American Baker in Germany

This year, my husband didn't want a cake for his birthday. So, I thought about it, and decided to surprise him by making a cake out of watermelon! This kind of "cake" is perfect for those on a diet, diabetic, or who don't care for sweet things. First, I bought the watermelon as well as an assortment of beautiful berries. I bought cherries, raspberries and blackberries to decorate with. But you can literally decorate with whatever you would like to.  Then I whipped up some whipped cream.  Now, it's time to cut the watermelon.  First, cut the ends off your watermelon.  Then I put the whipped cream in a piping bag with a star tip.  And I continued to cut off the watermelon rind.  Then, I cleaned up the watermelon by leveling it and smoothing out the edges.  And piped a shell border of whipped cream.  And piped dabs on the top of the cake.  Then I placed some cherries around the bottom of the cake.  And placed...

Brownies are a great American recipe. No collection of American recipes should be without it. Here's my favorite recipe. Soft and Chewy Brownies: 3/4 cup (185g) melted butter 1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 tsp vanilla or 1 1/2 tbsp vanilla sugar 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 cup (90g) flour 1/2 cup (50g) cocoa powder Mix the melted butter with the sugar. Then add the eggs and combine until all the egg yolks are incorporated. Add the dry ingredients all at once and mix until combined. This is a great recipe for the kids to help with. You don't need a mixer and you basically just mix all ingredients together. Put the batter into a brownie pan (mine is 7x11 inches) or an 8x8 inch square pan. Bake at 350°F or 180°C for 30-40 minutes. I then used this handy cutting guide.  And followed the lines with a knife to cut all the way through.  These came out of the pan super easily and taste amazing.  Indulgent and cho...

This cake was for my husband's birthday party. He's a summer child, so I made him a watermelon cake. I colored my buttercream two different colors of green. The left one was colored with gel food coloring using some green and blue. The right one was colored with liquid food coloring and this took an entire tube. It really shows how much stronger gel food coloring is.  Then I had some red velvet cake and leftover pink cream cheese frosting from the brushed embroidery cake.  Already looking a bit watermelony.  I stuck the cake to the cake board with some of the green buttercream.  Then I filled it with pink cream cheese frosting and added some chocolate chips to look like the seeds.  And I added the second layer of red velvet cake.  And I used the rest of the cream cheese frosting to cover the top of the cake.  Then I put the green buttercream in two different piping bags.  And I piped the buttercream in vertical stripes on...