American Baker in Germany

 This is a sweet, cake-like quick bread. It's great for a chocolate fix. Chocolate Bread: 1 1/4 cup (175g) flour 1/2 cup (40g) cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar 1/4 cup (50g) sugar 1/2 cup (115g) melted butter 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup (180mL) buttermilk 3/4 cup (100g) chocolate chips  Combine dry ingredients with a whisk.  Stir in melted butter, vanilla, eggs and buttermilk.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Pour batter into a greased bread pan.  Bake at 350°F or 180°C for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool. This chocolate bread is soft and cake-like. It's absolutely delicious. Watch us make this chocolate bread on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/__ulqLmX5mQ Schaut zu wie ich dieses Schokobrot auf meinem YouTube Kanal mache hier: https://youtu.be/IPcWEsrZlvM

 This cake was for a friend's baby shower. This is a 9-inch vanilla cake filled and frosted with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream.  I colored the buttercream red, yellow, blue, purple and green. I put the red, yellow and blue in piping bags with star tips, purple in a piping bag with a petal tip and green in a piping bag with a leaf tip. I piped some purple flowers with the petal tip in loops around a center. Then I piped some red rosettes. And some blue rosettes. And some yellow drop flowers. And I filled in the gaps with green leaves.  I think this cake turned out beautiful.  It was just what the mother-to-be requested. Congratulations, Leah! Watch us make this pretty cake on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/hv5HKe-5p0Y Schaut zu wie ich diese schöne Torte auf meinem YouTube Kanal mache hier: https://youtu.be/_0wIGea3S5Y

 Once again, lactose intolerance is fun. So, we have to make a lot of milk-based foods from scratch, so let's do chocolate pudding. Chocolate Pudding: 1 1/3 cup (260g) sugar 2/3 cup (57g) cocoa powder 1/2 cup (64g) cornstarch dash salt 4 1/2 cups (1 L) milk 3 tbsp butter 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar Whisk sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, salt together in a saucepan.  Add milk and heat over the stove.  Bring to boil and allow mixture to thicken.  Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Place plastic wrap over the top and allow to cool completely.  Store in fridge.  Watch me make this easy pudding on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/Z5TXshYf4hU Schaut zu wie ich diesen einfachen Pudding auf meinem YouTube Kanal mache hier: https://youtu.be/EkFsw92JssI