Swabian Cheese Cake

After living 'abroad' for 2 years, the first thing my son wanted when he came home was a real typical swabian cheese cake.  Guess he has not lost the perspective for the swabian culture. 

Portugal - Porto

While in Porto, I wanted to experience the local cuisine as much as possible.  That, of course, includes breakfast.  One early morning, I went breakfast hunting and spotted this 'hole-in-corner' bakery.  It looked very much like a kopitiam including music.

Christmas Bakes

 
Christmasy decos were out since September,
magazines stuffed full of receipes for Christmas
dinner, lunch, breakfast; not forgetting 'after dinner'
morning cocktails to sober up.
Everyone driven into a frenzy of shopping
and baking when December came..
  
I did not bake much this year as I was away for much of December.  Here are my traditional bakes, simple and very much liked by family.   The receipes are from a book printed in the early 1900.

Linzertorte - raspbery jam (above)



Black currant jam.

  Vanilla crescent- before baking












Vanilla crescent - after baking.

was not watching :-(  

Filled with black currant and apricot jam.

Apple Tart with Pumpkin Butter

Surprise !  Surprise !
Have a visitor in 45 minutes.
Grumble grumble...such short notice !!

Pumpkin Butter

PUMPKIN BUTTER

While on holiday in New York, I went to the Union Square Green Market.  Stuffed myself silly with all 'samples' of organic and traditonal food.  In one stall, there were various types of pumpkins and pumpkin butter. There were no 'samples' so I didn't know how it taste and I didn't buy any because my luggage was already way over 30 kgs.
When Peng and Lily mentioned it, it brought back memories and I still have a few pumpkins practically sitting around.   Decided to sacrifice one.