American Baker in Germany

 This is a cake my 9-year-old daughter helped with that we made from some leftovers from other projects. I started out with a 4-inch vanilla cake and filled it with milk chocolate buttercream. Then we added some walnuts. We dolloped it with buttercream and added the next layer. And frosted the cake. Then I filled a piping bag with buttercream with a star tip. And Sabrina tried her hand at piping. I showed her how to make a rope border along the top edge. And a shell border along the bottom edge. Then we covered the cake with pecans wherever we wanted to. Sabrina said it looked like the pecans were having a meeting. Watch us make this easy cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/_yiU6anZyGc Schaut zu wie wir diese einfache Torte auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/CDgs_Z9G1Mo

 I recently saw a recipe for a kind of German bread and suddenly I wasn't sure what I was looking at as the flour came with a number. I decided I needed to learn what those numbers on the flour description actually means. I got my information from this website: https://www.cooksinfo.com/german-flours Any flour made out of wheat will be called "Weizenmehl". However, there are several different kinds. The most common kind of flour is 405. So, let's start with what in the world does that number mean? Evidently, it is the "ash content". Wait, is there ash in my flour? Of course not. But, if this kind of flour were burned to ash, there would be 405mg of ash left over from 100g of flour. This number indicates the amount of minerals in the flour itself. The higher the number, the more minerals and fibers in the flour. 405 is the lowest amount. The closest American equivalent is cake flour. However, cake flour has less protein than German 405 flour, so it's not

 This is a simple Elmo cake for a preschool aged child. I made some red buttercream. Then I frosted a 6-inch cake dummy with vegan American buttercream. I made a few white fondant discs to be the eyes. With pupils, of course. Then I rolled out some black fondant and cut out a large half-circle for the mouth. Then I put the red buttercream in a piping bag with a grass tip. I piped the red fur all over the side of the cake. And covered the face with the same fir as well. I think this cute cake looks just like Elmo. Elmo likes it! Watch me make this cute Elmo cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/7sGxOJb9BXM Schaut zu wie ich diese süße Elmo Torte auf unserem YouTube Kanal machen hier: https://youtu.be/0zJzsR_m-Uw

Apfelstrudel is an Austrian dessert that really doesn't have a translation. It's kind of like an Apple pie with a thin crust.  Apfelstrudel: 1 1/4 cups (150g) flour 1/3 cup (75mL) water 1 tbsp oil pinch salt 4-5 (750g) apples 1/4 cup (40g) bread crumbs or wheat flour 2 tbsp (25g) butter 1/4 cup (50g) sugar 1 tsp cinnamon raisins (optional) Begin by preparing the Strudel dough. Combine flour and salt. Stir in oil and water. Knead dough at least 5 minutes. Cover and allow to rest about half an hour.  In a separate bowl, combine bread crumbs and butter to large crumbs. Peel, core and slice the apples into small pieces. Stir in sugar, raisins and cinnamon.  Lay a thin towel on the counter and dust with flour. Roll out the dough as thin as you can get it without making it tear.  Spread the bread crumbs onto the dough to about half an inch (1 cm) from the edge.  Do the same with the apples.  Fold in the edges and pull the sides into place using the towel as leverage.  Place the strud