Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
Happy New Year! I wanted to share with you a recipe for candied orange peel that I used this holiday season. I made one batch, which covered all my baking needs for the holidays, with some left over. I used it in my Polish spiced honey cake (“piernik“), Polish fruitcake (“keks“), and Polish poppyseed roll […]
The closest equivalent to an American pie in Polish cuisine is a double-crust, sweet pastry filled with summer fruit, usually apples or plums, and baked in a large, rectangular baking pan. The apple version is called szarlotka. It’s like Polish apple pie. The pastry that forms the base of the pie is “półkruche” or “half […]
If you buy a bunch of peaches, and they all happen to ripen at the same time, what can you do? No need to panic. The tried and true solution to such a dilemma (aside from making jam) is to bake something special with the extra peaches. You can bake a fruit pie, tart, crostada, […]
A summer cake that I remember from my childhood with much delight is a simple yellow cake baked in a large, rectangular pan, topped with seasonal fruits, such as a blueberries, cherries, or plums. If we spent the day at the community pool, this cake would routinely be packed in my lunchbox. Easy to pack […]
The Victoria Sandwich is a British classic that I keep coming back to whenever I want to serve a light party cake that is guaranteed to be enjoyed by all. The cake came into being in the mid-1800s and soon joined the afternoon tea ritual. The cake is named after Queen Victoria who is known […]