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 […]

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 […]

Cheese Blintzes

Next week is pancake day in England! This reminded me that it’s about time I put up another pancake receipe and here you are. As I was looking through my fridge to see what kind of pancakes I could make, I found some ricotta and decided I would use it to make some cheese blintzes […]

Raspberry Quark-Cream Cake

You’ve got to love summer berries, especially when they are at the peak of their short-lived season. Right now, this is the case for raspberries. They are at their best, picked straight from the bush but they also taste great on top of this cake. This cake is also very summery, in the way that […]

Quark Pancakes with Spiced Apples

Now, that autumn has started it’s time to get some new season apples from the farmer’s market – don’t they look great, all rosy! They’ll make a nice accompaniment, sweetly spiced with cinnamon, to Quark Pancakes. When I decided to start this blog, I knew my Quark Pancakes would be one of my first posts. […]