Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! This years gingerbread house has a real life model in the heart of the Bordeaux wine country, Château Carsin. * Tässä tämän vuoden piparkakkutalo jonka myötä toivotan kaikille oikein hauskaa joulua!! Mallina on suomalainen Château Carsinin viinitila Bordeaux:ssa. Carsinilla onkin erityinen syy juhlia sillä tilan viinejä juodaan Suomen 100-vuotisjuhlien… Continue reading Gingerbread château, Château Pipari
Another finnish classic from my children's wish list. This soft sponge cake is topped with an almond caramel and is the indisputable star of the traditional coffee table. Scroll down for the recipe. * Toiveohje taas jälkikasvulta. Suussasulavan kostea pohja on tärkeä osa tätä klassikkokakkua ja se kulkeekin reseptikirjassani nimellä "pehmeä toscakakku". Ainekset noin 25… Continue reading Toscakakku, Tosca caramel cake
The apple pie in my previous post wasn't the one my offspring had asked for so here comes the other one. This legendary French version was concocted by the Tatin sisters in the 19th century - an upside down cake with a sumptuous coating of caramelized apples. In English further down... * Jälkikasvun pyynnöstä vielä… Continue reading Tarte Tatin apple pie, omenapiirakka
Red cheeked apples galore in our apple trees this year. Apple pie anyone?? Scroll further down for our family's recipe... * Omenapuiden oksat natisevat tämän syksyn omenasadon alla. Tässä meidän perheen suussasulavan omenapiirakan ohje. Ainekset: 150 g voita 3-3,5 dl jauhoja (osa esim sämpyläjauhoja) 1 rkl sokeria 5-6 omenaa 2 dl omenamehua 2 munaa 1… Continue reading Apple pie, omenapiirakka
These are tasty little filled biscuits that I usually bake for any bigger occasion. The recipe is easy and the biscuits are quick to make. The dough is molded into a stick and cut into round slices so there's no rolling pin needed. The Finnish equivalent of the French macarons?! * Näitä herrasväen leipiä teen… Continue reading Filled bisquits, herrasväenleipiä
Summer really begins with a rhubarb cake! I've made this version several times for my mother's birthday which is at this time of the year and everyone seems to love it 🙂 * Tämä suussasulavan raparperipiirakan ohje on viiden vuoden takaisesta Kotivinkki-lehdestä. Lehti on aina raparperiaikaan kateissa joten kirjoitan sen nyt tänne muistiin. Britakakun voi… Continue reading Rhubarb and meringue “Brita cake”, raparperibritakakku
My freezer is still full of last summer's blueberries so I'm making blueberry flavoured macarons for this post. They turned out very pretty and are quite tasty too! More in English from half way down the post... * Kevään kunniaksi tein vaaleanvioletteja mustikkamacaroneja osana pakastimen tyhjennysprojektiani. Niistä tuli aika somia! Tästä annoksesta tulee kolme pellillistä… Continue reading Blueberry macarons, Mustikka macaronit
Runeberg is the national poet of Finland whose birthday, the 5th February has been celebrated nationwide since the 1850´s. We fly the flags in his honour and for finnish bakers it´s a really prosperous day too: they sell thousands and thousands of these Runeberg´s cakes at this time of the year! This scrumptious treat flavoured… Continue reading Herkullinen Runebergin torttu, Runeberg cake
This real eatable cake I made for my darling sister-in-law's wedding last weekend. A much tougher task than making the fake one pictured in my previous post! The kids' favourites were of course the cakepops. * Sain kunnian tehdä oikean hääkakun viime viikonlopun tunnelmallisiin häihin. Kakku on mitoitettu vajaalle neljällekymmenelle hengelle, isompi pohja on tehty 27 cm… Continue reading Real wedding cake, oikea hääkakku!
This year´s gingerbread house is a miniature of a run down house in our neighbourhood. Tips for gingerbread builders at the end of the post... The theme for the yearly gingerbread competition of our biggest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, was "a part of Helsinki" - my home town, so I decided to enter this creation with a wish that something would be done to save the house. The newspaper did a story about it and since then we´ve heard that the owners have indeed finally come to an agreement and the house will be repaired. This must have happened well before I made my ‘statement’, so no thanks to me - but good news all the same 🙂
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