If I'm honest, I could have done with another week or two of summer. But at least now is the perfect weather for baking all kinds of things with pumpkin. That's why I put a fluffy, moist pumpkin cake with sourdough discard in the oven today. The cake is quick and easy...
Poppy seeds and lemon is one of my favorite combinations when it comes to cakes, cookies and muffins. This recipe for lemon poppy seed muffins with sourdough therefore contains a whole lemon (zest and juice). The sourdough ensures that the muffins stay fresh and soft...
I love lemon cake! But not just any pound cake with a few drops of lemon in it. Really good lemon cake has to taste like lemonade: fruity, zesty and tart. This recipe for lemon loaf with sourdough therefore contains two whole lemons (zest and juice). The sourdough...
In a month's time, it will be St. John's Day and the rhubarb season here in Germany will come to an end. But until then, I still have one or two rhubarb recipes that I really want to share with you. Today I'm making fluffy rhubarb muffins with sourdough. The batter is...
The best kind of spring cleaning is when you take a jar of sourdough discard out of the fridge and use it to make a really delicious carrot cake. The particularly motivated among you can rinse out the jar afterwards and add fresh sourdough, for example for crispy...
Why put sourdough in the dough for a German apple strudel? That is a legitimate question. Strudel dough doesn't need a leavening agent, so you can use your old starter in this recipe. However, many original recipes for apple strudel use a teaspoon of apple cider...
I love tarts in all shapes and colours: flaky pie crust with a creamy and sweet filling and fresh fruit. But I love tartelettes even more. That means you have a little cake all to yourself. My current favourite combination is these French tartelettes with blackberries...
We were only away for a week and the zucchinis in the garden grew as big as my forearm! Of course, zucchinis taste best when they are small and young, but you can also turn gigantic zucchinis into something delicious. Because I also had a rather sad sourdough waiting...
After the hype of 2020, banana bread's reputation has suffered a little - quite unfairly, in my opinion! There's no better snack than a soft piece of banana bread, if you ask me. It tastes like cake, but because it's called bread and has fruit in it, it must be...