A Saturday during the Christmas holidays just calls for tea (or coffee, in my case) and cake. The very title of Jamie Oliver’s latest offering “Comfort Food” (RRP £30-available at Amazon.co.uk here or Amazon.com in the US here) just conjures cold, rainy British days that need to be cheered up with sweet, tasty offerings!
I’ve cooked a few offerings from the book so far, including the excellent “Winter Nights Chilli” (Jamie’s lack of an apostrophe, not mine) which required 2kg of meat: 1kg of pork belly and 1kg of brisket. Hearty and comforting, as the book suggested it would be.
Anyway- back to the German Coffee Cake. It’s a cake of 3 parts: the sponge, the “Streusel” and the caramel. It’s a little bit more time consuming than a standard loaf cake, but I loved making (and smashing up!) the caramel.
Soundtrack for my baking was James Bay (a recommendation from my sister- thank you!) and his VEVO channel on YouTube can be found here
Enjoyed with coffee and music from Jacob Banks- YouTube channel can be found here
Mug from Crate & Barrel here £3.37 or $3.95…dependent on which side of the Atlantic you are on!
Taschen’s “Scandinavian Design” RRP £12.99 can be found on Amazon.co.uk here or Amazon.com here
