American Baker in Germany

 I don't want to call this one a recipe, since you are not meant to eat them, but this "recipe" is for (non-edible) cinnamon ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree. I love how they smell. Cinnamon Ornaments: 1 cup (250g) applesauce 1 1/2 cups (200g) cinnamon Yep, only two ingredients. Pour applesauce in medium bowl. Stir in most of the cinnamon, but leave some to the side. Stir mixture together as well as possible.  Roll out on parchment paper using a bit of cinnamon to keep it from sticking. (Don't use flour. Use cinnamon as you would flour when rolling out cookie dough.)  Roll it about 1/4 of an inch thick. Use cookie cutters of whatever kind you like to make the shapes. Use a skewer or piping tip to create a hole in each one.  Bake in the oven at 200°F or 90°C for about 1 1/2 hours. You are just allowing the applesauce to dry completely.  Thread a string or ribbon through the hole. Use a needle threader if you're having trouble.  These are delicate and ...

 This cake was for my colleague's wife for her birthday. He said that he didn't want her to make her own birthday cake. Makes sense to me. The request was for a chocolate cake with raspberry Swiss merinuge buttercream filled with fresh raspberries with some pretty piping and the words "Happy Birthday" in blue and white. I can do that. I made a batch of Swiss meringue buttercream, putting some white buttercream aside, and flavored and colored the rest raspberry and colored it blue. I put the white in piping bags with a small round tip and a medium star tip. And the blue raspberry buttercream in a piping bag with a small star tip.  I decided to try out a new recipe for devil's food cake, which turned out fantastic. So, this is an 8-inch round devil's food cake. I filled it with raspberry buttercream and fresh raspberries. It was three layers high. Then I frosted the cake with the blue raspberry buttercream. I piped a reverse shell border along the top edge, a sh...

 Devil's Food Cake was invented as the opposite of the light and airy Angel Food Cake. Devil's Food Cake is a dense and decadent chocolate cake. Devil's Food Cake: 2 cup (250g) flour 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup (125g) butter 1 cup (100g) baking cocoa 1/2 cup (110mL) oil 1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tbsp vanilla extract or 3 tbsp vanilla sugar 1/2 cup (120g) sour cream or plain yoghurt 1 1/2 cups (330mL) milk Cream butter. Beat in sugars, oil and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time.  Beat in cocoa, baking soda, salt, baking powder and sour cream. Alternate between a third of the flour and half the milk until all is incorporated.  Pour batter into greased and lined baking pans.  Bake at 350°F or 180°C for 30-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.  Watch us make this decadent cake recipe on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/tF5LebAmYTE Schaut zu wie ich dieses d...