Jump to Recipe | Zum Rezept Christmas is such a magical time of the year, especially when you have kids. Well, the nearly 6-year-old gets a bit overexcited with so many treats and experiences (read: overly emotional, expressing itself in massive cheek and colossal tantrums) and the baby, well, she’s a baby, what does she…
Category: Sweets, cakes and cookies
Vanilla custard
As the days grow shorter and greyer, I am all about the stews, soups and crumbles. And what goes better with crumble than… you’ve got it, vanilla custard. Growing up in Germany, for me, vanilla custard or Vanillepudding came in a blue packet. Imagine my surprise when I learned that I could easily whip it…
Banana-peanut butter muffins
Skip to recipe I’ve been back at work for a few weeks now after 10 months of maternity life and – boy! – life has certainly picked up the pace. When people ask me how I shed all that weight I gained during the pregnancy (we’re talking North of 30kg), I jokingly respond: “I run…
4-ingredient pancake
Ingredients 140g gluten-free flour 200ml dairy-free milk 2 eggs, separated 2 tbsp nut oil Instructions Separate the eggs and whip the whites to stiff peaks with your trusted kitchen machine, handheld whisk or – for gentle strength training – by hand. Whisk the egg yolks into the milk and fold under the egg whites. Gently…
Sugar-free peanut-nougat bites
Ingredients 120ml coconut cream 1 tsp rice malt syrup pinch sea salt 1 tsp vanilla essence 45g almond flour 65g almond-peanut butter, smooth 120ml sugar-free caramel sauce 50g peanuts, roughly chopped 100 g dark chocolate Instructions Prepare a loaf tin and a baking tray by lining them with baking paper. Combine coconut cream, syrup, salt,…
Sugar-free caramel sauce
Ingredients 30ml rice malt syrup 50g butter 30ml coconut cream pinch of salt Instructions Bring rice malt syrup up to 140C. Add butter and a pinch of salt and stir. Remove from heat and slowly add the coconut cream, stirring until combined. Pour caramel into a bowl and sit in the freezer until thick for…
Oat-banana-blueberry muffins
Baby Lemons isn’t big on porridge at the moment, but I’d like him to have some oats in the morning… just because. He does love bananas and could happily devour a whole one in one sitting. So I made him some oat-banana-blueberry muffins. I skipped the dairy, gluten and sugar though; dairy and gluten so…
Creme Patissiere
In case I haven’t mentioned this before, I’m an avid Masterchef Australia viewer. I simply love its 99+ episodes and devour them one by one (and sometimes on repeat). The Northerner isn’t a fan, he claims, but occasionally I catch him catching up on a few episodes that I had binged without him. Go figure….
Rhubarb-Meringue Cake
Ingredients 1kg rhubarb 250g butter, warm 120g rice malt syrup + 3 tbsp granulated stevia for the sugar free version OR 150g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 pinch of salt 7 eggs Base: 2 whole eggs + 3 egg yolks Meringue: 5 egg whites + 5 tbsp rice malt syrup for the sugar free version OR…
Cantuccini
Two years ago, the Northerner and I travelled to Rome for a gig by Ben Harper. Those were the days… Musical jetsetting without a care in the world. While we found an awesome restaurant that catered delicious Italian cuisine to my needs, I was missing a little something with my espresso. In honour of our…
Growning Up and Liking It 