Rice pudding invokes a lot of warm childhood memories for many Germans and I’m no exception. This, along with Griessbrei or homemade pudding, would be one of those comforting dishes that your Oma would likely have made for you. To this day, I cannot smell cooking milk on the stove top without thinking of my Oma….
Desserts
Simple Cherry Amaretto Crumble
No, this cherry amaretto crumble is definitely not a traditional German recipe. It is, however, German inspired. I promise. I’ve been mulling over putting this recipe on my blog for almost a year now. I started making it last summer when I happily received a surplus of Eastern Washington cherries from my Mother-in-law and needed a…
Quick and Easy Krapfen (Berliners)
It’s that time of year again for Krapfen. Those wonderful, fried, sweet yeast dough confections that are filled with jam or marmalade and topped with powdered or conventional sugar. Why not have an easy Krapfen recipe on hand to break out whenever you want a doughnut? Yes, these are basically jelly doughnuts but they’re doughnuts with meaning and history! Okay, so I hesitate…
Red Wine Cake (Rotweinkuchen)
Red wine and dark chocolate. What a decadent combination. These are the two stand out ingredients in this luscious red wine cake. There’s also a touch of cinnamon that edges the flavour into a slightly more “spiced” realm. With it’s somewhat dense texture and boozy red wine icing, I consider this cake to be more of a Sunday or company…
Classic Marble Cake (Marmorkuchen)
The English like their afternoon tea and the German like their afternoon coffee and cake. Marble Cake is a quintessential German coffee cake. I’ll admit that in my childhood I wasn’t terribly fond of marble cake as I always found it a little boring and rather dry. Recently, I decided to see if that was still…