Tuscan style Bread

Tuscan style Bread

I love this one...! Very tasty just with butter or with a nice salami or ham.




















"Tuscan style Bread"

- 500g white flour
- 2tsp dried yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 300ml warm water


In a large bowl mix the flour with sugar, salt yeast and water. Knead at least for 10 min. Let the dough rest for 1 hour in a warm place covered with cling-film.
 Turn out the dough onto floured surface and punch down. Divide into 2 square pieces and flatten them. Start to roll the dough loosely from one end until you have something looking like a loaf. place loafs on a baking tray covered by baking paper and wait another hour.
Preheat oven to 180 C. Use a knife to score the loafs straight down the middle.
Bake for about 20 min.

Butterfly cakes

Butterfly cakes

Probably I am starting to miss Spring...





















"Butterfly cakes"

- 150g soft butter
- 150g sugar
- 180g self raising flour
- 3 eggs, bitten
- a few drops valilla extract

For buttercream:

- 150g soft butter
- 250g icing sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice



Preheat oven to 180 C. Stand 12 silicone cases on a baking tray.
Putt all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Divide the cake mixture between the cake cases.
Bake around 20 min until gold.

Cream: put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat well with electric whisk until smooth, add the lemon juice in the end.

Cut out a round from the center top of each cake and cut them in half.

Put the buttercream into the cavity of each cake. Reposition the 2 halves of the rounds on each cake so they resemble butterfly wings.

Coffee Cookies

Coffee Cookies

What can I say? They are simple to prepare and tasty....



















"Coffee Cookies"

- 5 tbsp hot! milk
- 2 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 egg
- 225g flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 110g butter
- 110g brown sugar

Heat the oven to 170C.
Mix coffee with a hot milk.
Beat the butter and sugar, add an egg, flour and baking powder. Strain in the coffee and mix until blended.
Place spoonfuls of the cookies dough on a baking tray. Bake about 15 min.

Carrot, Tomato and Coconut soup

Carrot, Tomato and Coconut soup

For lazy people. Simple and tasty.





















"Carrot, Tomato and Coconut soup."

- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 big garlic gloves, chopped
- 1 spoon olive oil
- 1 can tomatoes
- 1 can coconut milk
- salt, pepper

Heat oil in the pot and fry onion with garlic. Add some kurkuma if you like. Add carrots, tomatoes and cook for a while. Pour water into the pot to cover vegetables, add salt and pepper and cook for 20 min.
Pour coconut milk into the soup and use a blender to mix soup well until smooth.

Gluten free waffles

Gluten free breakfast waffles

My daughter's idea... but tasty. You can freeze for later use!






















"Gluten free breakfast waffles"


• 2 cups gluten free flour
• 1 Tablespoon sugar
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 3 eggs, separated
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Maple syrup, golden syrup or fruit for serving


• Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.
• Combine the flour, sugar, and baking powder in a bowl.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff in a separate bowl or pot.
• Add the egg yolks, milk, butter and vanilla to the flour mix and whisk together.
• Gently fold the egg whites into the batter.
• Pour the batter into a silicon waffle mould. There should be enough batter for several moulds or several batches.
• Bake for 12 min or until golden.

Roasted Tomato and Avocado toast

Roasted Tomato and Avocado toast

I love this tomato! So tasty...




















"Roasted Tomato and Avocado toast"

- 8 plum tomatoes
- 2 tsp oil
- 1tsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tsp goat butter
- 1 big, ripe avocado
- juice from 1 lemon
Favorite bread to toast.


Preheat oven to 170stC. Slice the tomatoes in half and put on a tray with baking paper.
Mix oil, sugar, vinegar and paprika together. Pour the oil onto tomatoes and bake them for almost 1 hour.
In the meantime remove skin and stone from the avocado and mash the flesh roughly in a bowl with the lemon juice, salt and fresh pepper.
Chargrill the bread on a griddle pan then spread with the butter.
Divide the avocado between the toasts and top with the tomatoes.

Citrus salad with seeds

Citrus salad with seeds

For an amazing morning or lazy afternoon...





















"Citrus salad with seeds"

- 1 big orange
- 1 red grapefruit
- 1 clementine
- pumpkin seeds
- 1 tbsp honey


Peel the orange, grapefruit and clementine. Remove the pith. Slice and arrange on a plate.
Tip pumpkin seeds on a hot pan and fry them for 1 min. Mix with a honey and heat together for a while.
Stir the remaining honey on a top of of the citrus salad.

Dried Cherry Buns

Dried Cherry Buns

Smell of roses and cherries... is it possible to find a better combination?




















