Are you already in a Halloween-y mood? I am. Especially every Tuesday, when I have to get up at 6.15 am to be in time for my earliest lesson, which starts at 6.55, before the regular first lessons at school. It is creepy enough to be the only one who wakes up when it is still dark outside, but wandering through my room, afraid that any piece of Latin grammar might jump out of my school bag and confront me with its difficulties makes it even worse.
So… this feeling inspired the design of these cupcakes and tiny cake. I used my oreo muffin recipe for this, because my brother loves it. I put some of the dough into my mini cake pan (11,5 cm = 4,5´´), about the amoungt I use for 3 cupckes. I used half of the ingredients and got out 1 mini cake and 9 muffins in the end.
When the cakes were cooled, I beat about 250 ml (1 cup) heavy cream and added green food coloring. I think this minty green looks ugly enough :P. Then I placed a good amount of the stuff on top of the cupcakes/cake. Covered them messy. Then put some chocolate eyes on top and added crushed oreos or red colour icing. Sweet, isn’t it? And super easy to make. More scary ideas shall follow. :)
Happy German Unity day! This is a typical autumn festival right here so I am going to show you what autumn recipe may be suitable for such an occation… Even though I really want to have summer back :(.
I just need to say it: this cake is amazing. It is a very good classic apple pie, heavenly when it comes right out of the oven. I didn’t expect it to be that good, because I always did not like the pie crusts I have made by now, but this is an exception. I think I will always use this crust from now on. Found the recipe in this autumn`s issue of Sweet Paul Magazine. Love this lifestyle stuff.
When I had my first bite of the cake, it came to my mind, that all the ingredients inside were vegan. Vegan! And so good! At once I thought of a student in my school, who is vegan. That girl has got two blogs – one in German and the other one in English. I know that she will like the following recipe, as she loves apples :)
If you love art, photography and the little things that make life better, you will love those two blogs. Don’t miss to check this out.
Classic Apple Pie
(makes one round 22 cm (9´´) cake)
300 g (2 ½ cups) flour
4 tbsp sugar
220 g (2 sicks – 1 tbsp) cold margarine, cut into cubes
8 tbsp ice cold water
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 middle-sized apples, not too sour
7 tbsp sugar
¾ tsp cinammon powder
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sunflower oil
Whisk together 300 g (2 ½ cups) flour and 4 tbsp sugar in a large bowl.
Add the butter and mix at low speed until the dough forms little peas.
Knead the dough with your hands after adding the ice cold water and 1 tbsp lemon juice until the mass forms a ball.
Cut the dough in halves, put some plastic wrap around it and let chill in the freezer for about 1 hour.
In the meanwhile, wash the apples, remove pale and seeds and cut them into THIN slices.
Mix with 2 tbsp flour, 7 tbsp sugar, cinammoon and lemon juice in a bowl.
Preheat the ovn to 180°C (350°F).
Take out the cooled dough and roll both halves on a lightly floured surface until they are a little larger than the surface of your bowl. Place one half of the crust into the pan and form it with your fingers until bottom and rim are colpletely covered. Place the apples into the pan. Spread them evenly on the surface. Place the other half of the crust on top and press the bottom and top layer with your fingers so they stick together. Cut some lines into the upper layer with a sharp knife.
Bake for about 50 minutes. After 40 minutes of baking, brush the crust with oil. Let the cake chill for a good 15 minutes… you don’t want to burn your tongue :P.
Serve warm.
Hi there, I got something easy for you. Really, if you have ever wanted to make something which is good for you, your famliy&friends and your spare time, this is probably one of the best ideas. It represents the typical cocktail flavour of a fresh-made Pina Colada, only as a jam, which means you can eat as much as you want without having a hangover the next day. :D
When I first tried out this recipe (found again on Chefkoch), I had never made jam or marmalade by myself before. Everything came out as it should without a problem.
Here we go:
1 Portion (about 2 cups):
1 ripe pineapple
1 pck. jam sugar 3:1 (= 500g = 18 oz)
400 ml (1 2/3 cup) coconut milk
1 tsp rum flavour
juice of 1 lemon
Remove the pale of the pineapple and cut it into pieces (you may use the hard part in the middle as well). Purée the pieces with a blender shaft until you get a smooth mass.
Transfer the mashed pineapple into a pan. Stir in the other ingredients and bring the mixture to a boil. Don’t forget to stir. Let the mass boil as long as written on the package of the jam sugar, which should be about 4 minutes.
Transfer the hot liquid into jam jars, close the lid and turn upside down. Let cool at room temperature.
Ready for eating when cooled down (after at least 4 hours).
Enjoy for with toast, bread, bagel, croissant, yoghurt, granola… whatever you like.
P.S.: I eat this jam right out of the jar with a spoon :D Yum!
