CU Pat!

A good friend of mine will leave Belize and I don't know, when and if she'll come back to visit us. So I decided to organize a "farewell coffee".

Since I know (I hope that I don't confuse it) that she likes the cherry cake - I baked one, especially for her.

Pat - I hope we'll see you soon back in Belize!!!

Nordic Ware

is my favorite manufacturer of baking pans.

They have a huge variety of different designs and the quality is just awesome.
The cakes don't stick and they are so easy to clean.

I just got a new pan for two little cakes. The perfect size for a little afternoon coffee. :)

Plum Cake with a sour cream - vanilla topping

I got big semi sour plums in Spanish Lookout and decided to buy some pounds of them.
One part I used for a plum jam and the other part was for a cake.

I baked a plum cake with yeast dough, covered with a sour cream-vanilla mixture. The original recipe asks for a heavy sour creme, but I could not get it here. So I added a little bit of creme cheese in the mixture.

At the time unfortunately I only have a gas oven which heats only from underneath. So the bottom of the cake becomes very dark until the topping is firm.


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Marzipan Apple Cake with a nut base

Thanks to two friends (thanks Anna and Rita) I got marzipan from Germany.
It took me a while to decide what to bake with it. Finally I choose an apple cake with a nut base, covered with a marzipan topping.

Next time, when I'll bake this cake again I'll fold in the whipped egg white in the marzipan-suggar mixture to make it more fluffy.



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Mango-Apple Tartlet

We're in the last days of the mango season. Therefore it's no question that I used them for my first cake after a 4 week break for the Monday Club.

I mixed the mangoes with apple and sliced almonds and added some cinnamon and lime.

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Plum Pie with Streusel

For some German recipes it's inevitable to have some sourly tasting fruits.

To find them somewhere is really a big challange.

I was so glad when I got some little plums at FTC. One portion I used for the mango jam and the other portion was just enough to bake a plum-pie with streusel (I was surprised to learn that this word is used in the English language as well).

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Cherry Pie

..covered with caramelized slices of almonds.

This is a recipe I got from my mother.
I love this cake because it's very sappy.

Unfortunately I could not get cherry brandy and morello cherries. But I tried a piece.... and I think I'll have another one... or two... or three ;)

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Mango Meringue Pie

I'm always glad when I find a recipe where I can use local ingredients.

Today I baked a Mango Meringue Pie. It's incredible how much better the mangos in Belize taste.

I knew the taste of mangos I bought in Germany - but you can't compare this to the fruits you can get here.

Thanks for being interested in my blog - the kitchen fairy.

German Cheese Cake

.. but I should better call this cake a "Belizian style substitute cake".

A lot of the ingredients I could not get here so I had to be creative and experiment with the stuff I could get here.So... instead of quark I mixed Ricotta with Mascarpone (I was glad that I got this in Belize City).

It was also not possible to get semolina here - so I replaced it with white corn flour and instead of apricot jam I used pinaple jam.

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Carrot Cake

I know, it's a little bit trite, but for Easter I had to bake a carrot cake.

I decorated the cake with self-made marzipan carrots. (Can you imagine, how difficult it is to handle marzipan when it has almost 100 °F ?)

Usually I use a recipy from an American cookbook. Unfortunately it's still hidden in the container and so I used a different recipy. My original carrot cake is a little more fluffy.

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Sour Creme Coffee Cake

...with pekan nuts and cinnamon.

I saw the recipe last week at another food blog. The cake looked so sappy and delicous that I decided to bake this cake for our Monday Club.

Unfortunately the writer of the blog used American measurements as well as German and I mixed up the amount of pecan nuts.

Instead of a cup (240 ml) I took 240 gram - almost double the amount.

But this is no problem because I love the taste of these nuts.

fruit tarte

This is something typical German.

A light biscuit cake base with fruits on top.

Because my original baking pan is still hidden somewhere in the depth of our container, I used a springform pan and doubled the amount of dough. After baking the cake base I scooped it out in the middle and put the fruits on top.

Rose Apple Cake

Last time when I was in Belize City, I got hold of sliced almonds. I had to pay 12 BZ (6$ or 4,50 €) for 170 g - almost a fortune... but sometimes it's worth it.

For the Rose-Apple Cake I needed 80 grams - so I can bake another one... or try something different.