Category Archives: desserts

Apple Walnut Cake and a Life Lesson

Posted on 03/01/2021 by crumbs on travel

A couple of years ago I lived in a place with a walnut tree. Small but every year the tree gave me a lot of walnuts. So the last year I lived there I made walnut paste. It’s a good … Continue reading →

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Parrozzo – A Traditional Cake of Abruzzo

Posted on 21/12/2020 by crumbs on travel

Parrozzo is a traditional Christmas cake from the Pescara region in the Abruzzo, central-east Italy. The today cake was once a bread made with corn flour and baked in the woodstove. Traditionally the Parrozzo was called ‘pan rozzo’, which means … Continue reading →

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Clean | Paleo | GF: 18 Easy Cookie & Cake Recipes for the Holiday Season

Posted on 06/12/2020 by crumbs on travel

Christmas is around and even if many don’t celebrate it for religious reasons they do family gatherings and a lot of good, homemade food. Especially the sweet part can be very tricky for many who can’t eat gluten and dairy … Continue reading →

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An old Tradition as Dessert – The Yule Log

Posted on 02/12/2020 by crumbs on travel

I don’t know in how many you still know about this old tradition during the wintertime and especially around Christmas. Today many traditions are gone, in some countries you can’t even call an event anymore by its name because there … Continue reading →

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Heath Sand – A German Christmas Cookie

Posted on 29/11/2020 by crumbs on travel

In German these cookies are called Heidesand. They are traditional Christmas cookies but you can find them all year round today. This recipe is easy and perfect. Heidesand is a short cake, a tea cookie made of short pastry. In … Continue reading →

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