Swedish Almond tarte

Hello my sweet ladys and gentlemen,


it's sunday! Sunday is the best day of the week right? Sunday is the day of staying in bed until lunchtime, it is the day of sunday roasts and cake in the afternoon. And it makes me especially happy when it is autumn and sunday at the same thíme. Its slightly  and rainy outside, the house is all warm and friendly inside, decorated with scented candles, wild rose hip and the smell of warm cake and hot tea... How can anyone just not love it? The rush of the week is gone, it is all calm and quiet outside, only the sound of the rain knocking on the door and the wind between coulured trees and crunchy leaves. A cat lying by your side on the sofa, purring while she leeps. On sundays the whole world is a better place.

 This sunday, there was a pumpkin fair in my town. Every year I am really looking forward to this event. Everybody meets there to have hot soups and jummy roast for lunch and some homemade cake afterwards. There's some old fashioned music playing in the background and some older ladys are selling hand crafted goods like scarfs, mugs, honey and flowers. And of course you can buy lots of different colourful pumpkins. It's a very happy place and I absolutey love the atmosphere there.
On friday I made a really nice cake for the weekend. I was inpired by the "Swedish visiting cake" that I found on my favourite blog called "Pastry affair". It is a really quick and simple cake but it also tastes amazing. It is quite dense, a bit chewy and relly rich and buttery. I put a lot of butter and almonds in it and at the end I sprinkled sliced amonds and cinnamon on top. I also braught some cake to my neighbor and she said that it was delicate. You simply throw 5 ingredients together, mix it all up and bake it for about 20 minutes This cake is ready in only 30 minutes. It's perfect for the weekends as it suits every sunday coffee table and it gets better every day so you can also make it a few days in advance and enjoy it one or two days later.

 Ingredients:

2 eggs

                    200g unsalted butter (softened)

       170g sugar

   200g all purpose flour

        100g grated almonds

          2 pinchs of seasalt

 Toppig:

2 tbs milk

50g sliced almonds

2 tbs sugar

some cinnamon

Preparation:

First of all, preheat the oven to 180 °C. In a large mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients together until they become a smooth, thick batter. Fill the batter in a buttered baking tin and brush the top with milk. Then, sprinkle the sliced almonds, sugar and cinnamon on top. Now, the cake is ready to be baked for about 20 minutes.

-Cake-

 "Let's just say you might regret that second piece of cake,

  Oh  my God! Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil."

(Rachel Hawkins)

I hope you enjoy this cake as much as I did. It tastes best when it is a little bit warm and you can also add some melted bitter chocolate or clotted cream to it, although I like mine plain as it is with a nice cup of black tea or coffee.

See you next sunday Xx

Walnut-Cinnamon rolls

Hello my sweet ladys and gentlemen,

autumn is coming! It is not here yet but I can already feel it. It is getting cold outside, it is windy and a bit foggy. This is my favourite time of the year. I mean the whole word is better when it's fall right? It's the time of cozy sewaters, hot cups of tea, hot chocolate or Starbuck's pumpkin spiced latte. It's the time of colored trees, beautiful strolls through the woods and the smell of cinnamon, apples and walnuts. Yesterday it rained all day log and the leaves were already a bit colored.     

 

I planted some wonderful autumn plants like heather and chrysanthemum in my little balcony garden and the doorstep is decorated with little yellow pumpkins. For the weekend I treated myself to some tea, scented candles and a countryside magazine to get in the vibe of autumn. And I did some baking. And what would be autumn without cinnmon rolls?




 So I made some cinnmon rolls topped with butter, walnuts and a drizzle of frosting. You can also top them off with almonds, raisins, chocolate chips or anything you like. When you bake these cinnamon rolls, the whole house smells like a quiant bakery. Literally, it is so so good. These fluffy deliciousnesses will take you a bit of time to make but the outcome is defeniteley worth it. And as always it is not really difficould to make them.

 

  -Autumn-

The morns are meeker then they were,

The nuts are getting brown,

The berry's cheek is plumper,

The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scraf,

The field a scarlet gown.

Lest I should be old-fashioned,

i'll put a trinket on.

(Emily Dickinson)

 

     -A bed in the leaves-

I'll just lie there so nice and warm
  And look up in the sky
  And watch more leaves float down for me
  to rake up bye and bye

  

(Marian Kennedy)

  
 

 -Autumn Woods-

 I like the woods
 In autumn
When dry leaves hide the ground,
When the trees are bare
And the wind sweeps by
With a lonesome rushing sound

(James S. Tippett) 

 

Ingredients for the dough: 

               500g    all purpose flour
 1          egg

100g    sugar

100ml   milk

42g       freh yeast

50g       butter

 

               



 For the filling:

                 100g butter

                 150g sugar

              2-3 tsp cinnamon

              1/2 tsp  nutmeg

              as much walnuts as you like

 





Preparation:

Grab yourself a large mixing bowl and whisk your butter, milk and sugar together. Then, in a small bowl mix a little bit of  warm water with one teaspoon of sugar and crumble your fresh yeast in it and let that sit for two minutes. Now, stir it a litte bit and then pour it in your butter-milk mixture. After that, add all your flour and give it all agood stir until it is a smooth batter. If the dough is too stick, sprinkle some more flour on top and work it in with your hands. Then, take another large bowl, grese it with some vegetable oil and put your dough in it. Cover it with a kitchen towel and put it somewhere warm. I either place it near the heater or under my bedcover. Leave it there for a good two hours to rise.
After your dogh is really doubled in volume, you can roll it out until it is about 1 cm thick. Spread the softened butter evenly on top and then sprinkle the sugar-cinnamon-nutmeg mixture on top.
Now comes the only difficoud part: roll it as evenly and as thight as you can and stick the ends together with a little bit of water. Then, cut away the ends and then cut the roll in half and then cut it in half again and again until you get about 12 equal pieces. Grease a large baking pan with butter, sprinkle crushed walnuts over it and then place your cinnamon rolls on top of them and leave a little space inbetween. (If you want, you can also sprinkle more walnuts on top) Set them aside and let them rise for another good two hours so they double in volume again. And be patient, because the more time you give them to rise, the fluffyer they get.  When the two hours are over you are ready to brush the top with some melted butter and then bake them in the preheated oven by 170 °C for about 3o minutes until they are golden brown on top.

Now, I love to sit on the balkony wrapped in a cozy blanket and eat a warm cinnamon roll while reading a book or watching the birds in the trees. So grab your favourite book or a magazine, sit whereever you desire most and enjoy one of these fluffy cinnmon rolls. And after that you could go outside for a nice autumn walk and breathe in that cold, fresh air and as you are strolling around you can collekt some coloured leaves and chestnuts and use them as a decoration for your house or garden... Defeniteley enjoy autumn and the beautifuly environment it gives you.

Banana Oat bites with Cinnamon

Hello my sweet ladys and gentlemen,

having a full time job isn't always easy. The last weeks I had hardly any time to bake or post something. I have to admit...I really missed blogging! So here I am back. Since it is very difficould to find spare time to think about new recipes or even try them, I have been looking for something easy and quick.

So it happened, that two weeks ago I stumbled over a recipe for Banana Oat Bites. These little things are amazing. You only need four ingredients and you simply just mix them together and that's it. I made them several times already and I love to take them with me as a healthy snack at the office. It is fantastic how easy and delicious they are. With a sprinkle of cinnamon they are perfect for any autumn coffee table and they are an excellent alternative for any kind of sweet and unhealthy treat. You can also use them as a quick breakfast on the go while you are in the car or on the train to uni or work. I like mine very simple with a bit of my favourite ingredient cinnamon but you can also add walnuts, cocoa powder or raisins. Take yourself 10 minutes time to make these little energy bombs and pop them in the oven. You'll see, that these won't cost you any efford to make. They are so simple and they taste so good. Perfect, for everyone who's in a rush and doesn't have much time to bake. And if you are lucky anough to not being in  rush, treat yourself, sit on the couch with a nice blanket and your favourite cup of tea, read a good book and enjoy these guilt free little trats.




Ingredients:

4 mashed or pureed ripe bananas                 
3 tbs apple sauce
250g oatmeal
1 tsp cinnamon


Preparation:

First of all, preheat your oven to 160 °C. Now, mash or puree your bananas. Make sure that they are very ripe. Then, grab yourself a lage mixing bowl and mix all the ingredinets together. Put parchment paper on a large baking tray and place little balls of the mixture on it and flatten them out a bit. Now, just pop them in the oven for about 20-30 minutes until they are golden brown, take them out, let them cool and you're done! I told you it was easy. ;)

Apple Cake with Cinnamon-Oat Crumbles

Hello sweet ladys and gentlemen,

I hope that everyone of you had a nice and relaxing weekend so far. On the weekends, it is usually time to bake a cake. Since I've had the first apple cake for this season, I was craving more apple cake. Yesterday, we took a walk in the countryside and there were these trees hanging full of red crispy apples.

I really could not resist so we took some with us and I decided to bake another apple cake. This time it is one with a fluffy yeast dough as a base, apple slices on top and crunchy oat-cinnamon crumbles sprinkled all over it. I have to admit...this one is more than perfection. You know those "death by chocolate" cakes right? Well, this is "death by apple" cake. Seriously, it is by far one of the best apple cakes that I have ever had in my life.
It's the kind of cake that even makes your grandma jealous.Until now, we've had it as a dessert, for breakfst and for tea... This cake is perfect in every situation and every time of the day. So let's get started baking this home run of a cake!

