamel, flower, market, mini, old, plate, recipe, retro, spring, tableware, vintage