Bethmännchen – Marzipan based cookies. Albertle stamped cookies – Howtomake stamped cookies. I haven’t come across those in Asia however it won’t take long for cookie stamps to appear in countries like India
I do have to confess, black poppy seeds always look better in cakes, simply because they give a nice contrast and literally pop out, show texture and of course character
I do have to confess, black poppy seeds always look better in cakes, simply because they give a nice contrast and literally pop out, show texture and of course character
Tomake petit fours you start out with a marzipan based dough aka almond paste. The reason for that is because the oven would still be hot but I suppose not hot enough for a big cake, so the good women and men would come up with small éclaire, marzipan and macaroon version aka petit fours to bake and so to use up the remaining heat of the dying flame in the oven and so to fill in the waiting time of the workers
They’re incredibly easy tomake, perfect for the amount of time I had at my disposal for baking and well, they’re egg free and dairy free because I’m trying to cut down the animal products I’m eating for a few weeks (not very good at it, I have to admit though)
However, Alex also made sure to grab two bowls of steaming hot, fragrant, mini wontons (小馄饨). This is a nostalgic post -wontons have always been a comforting, slurp-it-up food, both easy tomake and easy to save
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you. use a fork tomake impression. Made of sponge cake to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade
Anyhow, if you want to learn more about German culture or if you want to impress somebody in your midst or just make your loved once happy with a sweet cookie bite, then the German christmas cookie roundup will be a keeper and you can save it for the next days or simply for the years to come
Make small portions from the left over marzipan and add colours to it. Make any shapes for decorations and then with the help of a little jam,stick these decorations and shapes of your choice onto the cake
Make it even, do not stir in between and allow sugar turn to dark brown color. May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow
