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Plum Streusel Cake (Zwetschgenkuchen)

January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 - Sophie Leave a comment
Close up of a round plum streusel cake with one slice made and pulled slightly away from the rest of the cake.

While it is currently nowhere near plum season around here, digging out the last bags of plums from my freezer yesterday to finally turn into jam and fruit rollups has me dreaming of this plum streusel cake. Come to think of it, I have a few slices of it still wrapped and tucked in theRead more

Posted in Cakes, Pies & Tarts, Recipes - Tagged Apple, Cake, Dessert, Plum, Streusel

Bee Sting Cake

German Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich)

May 13, 2024May 27, 2024 - Sophie Leave a comment
Once slice of Bee Sting Cake (aka Bienenstich) on a small white plate while the rest of the cake sits on a white cake platter. A dark blue and white patterned dish towel is draped underneath the cake platter.

This blog post feels like a strange one to share. Not because it isn’t delicious (it is!), but because the memory that will always be tied to my experience of this german bee sting cake is on the sombre side. You see, my Oma has been in and out of hospital (mostly in) for theRead more

Posted in Cakes, Pies & Tarts, Recipes - Tagged Bee Sting Cake, Bienenstich, Cake, German
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