"Dried Cherry Buns"

- 250 ml natural yogurt
- 100g dried cherries
- 120g butter
-180g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 5 ml rose extract
- 200g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp soda


Mix yogurt with cherries and put apart.

Cream a butter with sugar until light. Add eggs , flour, powder soda and rose extract. Mix well. In the end add yogurt with cherries.
Grease 1 16 bun tray or use paper cases. Fill the prepared cups two-third full.
Bake in the hot oven 190 st C  for 20 min.

Coffe Sponge Drops

Coffe Sponge Drops

For a lazy afternoon...20 min of work together I suppose.





















"Coffe Sponge Drops"

- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp soda
- 6 tbsp custar sugar
- 1 tbsp instant coffee

For feeling:

- 1 cup of fat cheese
- 50g coconut
- 1 tbsp icing sugar

Whisk well eegs whits, add sugar and yolks. Mix well. Add the sifted flour with instant coffee, baking powder and soda.
Spoon the mixture on a baking sheet making 4 cm rounds. Bake for 10-12 min at 200st C. Cool.

In a meantime mix cheese, sugar and coconut strips.

Sandwich together cookies with a feeling.

Mallorcan Ensaimadas

Mallorcan Ensaimadas

It looks more complicated than it is in fact... Let's have a bit fun preparing these sweet little buns. :)




















"Mallorcan Ensaimadas"

- 230g white flour
- 50g sugar
- 1 egg
- 5 tbsp warm milk
- 1,5 dag fresh yeast/1 1/2 tsp dried/
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil


Sift a flour and salt into a bowl. Cream yeast with milk and pour into the center of the flour. Add sugar and wait a few minutes. mix well, add an egg and oil. Knead for a few minutes. Leave in a bowl and wait about one hour.
Turn out the dough on to a floured surface. Divide into 14-16 equal pieces. Shape them into a thin ropes. Melt a butter and dip the ropes into the butter to coat.
On the baking shit curl each rope into a loose spiral. Leave to rise in a warm place for 30-40 min.
Bake in a warm oven 190stC for 15 min.
Cool and dust with icing sugar.

Sweet sesame Loaf

Sweet Sesame Loaf

Easy to prepare... I baked it for breakfast because I was to lazy to go to the shop :) I used for decoration also pumpkin and sunflower seeds.




















"Sweet Sesame Loaf"

-300g plain flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 5 dag butter
- 300ml milk
- 100g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 5 tbsp sesame seeds

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Stir in the sesame seeds, reserve 2 spoon for later.
Mix well sugar, butter, eggs and milk. Pour the milk mixture over the dry ingredients and blend well. Pour into greased tin and sprinkle over the reserved sesame seeds.
bake in a warm - 180stC - oven for about one hour.

Sultana and Orange Traybake

Sultana and Orange Traybake

Simple, easy, a bit boring...





















"Sultana and Orange Traybake"

- 220g butter
- 4 eggs
- 220g sugar
- 275g selfraising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp orange jus
- 200g sultanas
- grated rind of 2 oranges

Icing sugar+a bit orange jus for icing.

Mix well butter with sugar, add other ingredients, sultanas in the end.

Grease well a tray-bake  and turn the mixture into tin and level the top.

Bake in a pre-heat oven to 180stC for about one hour.

Cool decorate with icing.

Dill and Potato Buns

Dill and Potato Buns

Excellent for supper. Especially warm...






















"Dill and Potato Buns"

- 220g self raising flour
- 1 big potato, cooked and smashed
- 3-4 spoons of milk
- 5 dag butter
- dill
-1 tsp salt


Prepare a bowl. Sift a flour into a bowl. Add the butter, milk, potato, salt, dill and milk. Make a soft dough. Roll out the dough on a floured surface . Cut into neat rounds.
Place the buns on a baking sheet, well greased and bake for about 20 min with 210stC.

Muffins with pears

Muffins with pears

Fall, fall... and so many possibilities of making tasty food. Like muffins with pears for a lazy afternoon.




















"Muffins with pears"

- 200g white flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- pint of salt
- 70g custar sugar
- 3/4 cup jus / orange, mango.../
- 2 eggs
- 50ml olive oil
- a few drops vanilla extract
- 1-2 pears peeled, cut

Mix dry ingredients together. Add jus, eggs, olive and vanilla extract. With a big spoon stir just until the flour is moistened. Add pears.
Grease a 12-cup muffin tin and spoon the batter into them. Bake n a preheat oven 200stC for about 15-20 min.

Saffron Breadsticks with seeds

Saffron Breadsticks with seeds

When we are not so hungry.. just for a pleasure. Or with a red wine... or with pesto...





















