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Baking & Desserts

Holiday Baking

54 posts on Flower's Recipes.

Easter lamb cake
Cakes & Tortes~ 15 minutes + 40 minutes baking6 servings

A Lamb or a Bunny for Easter

A perfect Easter cake for a lamb or bunny mold. Like a babka (Polish bundt-style cake): easy, fluffy and cinnamony.

Cookies

Yeast Dough Easter Cookies

Easter cookies made with yeast dough, shaped like bunnies, lambs, eggs and chicks. Lighter than shortbread and easy to cut out with the kids.

Ricotta cream cake
Cakes & Tortes~ 90 minutes + chilling time12 servings

Ricotta Cream Cake

A delicate, creamy and fluffy cake. Perfect for Sunday coffee and a lovely addition to a festive sweet buffet.

Easter wreath rolls
Holiday Baking~ 20 min + rising and baking8 servings

Easter Yeast Roll Wreaths

A sweet little treat for Easter breakfast. These fluffy rolls will delight more than just the kids, and with a bit of jam they go great with tea.

Marble babka
Cakes & Tortes~ 20 min + 55 min baking20 servings

Marble Babka

A classic marble babka for Easter. Light, fluffy and fragrant, dusted with powdered sugar, and it doesn't take much work.

Rice pudding with chocolate sauce
Desserts~ 30 minutes4 servings

Rice Pudding with Chocolate Sauce

Creamy vanilla rice pudding with a rich dark chocolate sauce and fresh mango. A simple, comforting dessert ready in about 30 minutes.

Bite-size doughnuts / Schmalzgebäck
Cookiesabout 90 minutes including rising timeabout 40 pieces

Square Bite-Size Doughnuts – Schmalzgebäck

If you know German markets, you probably know these doughnuts: small, tasty, fluffy and covered in powdered sugar. Just right for one bite.

Gniazdka, Viennese doughnuts, Spanish doughnuts
Cookies~ about 30 minutes + cooling time15 servings

Gniazdka, Spanish or Viennese Doughnuts

They're plump, delicate, hollow inside and slightly moist. Simply delicious. Too delicious, because I struggled so hard not to eat them all ;)

pepparkakor
Cookies~ 30 min + 60 min chilling and 10 min bakingabout 35 cookies

Lemon Curd Christmas Trees and the End of the Cookie Event

These buttery shortbread-style cookies are tender and delicate, with a mild lemon flavor. They hold their shape very well when cut out.

vanillekipferl – vanilla crescent cookies
Cookies~ 30 min + 60 min chillingabout 50 cookies

Vanillekipferl – Intensely Vanilla Crescent Cookies

Vanillekipferl are delicate, melt-in-your-mouth vanilla crescent cookies with almonds, a perfect Advent and Christmas treat.

Cakes & Tortes2 strucles

Perfect Poppy Seed Strucla for the Holidays

The perfect holiday strucla: packed with poppy seeds and a dough that doesn't fall apart. This recipe makes 2-3 strucle (rolled yeast loaves).

Holiday Baking12-16 servings

Baked Pączki (Polish Doughnuts)

Light, tender, lower-calorie, easy-to-make and simply delicious baked pączki (Polish doughnuts) - no deep frying needed.