Welcome to the baking section of my website! Here you can find all of my posts related to bread and other baked goods like strudel, flammkuchen, and cakes. In the top section, you can find posts about the theory and technology of baked goods along with some posts discussing the cultural significance and history of bread in Germany. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you can find all of my baking recipes. These range from sweet goods like doughnuts and apple strudel to rustic bread like spelt bread and Swabian specialties like pretzels. My blog focuses mainly on savory baked goods. A lot of blogs on German food already feature a ton of traditional cake recipes but the baked goods you might find in a German bakery are only rarely featured on them. I want to fill in that gap because, for me, it is much more fun to bake savory goods.
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This book covers the how’s and why’s of bread-making. It is a comprehensive guide on bread ingredients, techniques, and the general bread-making process. It helps you to gain a deeper understanding and enables you to bake bread without a recipe.
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Deep dives in baking technology for advanced bakers:
Bread from a cultural point of view:
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Does blanching kill vitamins?
Blanching seems to have lost some of its former popularity for a lot of home cooks. Word has been spread that you drain away all the nutrients with the cooking water. And if you compare the sweet and caramelized flavor of sauteed and roasted vegetables with the one of the […]
Mango Kohlrabi Salad (‘Mango Kohlrabi Salat’)
Mango and kohlrabi go great together as in this mango kohlrabi salad. I love raw kohlrabi because of its crunch and refreshing taste whereas I love mango because of its sweetness and exceptional aroma. Another variant of this salad is more common in Germany: carrot mango salad. I love that […]
Apple fritters with vanilla sauce (‘Apfelküchle mit Vanillesoße’)
Last Updated on 6 years ago by Tim I haven’t been sharing any dessert recipes on my blog yet even though that’s what German cuisine is famous for. All the delicious sweets, cakes, and pastries. I think there’s no better way to introduce you to the world of German sweets […]
How to make candy – Part 5: Hard-boiled candy for biting
For a hard-boiled candy to be biteable, it needs to either be leavened or spread out very thinly. I have already discussed the topic of aerating candy in detail. Today, I want to focus on the practical part of candy-making: the recipes. There are four candy recipes that I am […]
Emperor vegetables (‘Kaisergemüse’)
From its name, you could think that emperor vegetables (“Kaisergemüse”) is a fancy German dish dating back hundreds of years. But don’t be fooled, it isn’t. This vegetable dish is not what was served to the German kaiser (ok, maybe he ate something similar at times). German Kaisergemüse is a […]
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