American Baker in Germany

This recipe is similar to my Baking Powder Bread with a bit of a different flavor and consistency going on, but it still doesn't call for yeast. Baking Soda Bread: 4 cups (500g) flour 2 cups (450mL) buttermilk 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda Add all the ingredients to a bowl. Combine with a spoon or spatula until it forms a sticky dough. Pour into a bread form. Bake for 5-10 minutes before making a long cut across the top, if desired. Bake at 400°F or 200°C for 30-45 minutes or until tapping on the crust creates a hollow sound.  Immediately butter the top of the bread and allow to cool before removing from the pan.  This is a nice, neutral-tasting bread you can use to make sandwiches or just eat by itself.  It's super easy and is a nice alternative to the baking powder bread.  Happy Baking!  Watch us make this recipe on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/gME3umOD2bY Schaut zu wie wir dieses Rezept auf YouTube machen h...

It's my birthday. I love making cakes, but I didn't want to spend tons of time on my own birthday cake. I just wanted to eat it. Let's be honest. So, I decided to go with a fast and easy design that would taste amazing. One of my favorite flavor combos is chocolate and peanut butter. No brainer. Let's do it. I started out with peanut butter cake.  I filled it with dark chocolate ganache.  Then I frosted it with peanut butter frosting.  I put some ganache in a piping bag without a tip.  I piped a drip at the edge and covered the top with ganache, but it was just a touch thick.  So, I spread it out across the top with an off-set spatula to smooth it out.  Then, I got out a large curved star tip.  And piped a few dollops around the top.  I got out a couple of peanut butter cups.  Carefully removed the paper, and slowly cut it into pieces.  I cut both of them into quarters.  And placed them in opp...

This recipe was adapted from one I found online. Lemon Curd: zest of 1 lemon 3 lemons worth of juice (about 3/4 cup or 170mL) 5 egg yolks plus 2 whole eggs 3/4 cup (150g) sugar 1/4 cup (65g) cold butter  First, zest your lemon.  Then juice the lemons.  Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, eggs and sugar to a metal or glass bowl.  Combine them with a whisk, making sure to break all the yolks.  Heat the mixture over a double boiler until it starts to thicken and becomes slightly lighter in color.  Then, remove from the heat and add the cold butter.  Whisk together until butter is completely melted. The lemon curd will be quite thin still.  Allow it to cool at room temperature at least half an hour. It should thicken up to a pudding consistency.  Lemon curd is sweet and tangy and has a very intense lemon flavor. It makes a great cake filling, can be used to flavor buttercream, and is the base for lemon meringue p...

This cake came about because I originally thought that you needed an airbrush to make a galaxy cake. Then I saw someone paint it with paintbrushes and I realized that maybe I could make one, too. Even though I don't have an airbrush. I started with a round peanut butter cake and peanut butter frosting.  Then I frosted the cake with peanut butter frosting.  I covered the cake with black fondant. This is a necessary step for a galaxy cake. Black needs to be the backdrop.  I trimmed off the excess fondant with a sharp knife.  I got out all the paintbrushes I have. I only use these brushes for cake decorating.  I'm also using quite a few food colors today: white, turquoise, baby blue, pink and purple.  I put some of each of the colors in my paint palette.  I added a few drops of alcohol to each of the dark colors.  But I knew they were too dark to show up on the black fondant. So, I added some white food coloring to all the d...