Ritter Sport Peppermint Chocolate Brownies

My precious Ritter Sport peppermint chocolate has expired! Yikes!! How could that happen?? It was hidden in a corner in the fridge and somehow got lost. It has only been a few days though. 
Brownies are always a good idea and the perfect opportunity to use up the chocolate.

Easy Swedish Carrot Cake Recipe

Easy Swedish Carrot Cake Recipe

You know cooking and baking must be quick and easy, otherwise it's not a preferred activity of mine.
This Swedish carrot cake is exactly that. And delicious!

I found the recipe on Pinterest while looking for a way to use up leftover shredded carrots from a salad the other day, and it is my new favorite, because it is so moist and SO GOOD!

Basic White Bread

Ingredients:

330 ml milk
330 g flour
2 tsp baking powder
2-3 tsp salt

Instructions:

- mix the ingredients
- grease a loaf pan or line it with baking paper
- pour the dough into the pan
- bake for 20-30 minutes at 200° C

Let cool and enjoy!

Lemon Day ( Two Recipes)

Today was the first time in what feels like ages that the sun was shining. I am so ready for spring and summer, but the next round of ice and snow is already on its way. 

Anyway, I felt "yellow" today, which put me in the mood for some lemons. 

At first, i made this surprisingly refreshing and tasty Lemon Cucumber Water.

 

The recipe can be found here at Two Tarts, one of my favorite food blogs.


Then i made a Lemon Cake.

We are super greedy when it comes to cake, that's why the photo only shows half of it...

The recipe is adapted from this one ( in german), with just a few minor changes as well as some coconut shreds for a summery and tropical feel. The cake turned out very moist and fluffy.
Yum!

Ingredients: 

2 lemons
250g butter
200g sugar
280g Mehl
4 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt

5-10 T coconut shreds
125g confectioner's sugar
1 T hot water


Instructions:

1. Line a loaf pan with baking paper
2. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350F
3. Melt the butter.
4. In a bowl, combine butter and sugar, cream well, then add the eggs.
5. Mix in the juice of one and a half lemons, the flour, baking powder, and salt, and whisk well.
6. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake 40-50 minutes.
7. Lift up the baking paper along with the cake, and let cool for 10 minutes ( preferably on a cooling rack). 8. Remove the baking paper and let cool for another 20 minutes.


Then, prepare the glaze:

In a small bowl, mix confectioner's sugar with 1 tsp water and stir well. Now add a few drops of lemon juice. Be careful, the glaze must not be too liquid!
Mix in the coconut shreds and cover the cake with the glaze, then immediately sprinkle the cake with a handful of coconut shreds.

Let the glaze dry, and enjoy your cake!

Eggnog Cake

 

  This pin:

My result:

My cake turned out fairly flat because I used a larger baking pan ( and because i am not a talented/ professional baker and probably did something wrong).
The frosting is adapted from Martha's recipe, but mixed with whipped cream, white sugar and red food coloring.

RECIPE: Basil Bread

How to bake a fresh Basil Bread in ten quick and easy steps

Ingredients: ( serves 2)

235 ml ( 1 cup or 15 and 1/2 T) Water
15 g Basil ( ca. 2 handful of basil)

2 T Olive Oil
10 g ( 1T) Salt
1 Pk. Dry Yeast
375 g ( 3 cups and 1 T) Flour
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20 ml ( 1 T and 1 tsp.) Milk 

1 T Olive Oil

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, mix water, basil, 2 T oil and salt and mash with an immersion blender

2. Add yeast and flour, knead and form a ball
3. Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and allow the dough to rise at a warm place until the size of the ball has doubled. You can place it near the radiator or into the oven at a very low temperature, but keep an eye on the bowl to make sure it doesn't melt.
4. Form a loaf and place it on a baking pan covered with baking paper and a handful of flour
5. Mix milk with 1 T oil 

6. Brush the loaf with the milk/oil mixture

7. Dust with flour 

8. Bake 20-25 minutes at 220°C ( 428°F)
9. Let cool and 
10. Enjoy!

Recipe: Easy-peasy Onion Bread

Ingredients:

330 ml milk
330 g Flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Fried Onions

Baking time:  30-40 minutes at 200°C (390°F)


I found the idea for this bread somewhere in the internet a while ago. Making it could not be easier:
Mix all ingredients, fill into a loaf pan, bake, cool and enjoy!