German Christmas Baking Round-up: Our Top 5 Recipes (GF)
Happy 1st of Advent! It's been a bit quiet on the blog over November. It was a really busy month for us - not only did we celebrate both my boys' birthdays, but my parents finally made it over from
Dreikönigskuchen – Three Kings’ Cake (GF)
Happy Epiphany! Or 'Three Kings Day' as we call it in Germany (though the Bible doesn't actually mention there were three of them, just that they brought three gifts!) It's a feast day which in Western Christianity commemorates the visit
Gluten Free Gingerbread-Lebkuchen Horses
There's this German audio drama series called 'Bibi & Tina' about two friends - one of whom is a witch from the city, the other lives at a riding school in the country - and the adventures they have. My
Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie
The first pumpkins have started appearing in the shops, which means an excuse to bake pumpkin pie! This is actually a recipe I have shared before on my previous blog, but it's so good I thought it needed sharing again.
Fossil Cookies
We have a really fun cooking challenge for you this week. My 5 yr old and I made these fossil cookies together a couple of weeks ago, and it was really fun - and yummy too! As before – and I
Gluten Free Christmas Stollen
One of the things I really miss about German Christmas, since going gluten free, is Stollen. Making it yourself was always such a challenge: the tough yeast dough needs the better part of a day kneading and rising and kneading
Fireworks Cookies
With Hallowe'en almost behind us it's time to look forward to the next seasonal Festival which comes on the 5th of November in the shape of Bonfire Night. For those not familiar with it, it's an annual celebration where the
Spider Web Cupcakes (GF)
If you are looking for some easy peasy Hallowe'en party food to make, look no further than these spider web cupcakes which will wow your guests but are simple to put together. BAKING THE CUPCAKES First of all, you will need to
When life gives you lemons…bake lemon cheesecake
A light lemon cheesecake is perfect for summer time - this one is a big hit with all the family! Ingredients 150g gluten free digestive biscuits 8 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 tsp cinnamon 600g cream cheese 150g sugar juice and zest
Apple & Raisin Cookies (GF)
Summer holidays mean children begging for snacks all hours of the day. We try to keep it healthy with things like fruit, carrot stick with hummus, oatcakes with peanut butter etc but every now and then they'll want a cookie
Lunchbox Muffins
We've gotten in to a really bad habit recently of packing ready made snacks in to my son's school bag in the mornings - oat bars, yogurt raisins, fruit leather, that kind of thing. It was meant to be a
GF Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny two a penny, hot cross buns. If you have no daughters, give them to your sons. One a penny two a penny, hot cross buns. Easter is coming up, and as well as death by