Inevitably during my baking adventures (and almost always after Christmas baking) I usually have either leftover egg yolks, egg whites or both. When I stumbled across this recipe for Raspeli (German Chocolate Coconut Macaroons) in my Mom’s german home baking book as a way to use up leftover egg whites I knew I had toRead more
As I sit here pondering what to write about this German Plum Spelt Cake I’m watching the cold rain drizzle down and leave little glistening orbs at the end of every needle on the pine tree outside the window. Kitty, as per usual, is tucked up beside me, hell bent on stealing my warmth. IRead more
Down the street and around the corner is our 85 year old neighbour whose prune plum tree towers above the house and all the other fruit trees sprinkled around the backyard. Mom and I headed out in the heat of the afternoon with buckets and a box to scale the tree and pick ourselves sillyRead more