Practical German for Christmas Biscuits

Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Today we’re talking about … Read more

How to improve your German while getting ready for Christmas

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Does your German learning take a back burner during Advent because you’re too busy with other things? Why not learn some German while doing all those tasks? You want to make an Advent calendar? Check out these German sites for ideas: Adventskalender selber machen – mehr als 60 Anleitungen  Adventskalender basteln Adventskalender You want to … Read more

Let’s get Kuchen!

  Last week I was sent this infographic about German cakes, made by the lovely people of swissôtel. I tried to write a blog post about it but only managed to drool over those cake pictures. As I can’t leave a ‘call to action’ and ask you, dear readers, to bake me one of those cakes, … Read more

Improve your German and bake a cake

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. While planning for a lesson today I found this lovely old children’s cookery book, which I was once given together with a cooking set. I couldn’t remember how old I … Read more

German recipe: kalte Hundeschnauze

Yesterday, while listening to the radio, I heard about a recipe for a refrigerator cake. It reminded me about a German recipe called “Kalte Hundeschnauze”.This is what you need: Melt the coconut fat (‘Palmin’ in German) in a saucepan and leave to cool a bit. Mix it with the icing sugar (‘Puderzucker’), cocoa (‘Kakaopulver’), eggs … Read more

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