by Nocna Zosia
December has been crazy this year. Time passed so quickly, I’ve been to Christmas market only once and I had to squeeze the shopping for Christmas presents in one afternoon. We’ll see whether they are going to be a success. What was definitely a success were the pastry cupcakes with poppy seed filling that I…
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The biggest problem to overcome when baking a cheesecake from a recipe is… terminology. Ottolenghi’s book was written in English, but mine is a translation, and on top of that I live in Germany. Figuring out, which ‘cheese’ would work best with this recipe, took me cheesecakes. Not that I complain. And guess what? They…
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These muffins are a no-brainer: combine all the ingredients and bake. However, it took me a while to figure out the proportions. At first, I wanted to use pistachios, but we are in the middle of a walnut season, so it seemed like a waste not to use them. The muffins will be a perfect…
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Vegan cheesecakes are not for the lazy. They take time and effort. And patience, as anybody who tried blending sticky dates can confirm. But the result can be stupendous. A cheesecake without butter, eggs and – well – cheese? This cake will convince even the strongest skeptics. Crust 25 g sesame seeds 90 g walnuts…
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One cannot each cakes all the time… Well, one can, but one shouldn’t. So if you crave something sweet and spicy at dinnertime, but don’t want to start with a dessert, how about Maroccan-style vegetables with couscous? This is a fast and easy recipe with no fancy ingredients, yet the results is very satisfying. Perfect…
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I did experiment with adding tomatoes to cakes before, having made a banana bread with tomatoes, but never worked out a working recipe. After I found out that it was not such an original idea, as sweet tomato cakes are already known and popular, I lost the interest. But recently, I dug up an old…
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Guest are a good excuse to bake. With guests, however, the baked goods usually disappear so fast that there is no time to take a photo. Or they never come to be, because the ingredients are eaten before there is time to bake. And so this cake had to wait until my guest had left…
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