German Pound Cake ( Sand Cake ) . Zitronen Sandkuchen . الباوند كيك الألماني

This is a type of Pound Cake that is popular in Germany called Sandkuchen ( Sand Cake ) , It's very easy & so delicious & perfect when you are having guests & also perfect as a Coffee Cake.

Ingredients : (12 Piece)

Tahini Sauce . Tahini Soße.

Tahini Sauce is a very popular Egyptian (or Oriental ) Sauce, we actually call it in Egypt Tahini "Salad" not "sauce" , it's very easy , done in very few minutes & it's an amazing side dish with all grilled dishes . We also eat it with bread for breakfast or lunch beside other dishes , it's delicious & you can add the spices you want to it & you can control its thickness , by adding more or less water. I personally prefer it a bit liquidy , but some people prefer it thick, Some people add "Hummus" or Yogurt to it. but this is the basic recipe & you create your own recipe out of this basic recipe.

Roasted Chicken with Lemon & Herbs. Geröstete Hähnchen mit Kräuter & Zitronen. الفراخ المشوية في الفرن بالاعشاب والليمون

One of the easy dishes that I like to make a lot is Oven roasted Chicken . It's so easy & can be done when guests are coming over for Dinner , as it's easy, juicy & moist & I guess everybody loves!
2 weeks ago I bought 8 Herbs Pots & I guess I'll be making a lot of recipes using Herbs in the coming days:)  (I'll shoot them too & add them some where in my Blog ).
I had some Chicken & I had a very busy day, so I decided to marinade my Chicken with nearly all herbs I bought + My basic Chicken marinade (Onion , Lemon, Salt & Pepper) & I left it in the Fridge in the marinade for 6 hours , then put it in the Oven for 45 minutes & it was the Best chicken ever! so moist & juicy from inside & crispy from the skin outside!!
Hope you try this recipe & I'm Sure you will love it!

Ingredients : ( for 4 )

Easy Cake Pops. Kuchen am Stiel

My kids love Cake pops , but It's usually hard for me doing a cake ,then crumbling it, then adding it to another mixture,then waiting to cool....etc. It was so much work for an -always busy- Mom like me :) So I thought of doing mini cupcakes & sticking them to a Cake pop stick & it's done!
The result was perfect & unfortunately was finished in half a day , my kids gave to friends & neighbours !
Second day, I loved the Idea, so I made my brownies recipes & cup it in small cubes & inserted wooden skewers in them & were just perfct & kids loved them too .
Here we go with the mini cupcake recipe:

Ingredients (for 24)

German Crullers. Spritzkuchen

Crullers are Fried Pastry topped with powdered Sugar or Cinnamon or Sugar icing.They are made of a dense Dough,somehow similar to that of Donuts, but they are piped from a Pastry bag .
They are very easy to make , the whole process takes less than 30 minutes .

Backgrounds for Food Photography. Hintergründe der Foodfotografie. خلفيات تصوير الطعام

I love Food Photography and many professional food photos I've seen in magazines or books have always a nice wooden background ! I tried searching in amazon & ebay for those wooden blocks but always found them expensive or did not find them at all ! Then I started searching in internet & found an amazing blog for an amazing German lady called Eva & she gave me the best clue ever! She gave me the hint that I wanted ! I must thank her so much because she inspired me! Here's a link to her post: http://www.food-vegetarisch.de/2013/07/food-fotografie-meine-hintergruende/

Caramel-Hazelnuts Cupcakes . Karamell-Haselnüße-Cupcakes. كب كيك الكراميل والبندق

This was out our dessert for the new year!  It was so tasty & delicious.
The cupcakes turned out so pretty that I wanted to shoot them without any additives to the shot! Just the Cupcake alone will make a pretty photo , & I guess it gave me the pretty effect I wanted. just added my cup of Coffee in a pic to add the warm feeling to the picture :))

Ingredients (9 large cupcakes)

Shortbread Cookies. Buttergebäck . بسكوت الزبدة

These Cookies are so easy to make & so buttery & melts in your mouth.
Amazing with a cup of Coffee or Tea!

Spiced Carrot Cupcakes. Gewürze Möhren Muffins

Those Cupcakes will fill your house with the best Scent ever!!!
Very moist & taste amazing!!!

Ingredients ( 12 Cupcakes)

Green Pea Soup. Erbsensuppe

My Mom once told me, you can use any type of vegetables in making Soups & I remembered her words & I use the basic recipe for Soup & add any vegetable to it (according to the seasonal vegetables) & it works just perfect! I even combine many veggies together & it's never failed!
Here's my version of Pea Soup, hope you like it!