Jenny is baking is a bilingual baking blog in English and German for the home baker. With more than 450 recipes ranging from a simple cookie or layer cakes, this blog focuses on German and Latin American recipes. Fondant, however, is not to be found. The featured pictures shows the Uruguayan peach cake called postre chajá.
Real “Franzbrötchen” aka cinnamon rolls from Hamburg
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Uruguayan flan
This blog post is “posh” as I will be serving British Afternon Tea with shortbread cookies with edible flowers and some maple bacon cupcakes. This is due to the fact that it’s celebration time. I will always find a reason to whip something up. This can be anything, the classic cake needed on Sunday afternoon, or because I want to cheer up my colleagues on Monday, because a difficult case at work finally came to a close, you will soon realize that there is always reason to celebrate. This is something we tend to forget. In the mundane life of ours we hustle and bustle, but forget to just sit still and celebrate the special moments. And this time is an extra special moment. Zorra from the German blog Kochtopf is celebrating her 15th blog anniversary. Ha, I am such a baby blog compared to hers. My blog is about two and a half years old. But anyway, Zorra is inviting us virtually to a British afternoon tea asking us to whip up a recipe. Well, that’s something I can get behind!
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It’s about time to have a coffee date with you! I love cold brew coffee, especially in this heat wave we are currently experiencing here in Germany. Make sure to coarsely grind your coffee beans. Place them in a cloth and let soak in water for a few hours or overnight. That’s it. Enjoy with some ice cubes and milk. My perfect summer snack. If you are wondering which cookie I am eating, this is my favorite chocolate chip cookie.
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Today I am going to introduce you to dulce de leche. Never heard of it? This is Spanish and literally translates as “sweetness of milk”. In English it is often translated as milk caramel. Its taste is similar to traditional caramel, but since it is prepared with milk, it has a slightly different taste. Dulce de leche is widely used in Latin America and served with desserts, pastries, but also along cheese or as sweetener for coffee.
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You have no idea what to do with leftover egg whites or egg yolks? Here are some recipes for you to use them up! Scroll down if you want to know how to freeze properly. And yes, it is possible to also freeze egg yolks, just use a little trick.
#What to do with Egg Whites
#1 Make Meringue
The easiest way to use leftover egg white is to make meringue. Meringue basically means beating the egg whites with sugar until stiff and firm and then drying this mixture in the oven at low temperature. There are a lot of delicious recipes with meringue, either as frosting, as an entire part of its own or as decoration for cakes. I give you some options below, click on the links to get to the recipes.
Cute little mushrooms made with egg whites
Pumpkin Caramel Cupcakes with a meringue frosting
The Uruguayan Peach Layer Cake, which has meringue patted all around as decoration
The Colombian merengón, which means meringue, berries and whipped cream
The traditional Lemon Meringue Pie
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Real “Franzbrötchen” aka cinnamon rolls from Hamburg
