Tag Archives: Cake

March 22nd, 2012

Cheescake Squares

Quark-Ecken In the next days I will post some recipes which are waiting to get on my blog since I started writing. This is the first one:

Sometimes inspiration will be followed by inspiration. That happened to me when Clair posted a comment to my almond honey crescents in which she wrote that the recipe inspired her to crescents with a cheesecake filling. This comment make me then think of this cheesecake squares.

The cheesecake squares are sweet pastry on basis of a rich yeast dough, made with a poolish for a complex flavour and water roux for a soft crumb.

The filling I used is similar to the filling of my favourite cheesecake recipe.

The cheesecake squares are a beautiful snack with a cup of coffee on a Sunday afternoons.

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October 8th, 2009

Choclate Pear Cake

Schoko-Birnen-KuchenI do not bake often cake just for my boyfrind and me, because this means eating days and days the same cake! But since I got a small springform (Diameter: 18 cm) for Christmas last year,I can bake tiny little cakes now which are very fast eaten 😉

Today I bake a Chocolate Pear Cake because I found two very ripe pears in the kitchen. The dough is from “Advanced Bread and Pastry” from Michael Suas, I just cut down the sugar amount and used only baking powder instead of baking powder and baking soda.

To mix first flour and butter and then adding sugar and liquids gradually was new for me, and the dough was very thin, but the cake came out perfectly tender and soft. Continue reading