Ingredients:

1) Dough:

500g all purpose flour
200g sugar
1      large egg
250ml  milk
1 1/2 pck. dry yeast
200g  unsalted butter

2) Filling:

5-6    large apples

3) Crumbles:

150g unsalted butter
8 tbs rolled oats
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp cinnamon
150g all purpose flour


Preparation:

First of all, preheat your oven to 180°C. In a large mixing bowl, mix your flour and sugar together. Then, put warm milk in a small bowl and sprinkle 1 tsp of sugar and the dry yeast on top and let that sit for about 3 minutes to activte the yeast. Now, whisk it with a fork until the milk has incorported the yeast and pour the mixture in the flour mixture. Let that sit for about 5 minutes. After that, you can add your egg and melted butter and mix it all well together until it is all very smooth. Take the dough out of your mixing bowl and pull it together with your hands to form a nice big loaf. If it is too sticky you can just add a bit more flour to it. Then, put it in a lightly oiled bowl and cover it with either a kitchen towl or plastic wrap and put it somewhere warm. Now let it rise for a good hour.
After your dough had enough time to rise, you can now flatten it out so that it fits in your  buttered bakig tray. Then, cover it again and let it rise for 30 more minutes. When the time is up, you can now peel your apples and make slices out of them. Then, place them very evenly on top of the dough.  

Now, it's time to finally make the crumbles. Therefore, mix all the ingrediends together with your hands. Make sure that the butter is not melted. It should be just lightly softened. Now just sprinkle them on top and bake this delicious goodness for about 50-60 minutes until your cake is nice and golden brown on the top.
Enjoy! 

Starbucks Iced Cinnamon Latte

Hello sweet ladys and gentlemen,

today I want to share this short recipe with you guys. It is one of my favourite drinks that I get all the time when I'm at Starbucks. It a Iced Café Latte topped off with some cinnamon and vanilla.
With lots of cushed ice it is the perfect refresher for the summertime when it is hot outside and you need an extra kick of icecold caffeine. I just love it so so much. So today I am going to show you how to make it at home with only a few steps and it will just taste like it's from Starbucks...only better ;)

  Ingredients:

1 double shot espresso
1 tsp maple sirup (or sugar)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
   crushed ice
   soy mik (or regular milk)







Preparation:

Put a lot of cruhed ice in a fancy container of your choice. Then, pour your freshly made espresso shots over the ice. Now, add as much milk as you like. After that, add the maple sirup (sugar), vanilla extract and cinnamon and give it a good stir. 
Now you can put a straw in it and enjoy this freezing cold deliciousness!

  

Vanilla cloud cake with blueberries and chocolate glaze

Hello sweet ladys and gentlemen,

today I am going to share one of the fluffiest cake recipes with you. I've made this cake for the first time..it was kind of an experiment but it turned out so good that I decided to share it with you all. This cake really deserves its name. It's like a sweet and fluffy cloud covered in bitter sweet chocolate and sprinkles of blueberries inside. I know, I'm going crazy about blueberries. But I mean they just are so damn delicious and flavourful and also very healthy. So why not putting blueberries in almost everything I eat?
So letst get started floks! Grab yourself a whisk and a bowl and start making one of the fluffies cakes everrr.

 


Ingredients: 

270g all purpose flour
1pck baking powder
4       large eggs
250g softened butter
225g sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1       pinch of salt
250g blueberries
200g bitter sweet chocolate


Preparation:

First of all, preheat your oven to 180°C. Then, in a large mixing bowl mix the eggyolks, butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extrect together. Now, gradually add four and baking powder. Beat the eggwhites until stiff and gently fold it into the batter with a spoon.

After that, add the blueberries and fill the batter in a greased baking tin and bake for bout 50 minutes.
When the cake is completeley cool, melt the chocolate in the microwave or in abowl over hot wate and 
Enjoy! :)

Wild berry Banana Cake

Hello sweet ladys and gentlemen,

long time no see. I've been quite busy lateley so unfortunateley I didn't have time to blog. 
On the weekend we had several friends over so I baked two cakes. 1) Almond- Apple Cake and 
2) Wild berry Banana Bread. The Wild berry Banana Bread is one delicious beast. Everybody loved it so much that it was all gone within minutes. Also it is one of the easyest cakes. It is very moist and tastes like banana paradise with sprinkes of dark wild berries. 
If you want to discover this secret of tropic banana and delicious berries..feel free and bake this cake for your next invitation or just for yourself. It is also a nice alternative for your breakfast on the go.


 

 







Ingredients: 

100g  greated almonds
220g  all purpose flour
1       banana (mashed up)
3tsp   baking powder
4       eggs
225g  sugar
220g  butter
1 handfull blackberries
1 handfull blueberries


 
Preparation:

First of all, preheat your oven to 180 °C. Now, grab a large mixing bowl and mix eggs, sugar, mashed banana and butter together and mix until it is ind of light and creamy. Then, add flour, almonds and baking powder and mix until it is all incorporated. After that, gradually add the berries and gently mix them in.
Now, you can put the batter in a greased square pan and bake it for about 50 minutes.
When the loaf has cooled a little bit, put the cake upside down on a plate and ifyou want, you can also put some bittersweet chocolate on top.