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How To Make Candied Fruit Slices – 4 Recipes

4 recipes for homemade candied fruit slices: candied orange slices, candied kiwi slices, candied lemon slices & candied (Japanese) quince slices.

Candied Fruit Slices

Candied fruit slices are easy to make at home. They are so delicious you can simply snack on them. But candied fruit slices look also impressive as cake decoration. Learn how to make 4 different candied fruit slices at home. Continue reading How To Make Candied Fruit Slices – 4 Recipes

4 Ways To Make Sugar Christmas Ornaments – Edible Christmas Tree Decorations

Make edible Christmas ornaments this year! These 4 homemade sugar Christmas ornaments are so pretty and incredibly easy to make! DIY candy Christmas decorations are easy last-minute Christmas DIY crafts for kids.

4 Ways To Make Sugar Christmas Ornaments - Edible Christmas Tree Decorations

Sugar ornaments are traditional Christmas tree ornaments. One of the following sugar ornament recipes was even published 280 years ago in 1741!

These edible Christmas tree decorations glitter like ice and snow. But these sparkling candy Christmas ornaments aren’t just pretty: When Christmas is over, you can eat the sugar ornaments (or use them for cakes and cookies in place of regular sugar)! Continue reading 4 Ways To Make Sugar Christmas Ornaments – Edible Christmas Tree Decorations

Candied Kiwi Slices

Candied kiwi slices are an unusual treat and so delicious. Homemade candied kiwi slices are just as easy to make as candied orange slices!

DIY Homemade Candied Kiwi Slices

Inspired by my DIY candied orange slices, I tried to make candied kiwi slices and they turned out delicious. Yay! Candied kiwi slices are an unusual treat. You can simply snack on them – have I mentioned that they’re delicious?! 😉 – or use them to garnish cakes and cupcakes. Continue reading Candied Kiwi Slices

Ancient Grape Must Bread With Grape Yeast Water

Bake ancient Roman grape must bread with only 3 ingredients! This wild yeast bread with grape yeast water is so easy to make and so delicious!

Ancient Grape Must Bread With Grape Yeast Water

Grape must bread is an ancient wild yeast bread recipe: Pliny published it in Naturalis Historia in 77 AD! 😀 Because the Romans didn’t have commercial yeast back then they usually made used must or fresh wine to make their own yeast from scratch. Continue reading Ancient Grape Must Bread With Grape Yeast Water

Hops Yeast Starter – Victorian Wild Yeast Bread

Make delicious wild yeast bread with hops yeast water starter from scratch!

Hops Yeast Starter - Wild Yeast Bread

The Victorians usually made their own yeast at home from scratch, even if commercial yeast was already available back then. But they preferred bread with homemade yeast because it was more flavorful and healthier.

In the Victorian era, homemade yeast from scratch usually contained hops. Just like beer, hops yeast bread tastes bitter because of the hops. This bitter taste is unusual in bread but not in an unpleasant way. And besides the bitter taste, hops yeast bread is also very moist compared to other wild yeast breads. Continue reading Hops Yeast Starter – Victorian Wild Yeast Bread

Victorian Salt Rising Bread – No-Yeast & Vegan

This old-fashioned salt rising bread has a mild taste. Unlike other salt rising bread recipes it has absolutely no cheese taste! And although it’s made from scratch, it’s quick to make: the bread is ready in just 7 hours! The Victorian salt rising bread is even allergy-friendly because it’s dairy-free, yeast-free, nut-free and vegan!

Victorian Salt Rising Bread

‘Salt-rising, or rather milk-rising bread[…] looks finer, tastes better, and is more healthy, beside being less work about making it than the common yeast bread. […] This bread if made aright, is white, moist, tender, [and] sweet’ (The Ohio Cultivator, 1859, p. 223).

The recipe for this salt rising bread is actually from the Victorian era, from 1859 to be precise! If you follow my blog, you know that I’m trying out old recipes from time to time: Victorian recipes, Edwardian recipes, Depression era recipes and sometimes even medieval recipes! And making this Victorian salt rising bread was on my list for a long time and now I finally made it!

The Victorian salt rising bread is the sixth recipe in my series about historical bread recipes without commercial yeast. Continue reading Victorian Salt Rising Bread – No-Yeast & Vegan

7 Types Of Buttercream + Recipes – American, German, Italian …

Recipes for 7 types of buttercreams: American, German, Italian, French, Swiss, custard and flour buttercream. With flavor alternatives – vanilla, strawberry, peanut butter and coffee – and substitutes for vegan buttercream!

7 Types Of Buttercream Recipes

Learn to make 7 types of buttercreams from scratch: American, German, Italian, French, Swiss, custard and flour buttercream. American, German and flour buttercream are the easiest buttercreams because they’re egg-free. They’re almost foolproof to make! But if you have egg whites leftover, Swiss or Italian meringue buttercream is your best choice. And if you have egg yolks leftover, you can choose between French and custard buttercream. Continue reading 7 Types Of Buttercream + Recipes – American, German, Italian …

4-Ingredient Black Bean Truffles – Vegan & From Scratch!

A healthy dessert to satisfy your chocolate cravings! These black bean truffles are vegan and made from scratch with only 4 ingredients!

Vegan, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Nut Free, Peanut Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free

4-Ingredient Black Bean Truffles - Vegan & From Scratch!

Yes, these chocolate truffles are made with black beans! I know what you’re thinking. No, they don’t taste of black beans! These vegan 4-ingredient black bean truffles are chocolatey, fudgy, simply delicious – and no bean taste at all! Continue reading 4-Ingredient Black Bean Truffles – Vegan & From Scratch!