Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these. Apple cake is a very popular recipe all across Europe: French gateau aux pommes moelleux, German Apfelkuchen, Danish aeblekage, etc. You’ll find that almost every country has its own version of apple
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End of Summer Plum Cake
This cake is my final celebration of summer fruit before embracing apples and warm baking spices. It’s the perfect recipe to bake before resolving to fetch the blankets out from storage for the cool mornings and evenings and transitioning back to coffee served hot. A simple acknowledgment of the transitive, summer-into-fall season. This plum cake
Torta Caprese: Italian Chocolate Almond Cake
Torta Caprese is a flourless chocolate cake from the island of Capri. It has a thin hard shell and a rich interior flavored with almonds and Strega or rum. It’s usually dusted with powdered sugar or served with a generous portion of fresh whipped cream. The texture for this cake comes from whipped egg whites
Rustic Coffee Walnut Cake
Sometimes you just need a simple, comforting cake that can be put together in just an hour. I find that this Italian torta rustica di noci e caffè fits the bill. It’s a humble, rustic cake that can be prepared for guests at moment’s notice or lend some comfort on a whim. You won’t need
Financiers: French Almond Cakes
Financiers are miniature almond cakes with crisp edges and a soft interior flavored with nutty brown butter. Financiers are traditionally baked in rectangular molds to make them look like gold bars. It seems like no one is quite sure if they get their name from their shape, or if they get their name and shape
Tarta de Santiago: Spanish Almond Cake
The history of this cake might just be as rich and dense as the cake itself. Tarta de Santiago, or St. James Cake, is an almond cake from Galicia with its origins in the Middle Ages. The cake is a simple base of almonds, sugar and eggs, usually flavored with cinnamon and lemon zest. Tarta
Donauwelle: German Marble Cake with Cherries
Donauwelle is a marble pound cake, studded with sour cherries, covered in a thick layer of German buttercream and a wavy chocolate topping. Donauwelle is popular in Germany and Austria and means ‘Danube wave’ in German, referring to the wavy marbling of chocolate and vanilla pound cake created by the cherries. The cake sometimes goes