Mennonite Funny Cake
If you enjoy cake and pie, this recipe is for you! A pie that tastes like a cake and a Mennonite favourite! Ingredients: 120 ml (½ cup) granulated sugar60 ml (¼ cup) unsweetened cocoa powder120 ml (½ cup) hot water½ teaspoon vanilla extract240 ml (1 cup) granulated sugar1 large egg3…
Mennonite Gingerbread – Mennoniten Lebkuchen
A delicious Christmas treat! Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar1 cup butter, softened2 large eggs½ cup molasses2 cups all-purpose flour½ teaspoon baking powder½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon ground cinnamon½ teaspoon ground ginger1 cup boiling water2 teaspoons baking sodaWhipped cream, as needed Instructions: Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F) and grease a 9in. x…
Mennonite Maple Walnut Cake – Mennnoniten Ahorn Walnuss Kuchen
A soft and moist walnut cake – perfect for Kaffee und Kuchen on a Sunday afternoon! Ingredients: 80 ml (⅓ cup) unsalted butter, softened2 eggs240 ml (1 cup) pure maple syrup295 ml (1 ¼ cups) all purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powderpinch of salt240 ml (1 cup) walnuts, coarsely chopped2 tablespoons…
Mennonite Yeast Rolls – Mennoniten Brötchen
If you love baking breads, buns and rolls and baking is therapeutic for you, this recipe is for you! Ingredients: 120 ml (½ cup) warm water2 tablespoons yeast120 g (½ cup) butter2 cups milk80 g (⅓ cup) sugar2 teaspoons salt 750 g – 875 g (6 to 7 cups) all purpose…
Russian-German Bierocks – Russisch-Deutsche Bierocks
Bierocks are common among the Volga Germans in the USA and in Argentina. It was brought to the United States by German-Russian Mennonite immigrants in the 1870s. Ingredients: 2.3kg to 2.6kg (10 to 11 cups) all-purpose flour60 g (¼ ounce) active dry yeast120 g (½ cup) sugar2 teaspoons salt590 ml…