baking Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/baking/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:00:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 A cake for spring: Malty sponge cake with matcha icing and marigolds https://zuzazak.com/2017/04/a-cake-for-spring-malty-sponge-cake-with-matcha-icing-and-marigolds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-cake-for-spring-malty-sponge-cake-with-matcha-icing-and-marigolds Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:32:43 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1374 It’s only human to err and some of the best things are born out of mistakes, such as this malty springtime sponge cake with matcha icing. It was meant to be a meringue (which was in itself a by-product of baked pierogi that call for egg...

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]]> Rhubarb cake with meringue topping https://zuzazak.com/2015/05/rhubarb-cake-with-meringue-topping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rhubarb-cake-with-meringue-topping Mon, 18 May 2015 11:10:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/05/rhubarb-cake-with-meringue-topping/ I’m a big believer in openness. So much so that sometimes I worry that I overshare on this blog and try to tone down my natural tendencies. Yet I have been given some feedback recently from a few different people and apparently you, the reader,...

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]]> Sesame flapjacks (no sugar) https://zuzazak.com/2015/05/sesame-flapjacks-no-sugar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sesame-flapjacks-no-sugar Wed, 13 May 2015 15:53:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/05/sesame-flapjacks-no-sugar/ My apologies. My aim is to blog at least once a week, a commitment I’ve been neglecting of late. I am in a period of restructure. I am restructuring my timetable, my habits, my priorities, my social life and my mind. That’s basically my whole...

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]]> Chilli and rye sourdough bread https://zuzazak.com/2015/02/chilli-and-rye-sourdough-bread/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chilli-and-rye-sourdough-bread Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:51:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/02/chilli-and-rye-sourdough-bread/ Thailand was magical as ever. Days spent doing my favourite things: swimming outside; reading cookbooks in a hammock; eating fresh, healthy Thai food and bargain hunting in markets… Immersing ourselves in a different world. On my return, one of the first things I did was...

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]]> Spelt and rye onion bread https://zuzazak.com/2015/02/spelt-and-rye-onion-bread/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spelt-and-rye-onion-bread Tue, 03 Feb 2015 11:05:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/02/spelt-and-rye-onion-bread/ My mum has three brothers and they all love to cook. Last week I was in Poland working on an important project. To celebrate my sending everything off on time, my godfather Wojtek (my mum’s youngest brother) came round and taught me this way of...

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]]> Super easy Polish poppy seed cake https://zuzazak.com/2014/12/super-easy-polish-poppy-seed-cake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=super-easy-polish-poppy-seed-cake Sun, 28 Dec 2014 20:11:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/12/super-easy-polish-poppy-seed-cake/ John Lennon was right when he wrote that “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. At this point I ask myself if any plan is worth making. Perhaps life has nothing to do with plans after all, perhaps the only...

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]]> Honey and almond yoghurt cake with orange icing (no sugar) https://zuzazak.com/2014/11/honey-and-almond-yoghurt-cake-with-orange-icing-no-sugar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=honey-and-almond-yoghurt-cake-with-orange-icing-no-sugar Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:11:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/11/honey-and-almond-yoghurt-cake-with-orange-icing-no-sugar/ I told you about the cake I baked for my boyfriend’s and his mum’s birthday, which ended up having a big hole in the middle… so the problem was that I had so little time on that day that I tried to do everything too...

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]]> White chia seed and banana cake, a strange method https://zuzazak.com/2014/07/white-chia-seed-and-banana-cake-a-strange-method/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-chia-seed-and-banana-cake-a-strange-method Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:59:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/07/white-chia-seed-and-banana-cake-a-strange-method/ I love cooking, as you know, but not having any scales, combined with a preference for healthy, savoury food has meant that I rarely bake. People tell me that baking is therapeutic, I find it powdery and messy. Until recently. You see I’ve found a...

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