Chocolate-Pecan-Oat-Coconut Cookies

I know I said that I might give you a receipe for something healthy this time… And I actually made a dairy-/ gluten-/ sugar- free rice pudding that I will tell you about very soon but I didn’t have time to photograph that one yet, so instead here’s one more naughty treat! I recently saw […]

Stollen Bites

Britain has their mince pies, in France it’s Bouche Noel and Germany has Stollen – alongside all the other Lebkuchen and Christmas cookies, which are all together traditionally served on a ‘bunte Teller’. Literally translated that means ‘colourful plate’ and that is very much what people create with all their varied baked treats in the […]

Hot Chocolate (Mexican Style)

I hope you’re all having a nice holiday season so far! It’s about two weeks until Christmas and I’m getting into the mood. In Germany, we celebrate the “Adventszeit” in the run up to Christmas with an “Adventskranz”, a wreath with four candles that get lit up in the four Sundays in the run up […]

Breakfast Pop-Overs

  When I was in the US recently I came across a pop-over pan in William-Sonoma, which is one of my favourite kitchen shops to browse for inspiration and getting the occasional treats.  I didn’t know what pop-overs were but when I looked up the receipe for them I realized they are pretty much what […]

Redcurrant Swirls

  When I was in NY I brought you the cheat’s way of making cinnamon swirls (see here). Right now, I am in Berlin and I am bringing you a receipe for cheat’s redcurrant swirls. This kind of fruity and slightly sour swirl suits Berlin a lot more than NY’s cinnamon swirls, especially right now, in the height […]