Pork and Fennel Tomato Sauce

I make this pork and fennel tomato sauce all the time. It’s a riff on my roast pork loin with fennel and thyme. The fennel and thyme add a somewhat Italian flavour to the pasta sauce. It’s a little different but all the flavours go nicely together. Fennel, of course, nicely compliments the pork. Try to […]

Cardamom Cake with Rosewater Whipped Cream

Cardamom Cake with Rosewater Whipped Cream

It was my birthday a couple weeks ago, and as per tradition, I made my own birthday cake. Therefore, this year I made a cardamom cake with rosewater whipped cream frosting. It includes the very Middle Eastern flavours of cardamom and rosewater, some of my family’s favourites! For garnish, I simply decorated the cake with […]

Takoyaki-Style Tofu Puffs

Tofu puffs are one of my favourite forms of tofu so I’m always trying to work them into another meal. These ones are light and fluffy because they are almost hollow, not the dense firm tofu that is more common. In this recipe, I’ve treated them like one of my other favourite Japanese foods – […]

Oma’s German Dessert Waffles

Oma's Dessert Waffles

Our Oma would make these cake-like dessert waffles in her heart-shaped waffle iron. These are great fresh, or dried out and dunked in coffee or tea. Then, our Mama said she used to quickly whip these up when unexpected guests came to call – company could start eating the first batch while the rest baked […]

Oma’s Butterkuchen – German Butter Cake

Oma's Butterküchen - German Butter Cake

Butterkuchen was a specialty of our Oma’s, and she would make it for special occasions or just Kaffee and Kuchen – the German version of teatime. Oddly enough, it took ages for me to actually get the written recipe (maybe because I needed the translation?). This recipe is mostly by touch and feel. The dough should […]