During his working life, my dad traveled all around the world. When he had some work to do in England he brought back ginger marmalade from Chivers for us as souvenir to try. I really liked it very much! So, during my time at school, I had the chance to visit England a couple of […]
Category: Sweet Stuff

Marble Cake – an All-Time Classic
An all time classic, since I can remember. My mother used to make marble cake for almost every Sunday when I was a child. That is why I want to share this recipe. Every food-blogger is posting about the most fancy recipes they cook but I think, it is important to remember once in a […]

A (almost) Gluten free Advocaat cake
This cake I made a few days ago more or less unavoidably because I had an Advocaat in my fridge. This intro may sound strange. But if I tell you that I don’t like Advocaat at all you’ll understand. The first time I got an Advocaat as a present from some friends a few years […]

Coconut Cake
I love these small chocolate bars with coconut flakes and covered with dark chocolate. They are my absolute favorite. That is why I was thinking to make a cake similar to these bars. I love the taste of coconut very much so I wanted to make this cake as much tasting of it as possible, […]

Marble Cake with Olive Oil and Yogurt
Yesterday I decided to make a marble cake for the weekend. I had everything at home – except butter! So I searched the net to find an idea how to replace butter by olive oil. I found several recipes but non of it would really find my approval. But, at least, it gave me the […]

Honey Cake “Lebkuchen” Muffins
Honey cake is one of the traditional cakes during Christmas time in Germany besides Lebkuchen or Christmas Stollen. Here is one idea to make honey cake as muffin. It is best to prepare them at least one day before eating as they contain typical spices like cardamom, clove, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. As honey I […]

Christmas Stollen Muffins
In Germany Christmas Stollen is the most traditional sweet bread existing. It is a heavy sweet bread loaf traditionally made from butter, yeast, curd, raisins and candied fruit peel. Besides of Lebkuchen it is the most important sweet at Christmas time. The “Dresdner Christstollen” and “Nürnberger Lebkuchen” are the most famous of all. If you […]

Vasilopita – A Traditional Greek New Years Cake
It is tradition in Greece that on New Year’s Day a cake is cut, the so called „Vasilopita “. This is a cake baked with nuts and a lucky coin is hidden inside. First, before cutting the cake, a cross is struck over the cake three times. Then the cake is cut crosswise. The piece […]

Chocolate Pie
There is a commercial in Greece that says “more chocolate is not possible” – this is how I would describe this cake! Everything of this cake is just chocolate! It is sweet, it is juicy and it is chocolate. The first time I had a cake like this was at a long week-end in Sitia […]

Tsoureki (traditional Greek Easter Bread)
The Easter Feast is one of the most important celebrations in Greece. The celebration starts in the night from Holy Saturday to Easter Sunday by bringing the Holy Light home from church as a symbol of the Holy Spirit. There are also a lot of traditional foods on Easter like lamb, grilled slowly from early […]