"Saffron Breadsticks with seeds"

- 500g flour
- pinch of saffron strands
- 2 spoons hot water
- 1tsp salt
-2 tsp dried yeast
-300 ml warm water
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- favorites seeds
- 3-4 spoons evaporated milk


Mix saffron strands with 2 spoons of a hot water for about 10 min.

Mix flour, salt and dried yeast in a big bowl. Add warm water, olive oil and saffron liquid. Mix to a soft dough. Knead a dough, place in a warm place and wait until it has doubled in size.
Knock back and knead again for a while.
Divide the dough into 25-26 pieces and shape into long sticks. Place well apart on greased baking sheets and wait another 20 min. Brush with evaporated milk and put some seeds on a top.
Preheat the oven to 200stC. Bake for about 15 min.

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake with Banana Sauce

Chocolate Cinnamon Cake with Banana Sauce

My friends love it! I am not a big fun of chocolate cakes... But this one is not so bad ;)




















"Chocolate Cinnamon Cake with Banana Sauce"

- 100g white flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100g butter
- 5 eggs separated
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 200g sugar
- 100g dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp cinnamon


Sauce:
- 4-5 ripe bananas
-50g brown sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 150 ml whipped cream

Combine the chocolate and butter in a small pot. Heat on a low fire stirring occasionally. Add coffee and mix well. Cool.
Beat egg yolks with the sugar. Add the chocolate mixture and beat again.
In a separated bowl beat the egg whites. Fold a dollop of whites into the chocolate mixture. Mix well then add the flour and baking powder.
Pour the mixture into the well greased tin. Bake in a warm oven 180stC for about 40 min.

Slice the bananas into a heatproof dish. Add sugar and lemon juice. Place under the grill and cook stirring from time to time for about 10 min.
Prepare a bowl. Smashed bananas with a fork and mix them with a whipped cream.

Try to serve the cake and sauce warm. :)

Plaited Loaf

Plaited Loaf

Not really complicated recipe. I hope it looks yummy! :)





















"Plaited Loaf"

- 450g white flour
- 2 tsp dried yeast
- 1 egg
- 3/4 glass warm water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 5dag soft butter

Combine in a big bowl flour, yeast, salt and sugar. Add water and mix well. Add an egg and butter. Knead until smooth and elastic. Leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.

Grease a baking shit. Divide dough into three equal pieces. Roll to shape each piece into a long strip.
Begin plaiting with the center strip tucking in the ends. Wait another 30 min.
Brush with the evaporated milk and bake in a warm oven 200st C for about 30 min.

Coconut Lime Cake

Coconut Lime Cake

It's such a big rain today... I really needed something to warm my heart and mind. This sunny and light coconut cake was a perfect remedy for my bad mood :).

















"Coconut Lime Cake"

- 230g white flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 220g butter, soft
- 200g sugar
- 4 eggs
- lime juice from 3 limes
-100g coconut, shredded
- 1 cup icing sugar for frosting


Beat the butter and sugar together. Add 2/3 part of a lime jus, eggs and finally flour and baking powder.  In the end stir in two-thirds of the coconut.

Pour the mixture into greased tin and bake about 30-35 min in the oven 180 C.

Cool the cake.  In the meantime mix the remaining lime jus with icing suger. Decorate a cake. Spread the remaining coconut on the top.

Spritzer

Spritzer

 These drink is very popular in Germany but not only there. Also in Austria and Italy. It is used alongside the equally common form Gespritzter(mostly pronounced G'spritzter, a noun derived from the past participle of spritzen, i.e. squirt), a term also found in some German regions, such as Hessen (e.g.Süssgespritzter, i.e. a "sweet spritzer" using fizzy lemonade instead of soda water).

I found in my fridge an open bottle of wine... My favorite one is Sauvignon Blanc but we may use any kind of wine.

"Spritzer"

- 1 part of water/ sparkly or flat/

- 1 part of dry wine /white, rose/ or even semi-dry

- lemon, sliced

- ice cubes

 Mix well all igrediance and serve in glasses! 

A very relaxing drink! 

Mississipi Mud Cake

Mississipi Mud Cake

Poland won with Germany 2 : 0 today... In football of course. Fortunately I baked this cake before so we can celebrate now :)!!



















"Mississipi Mud Cake"

- 230g white flour
- 1-2 tsp baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 glass strong coffee
- 120g dark chocolate
- 200g butter,
- 400g sugar
- vanilla extract, a few drops
- coca powder


Mix dry igrediance together.
Butter, coffee, chocolate heat slowly until melted, stirring occasionally. Add sugar. Combine in a bowl with dry igrediance. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract and mix well.
Grease a tin and dust lightly with cocoa powder. Pour the dough into a tin.
Bake in a hot oven - only 150stC for 70-80 min.