Lemon - Bramble - Chia

Did some baking again. Not all the photos are made with out better camera so, please, just bear with me. The cake is a lemon cake with pistachio and chia seeds. It is served with German butter cream and bramble coulis.

 

Lemon cake, buttercream, bramble coulis

 LEMON CAKE

200 g butter

150 g fine brown sugar

3 eggs

pinch of vanilla seeds

2 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp chia seeds

80 g pistachio, coarsely grinded

50 ml milk

Right after baking

These type of cakes always seem to be better the next day. Sometimes even a couple of days after baking.

These are going to the freezer and my Hubby can every now and then take a piece out for his lunch package.

 CRÈME PÂTISSIÈRE

480 ml milk

110 g sugar

3 eggs

45 g corn starch

45 g butter

vanilla pod or seeds

Bring milk, vanilla and half of the sugar to boil.

Beat together the eggs, rest of the sugar and corn starch.

Make a liaison.

Bring the mixture to boil

Remove from the stove and add the butter.

Cool down in the fridge.

GERMAN BUTTERCREAM

210 g butter

60 g icing sugar

210 g crème pâtissière

Beat the butter and icing sugar in the mixer with the paddle attachment until light and airy, about 5 min. Add the crème pâtissière in small parts and beat until fully mixed into a smooth buttercream.

The dark seeds on the plate are chia seeds

My morrocan mint is in flower.

Bramble - Brombeere - Karhunvatukka

Cow bells on top of the Speer mountain

Mountains in Switzerland

This post doesn't  have anything to do with food. I thought I'd like to share with you some photos of the beautiful Swiss mountains. Lately, to get rid off the work stress,  I have been spending lots of time in the mountains on my free days. The weather this summer here in Switzerland has been fantastic. I have had some super hikes. People at work call me crazy, because I always stand up at 4 am when I want to drive to the mountains. There is nothing better than to start the hike as early as the sun goes up an no other soul around.

Here are some webpage addresses if you interested in checking some of the places out:

Meglisalp Berggasthaus

 Rotsteinpass

Säntisberg

Chäserrugg

Meglisalp 1520 m ü.M, a tiny cute mountain village with a church, guesthouse and some cottages. To get there you have to walk.

Happy cows high up in the mountains. Between Meglisalp and Rotsteinpass.

On the Rotsteinpass 2124 m ü. M

Right after passing the Rotsteinpass. Säntis mountain still seems to be far away.

You can see the hiking trail very well in the middle of the picture running along the mountain tops.

The trail is the small narrow path in the middle of the picture. The drop down is DEEP! So one shouldn't be afraid of hights.

The other day I wasn't so lucky with the sun. It wasn't raining but I also couldn't really see anything after passing 1700 meters.

Sheep on the edge

I wonder if any sheep ever fall down?

The new restaurant on top of Chäserrugg 2262 m ü.M. I love the wooden style. Unfortunately I could not see how it looks from outside because of the fog. Well, that gave me a good reason to go back soon :D

Going back down from Chäserrugg. In this photo you can see how sudden the clouds start.

Hiking to Speer

The view towards Säntis und Alpstein

The view towards Chäserrugg und Churfirsten

Over there is my destination: Speer 1950 m ü.M

On top of the Speer

Some more of those happy cows

Tomatoes

 Here are some photos of our tomato harvest

Black plum tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes

Plum cherry tomatoes

Black cherry tomatoes

Some of that tasty tomato harvest

I also collected the coriander seeds

Thunbergie Schwarzäugige Susanne (Black-eyed Susan vine) is in flower