Early Easter picspam

[wiseheart]

First of all, behold our decorated Easter table - and Mum sitting next to it:



I was busy baking today. First, I made the time-consuming Guglhupf, with golden raisins, candied cherries and soft, sweetened cranberries. It looked exactly like this, just with additional flaked almonds on top:



It no longer looks like it because half of it has been distributed among my neighbours. Yeast dough bakes are only yummy for two days, tops, and we'd never be able to consume such a monster wreath in two days. This way, nothing goes to waste, and the neighbours are happy.

I also made Spiegeleikuchen - basically a traybake, with a sponge base, and a topping made of cremequark and vanilla custard, which I enriched with a generous shot of eggnog. There will be a picture tomorrow, when it has chilled enough to be cut properly.

That basically ate my day - aside from the usual Saturday laundry - so I'm determined not to do any more work today. ;))

Comments

[smallhobbit]

That cake wreath looks awesome.

Hope you and your mother have a great Easter!

[wiseheart]

Thanks, I wish you the same. :)

[artemis10002000]

Frohe Ostern Euch beiden! Lasst es Euch gut gehen mit dem festlichen Ostermahl.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Danke schön! Ich wünsche Dir und Deiner Mama dasselbe!

[meathiel]

I made what is called "Landfrauen Käsekuchen" today because you need a jar of jam for it and my mum mentioned we have so much jam earlier this week. :-)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

There is nothing like improvising from the things you already have in your pantry! 👩‍🍳

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The Easter table looks lovely- so does your Mum.

I was lazy and bought us our hot cross buns — they are very nice toasted :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The truth is, I'd like to buy my yeast dough plait, too, but I have yet to find one I really like. They don't make the fruit-filled ones here, and it isn't so as if I could hop over to Vienna to get one — even though it is only a three-hour-trip from here.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I was busy, too, baking a carrot cake! Happy Easter to you and your mum!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Wishing you the same, from the bottom of my heart.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay mom!
Looks great.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

She's a doll, isn't she? :)

[beauty-forashes.livejournal.com]

That all looks wonderful. Happy Easter! :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wish you the same — you and your loved ones.

[beauty-forashes.livejournal.com]

Thank you! <3

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

:)

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

So lovely, your mum looks so sweet. Happy Easter!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Happy Easter to you, too! :)

[lab-jazz.livejournal.com]

Your cake looks lovely. You're obviously a very skilled baker.

I very rarely make baked yeast dough type baking except the occasional loaf of bread.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm nothing compared with my Grandma. She was a wiz in the kitchen. But sweet yeast dough plaits and the likes are very common over here.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Those cakes sound yummy and the Easter table is so pretty! Mum looks like a Queen accepting tribute from her subjects.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

She can be like that, yeah. After all, she is the boss in our house. ;)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh that cake.... yummmmm.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It was very yummy indeed. Well worth the several hours it took to make it.

[medievalrosalie.livejournal.com]

Love your table decorations! And of course, as always, the food!

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

The cake and table look lovely, so does your Mum. She always takes great pictures.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That she does. I wish I'd look half this good on photos — but I always look twice as fat as I actually am (which is more than enough).