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Chocolate Eggs with Royal Icing

Attention, if you want to make these chocolate eggs with royal icing, this will take time. You need to be willing to temper chocolate (it is not that hard, but you need to be patient and a thermometer is mandatory) and you will pipe flowers  with royal icing (or other decoration) on parchment paper first, let it dry (overnight preferably) before you glue them onto the chocolate eggs. Yes, these are a labor of love, but you will be rewarded with a wonderful decoration, gift, and surprise. I intend on keeping the large egg until next year for Easter and will keep you posted how that goes. I made these eggs during several evenings after work and it was so much fun and just the right amount of relaxation for me.

The chocolate was tempered correctly, the chocolate has a clear shine and got very hard

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20 Recipe Ideas for Easter

You still need inspiration for Easter? Look no further, I have 20 recipes neatly organized for you. Starting with yeast dough, followed by breakfast/brunch, cupcakes and Easter cakes. I will keep it short, enjoy Easter, spring, hope and the beginning of warm(er) days!

#1 Yeast Dough

The best braided yeast dough

Fluffig weicher Hefezopf oder Osterzopf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traditional yeast dough from the Ukraine: Paska

Paska, ukrainisches Osterbrot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chocolate hot cross buns

Schokoladige Hot-Cross-Buns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Refreshing Mojito Cupcakes

Guys, finally I can introduce some cupcakes to you that taste even better on day 2 or even 3. Once the cupcakes had the chance to fully develop their flavor, you will taste the lime much more, the rum is going to still be present, but more so in the back. If you are waiting for spring to finally come, how about making these mojito cupcakes? I often find March to be a though month, I am tired of the snow, I want to have more green, some refreshing ingredients, I am longing for more ease, for the birds to chirp and simply for spring. These mojito cupcakes came to be because a) I finally wanted to make some cupcakes, it has been ages! and b) I felt like something refreshing was needed. So mojito cupcakes it is! Continue Reading…

Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes

Erdbeer-Zitronen-Cupcakes

Finally strawberry season is upon us. I thought I would introduce cute little strawberry cupcakes to you guys shortly before Mother’s Day. They are easily prepared and would be such a sweet gift. If you transport the cupcakes without the forsting, you can even travel a bit. I recommend swirling on the frosting shortly before serving. I mean, who wouldn’t love a lemon cupcake with strawberry-jam filling and whipped cream that is infused with freeze-dried strawberries?

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Coconut Cake from Venezuela: Bienmesabe

Bienmesabe aus Venezuela

This coconut cake from Venezuela is called “bienmesabe” (this tastes delicious) for a good reason. If you are a coconut lover, this cake is for you. Coconut sponge is filled with a coconut cream and then covered in meringue and toasted coconut flakes. Not really sure if you can corporate even more coconut flavor into a cake.

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Paska, Ukrainian Easter Bread

Paska, ukrainisches Osterbrot

Has this ever happened to you? You want to make a specific recipe from your grandma. In my instance this was paska, the Ukrainian Easter bread. She even has two handwritten recipes in her tiny booklet. However, not even all ingredients are listed (such as flour) and there are no instructions. There is no oven temperature or even baking time. I did pull my hair when I realized that because my grandma passed away so I couldn’t ask her anymore. How am I supposed to make paska if there are no instructions and not even all ingredients listed? I remember that I confronted her on several occasions when she was still alive. Her reply was simple, you “feel” when the dough is right, you “know” how much sugar to add. Well, you may do if you make the recipe ten million times, but grandma, I am not you, I don’t feel or know anything! So instead I turned to Instagram and asked you guys if you knew of any good recipe. I was so astonished how many people actually replied and provided recipes to me. Thank you so much for that! I am so excited I got to make paska in the end, I had the chance of eating it during my childhood. My grandmother was born in the Ukraine in Odessa and she always served it for Easter.

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Pavlova with Mango

Pavlova mit Mango

Pavlova, a meringue nest with whipped cream and mango filling, who wants a piece? I am going to introduce this recipe from Australia/New Zealand to you. Reason for this being my hubby, who requested pavlova for our 12-year anniversary. There is a similar recipe in Colombia, called merengón with berries, whipped cream and meringue. No wonder that he wanted something similar. Pavlova is, compared to meringue, slightly different. You do have a crunchy outside, yet since you fold in a bit of cornstarch and vingear, the inside remains creamy (see picture below) which is similar to marshmallows. Does this sound like something you are into? Then you should give pavlova a try.

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Refreshing Lemon Roll

Saftige Zitronen-Biskuitrolle

It’s about high time for another sponge roll. This time I am offering a refreshing lemon sponge roll, which is perfect for winter days. The vanilla sponge contains lemon zest as well as lemon juice and obiously the same holds true to the filling as well. For the extra kick, we will brush the roll with some lemon syrup.

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