Schwedische Apfeltorte | Swedish Apple Pie

English version below


Keine Ahnung, warum der Kuchen schwedische Apfeltorte heißt. Aber so kenne ich ihn. :) Super um Äpfel zu verarbeiten, wenn sie nicht mehr so 100% bildschön sind - oder man spart sich Zeit in dem man direkt Apfelmus nimmt...

Pumpkin Cheese Cake with a Dark Chocolate Cardamom Ganache

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I have been told that "Pumpkin spice anything tastes like bilge water," and that "pumpkin pie is only good from the moment Thanksgiving dinner ends until the moment just after you have taken your first bite of it," and I accepted the challenge. I can't quite agree. At least not after I had a slice of this  Pumpkin Cheese Cake with a Dark Chocolate Cardamom Ganache. ^^ It's creamy and pumpkin-y and good!

Mississippi Mud Pie

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Inspired by my friends over at the used to be guerilla Café Mousebear/soon to be an actual café Krümelküche, I made Mississippi Mud Pie for a friend's birthday.

These are the ingredients for a 26cm/10¼in springform:

Ingredients for the dough base:

• 260g of flour
• 30g of cocoa powder
• 200g of margarine
• 35g of raw cane sugar
• 3 table spoons of water

Ingredients for the chocolate cream filling:

• 50g of margarine
• 90g of raw cane sugar
• 2 table spoons of soy flour
• 2 table spoons of cocoa powder
• 50g of dark chocolate
• 100g of soy cream (or rice, oat, coconut cream etc.)

For the topping: 

• 300g of whippable vegan cream (if it's sweatened, great, if not, add some sugar)
• 50g of dark chocolate

Can't live without Apple Pie

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We had apple crumble last week. I keep remembering how great apple desserts are. I usually love my desserts with chocolate, but the truth is: Apple desserts are great, too!

Ingredients:

For the crust:
250g flour
125g vegan butter (I used Alsan)
60ml water
40g of sugar
1/2 tea spoon of baking powder

For the filling:
850g of apples (this is the weight before you core, peel, and cut them)
300g of apple sauce [recipe for homemade apple sauce here]

For the crumble:
100g vegan butter (I used Alsan)
125g sugar
180g flour

A Vegan Café Start-up Business Needs Your Help!

tl;dr: Help out my awesome friends open a vegan café in Duisburg. Link to crowd funding project here.

I like cooking and baking and sharing food with other people. I guess it comes naturally that I surround myself with people who do the same. Friends of mine are currently planning to open a vegan café in the city of Duisburg in Germany. They have found a really nice location, a former handicrafts workshop, that is now being transformed into a cozy place where they can serve their yummy food.

Dennis & Sarah
photo by Marcus Kösters/camslinger.de

I have known Sarah and Dennis for quite a while now and love going to their guerilla café once a month. Guerilla what? Basically, they turn their living room and gaming room (oh yes, a room full of sofas and video games. Multiple screens, Super Mario decorations, old skool stuff and new games) into a café, Café Mousebear. You can sign up online, receive confirmation if there are still slots left (because... let's face it - they sell out quickly), show up, eat as much as you want, drink all the fair trade coffee you want and then donate as much as you want.

They have recently also introduced Gamer Nights. The concept is simple: You sign up online, show up, play all the board and video games you want, eat their delicious food (savory and sweet) and in the end donate as much as you want.

Their food is amazing! I am hereby officially blaming them for the size of my butt!