Raspberry and Almond Cake

My last post was quite healthy so I thought it’s time for something a bit more naughty again! I had seen this receipe for an almond and raspberry cake at the beginning of the summer and was worried I had missed the raspberry season now but luckily I was wrong. The supermarket here in London […]

Poached Apricots on Greek Yoghurt

Apricots… if you ask me, so much better than peaches! I mean, I enjoy the taste of peaches but the skin just freaks me out. I know that apricots have a skin not too dissimilar but for some reason they feel totally different to me and my tongue.  And they’re prettier than peaches too. Their super bright […]

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 […]

Strawberry Courgette Cupcakes

  June is a strawberry month in England. You get tasty strawberries in all the shops but sometimes I drive out to a farm to pick them myself. Strawberry picking always reminds me of the summer holidays when my cousin, sisters and I used to do this with our grandmother. The farm I go to here […]

Figs with Quark

  Now that it’s summer, even I can’t always have sweet cakes for brunch and breakfast. Baking is also not that great an idea if the apartment is already heated up through the sun… If it’s warm I feel like something lighter instead, something without the carbs and without cream or butter as cutting the calories a […]