Meine Tortenschule
5 years ago, I baked these pumpkin cupcakes for the first time and fell in love with them! Pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are the perfect gift to bring along to your next party, or for halloween! The main ingredient is pumpkin puree. Canned pumpkin is hard to find here in Switzerland – but […]
As promised last week, here is the first recipe with pumpkin! I’d like to introduce you to a wonderful spice mix for all things pumpkiny: Pumpkin spice. It’s very easy to make at home, you can store it and use it for various pumpkin desserts and more. One of the most popular uses is “Pumpkin […]
Hello bakers! Today I am showing you one of the easiest recipes for American buttercream out there. American buttercream (also known as AMBC) is the classic buttercream for frosting cakes and other baked goods. If you go buy a cupcake somewhere, it will usually be frosted with American buttercream. It’s very easy and quick to […]
Making great vanilla cupcakes isn’t easy! When I first started baking, I tested several light vanilla recipes and was disappointed by most of them. The most common issues were: Dry cake Boring flavor Nice flavor, but sunk in the middle and sticky The liners peeled away from the cakes The liners stuck so much to the […]
Today I have for you our favorite cake filling recipe: Swiss Meringue Buttercream or SMBC! Swiss Meringue buttercream is our first choice of frosting for cupcakes and cakes, because it’s very stable, has a long shelf life and is wonderfully fluffy. By heating our meringue to 70 degees Celsius, we make sure to pasteurize the egg whites, […]
Our recipe for dark drip ganache is trending on the blog these days! Of course I’ve also been asked for the recipe with white chocolate. So without further ado: Here’s the white drip ganache recipe for you! White chocolate is a bit more finicky than dark chocolate, because it melts (and breaks) at lower temperatures […]
Last week we had our Drip Cake class here at the studio. This post is dedicated to this most wonderful of ingredients – liquid chocolate or drip ganache! There are many different recipes for ganache. The proportions of chocolate to cream can vary, depending on the use. Some recipes use heavy cream or butter, or both! For drip […]
It’s strawberry season! Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits. I love to use them all year round. Since the season is so short, I like to make strawberry puree to preserve them for later use. This week I’m making a whole batch of puree. Making puree is a great way to store strawberries for upcoming cakes […]