Eggless Black Forest Cake - Eggless Cakes

Are you like me who WAS not very comfortable with icing cakes as you feared that it will not look perfect or professionally done.. Then this will be a perfect cake to practice your icing skills and also not be afraid as it will look great and so much professionally done. This was the first cake I did icing and now I tell everybody who is scared about icing to try this cake first as it is very easy. The amount of cherries, cream, sugar is personal choice. You can add more or less.

Eggless Bienenstich Kuchen (German Bee Sting Cake)

For this month's We Knead to Bake, Aparna chose this German Bread (actually a German Cake).. It is an interesting cake with yeast used as the rising agent.. This has 3 texture, the top layer is little hard from the caramel, the cake is soft and the custard filling is smooth and silky.. This made 8 big pieces. The frosting was left over. So next time, I would do half the below frosting for this recipe..

Soft Pretzels - Laugenbrezel (German Style Soft Pretzels)

For this month's We Knead to Bake, Aparna chose these delicious and very soft pretzels which are German Cuisine. Laugenbrezel are German Style Soft Pretzels and were so good and felt perfect... I was proud making these... I have used little bread flour to get a chewy texture and also my all purpose flour was over:). I used yellow coarse cornmeal to the baking tray. Make sure you do not skimp or else the pretzels will stick!! I have used a variety of toppings, you could use what you like or what you find.. I have tried to give a pictorial of the method of shaping the pretzels. They were soft and chewy and best served warm with cream cheese. To serve the next day, just warm up in the microwave for 15 seconds and serve!!

Roundup of Flavors of Germany

Venturing into another country’s cuisine was fun and so interesting.. Although I got very few entries, I am still happy about learning them.. Here is the roundup of “Flavors of Germany” event which is the brain child of Nayna of Simply Food.. Thanks to all who sent delicious entries…

1.	Milchreis german rice pudding	3.	German Apple Cake
2.	Savory Kugelhopf	4.	German Apple tart

Thanks again to all who sent their delicious entries and please send more delicious entries to the events happening on my blog currently -
Healthy Diet–Lunchbox Recipes
SIC–South Indian Cooking
Foodabulous–Krishna Jayanthi, Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan

Savory Kugelhopf – Vegetarian and Eggless

I loved the option of Savory Bakes and could not pass this option when Valli gave it as one of them for BM themes. I love home made bread just for the fresh taste and flavor.. The whole house is filled with the fresh baked aroma!!! Love this… When Aparna announced the Savory yeasted bread for this month’s We Knead to Bake, I was so tempted to try it as soon as possible.. I loved the spicy and spongy bread. From Wiki – “A Gugelhupf or Gugelhopf is a southern German, Austrian, Swiss and Alsatian term for a marble cake or Bundt cake. It is baked in a special circular pan with a central tube, originally made of enamelled pottery.”  This is the savory version which can be served as a snack or for breakfast.  The original savory Kugelhopf has meat and eggs in it and this one is vegetarian and eggless. I made this in a 9” cake pan with a tumbler in between to create the hole in between or to simulate a bundt pan.

Flavors of Germany

We are now on our culinary journey to Germany in the “Flavors of Series 4 around Europe”. So excited to announce my next event which takes us to Germany with so many delicious foods. Thanks to Simply Food who is the brain behind this series. When people say German food, first thing that comes to my mind is German Chocolate Cake - yummy!!!! And their delicious potato salad!!!

Event Details
Event runs from 1st July - 31st July
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