I hope you had a good start into 2026! Since this plum cake in a springform is so popular among my readers, I thought I might as well make one with apples. Just like at granny’s, with yeast dough, apple chungs and a thick layer of crumbs. The crumbs contain sliced almonds and gets the extra crunch, cinnamon makes it feel cozy and warm. I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy turning on the oven in winter. It feels so cozy when it is cold outside, maybe there is even snow and you can smell yeast dough being baked. This was also what happened, when I decided to make this cake. It was minus 8 (Celsius) on that day. You may see it on the pictures I took on the balcony, I only managed to stay outside for five minutes and then decided to come in, it simply was too cold. But once inside, ah, enjoying a slice with some hot beverage…
I honestly can’t imagine Christmas without gingerbread. Every year at the end of November I am faithfully going to make gingerbread of some kind. Be it to decorate the Christmas tree, traditional gingerbread men, or be it gingerbread cut into stars, angels, and stockings. Today I am going to present the cutest mini gingerbread houses you can decorate your mugs with. Prefect for a dinner invitation or as a gift. You can print out the mini houses here.
I do agree that anything made from gingerbread requires a lot of work, but I feel nothing says Christmas more. I really do enjoy starting the season this way. Gingerbread may require a lot of work, but there is one advantage to it, you can take a break after every stage and you can make gingerbread in advance. You can easily store the gingerbread dough for a week in your fridge. Undecorated gingerbread will also keep for weeks if stored in an airtight container, and even fully decoarted gingerbread is safe for consumption. Mind you, I at least happily munch away my Christmas tree decoration every year after Christmas. So I invite you to decorate some gingerbread with some friends. Have them come over, prepare some hot cocoa and just give it a go!




