I’m not sure whether this is ideally a summer or a winter dessert. It’s perfect for winter because there isn’t any fresh fruit involved, but at the same time an ideal summer dessert because it’s so light and wonderfully juicy and fruity. Oh well. It works great as a dessert for hot summer nights, which […]
Swiss cakes
Cinnamon Pie from Toggenburg (Toggenburger Zimtflade)
Toggenburg is a small, beautiful area in the canton of St. Gallen. Both the Säntis and the Churfirsten mountains are part of Toggenburg, and I can highly recommend the area for a long weekend of hiking or just soaking up the beauty of the landscape. In terms of food, one of the most well-known products […]
Swiss Carrot Cake (Rüeblicake)
The poor folks living in the canton of Aargau have to put up with probably more prejudices than any other canton, most of them imposed, of course, by their neighbour Zurich. A few of them are: Aargauer (Aargau people) always wear white socks. They’re bad car drivers – the Aargau car number plate contains the […]