Open Beta Contest

[amadi]

To celebrate Open Beta, bakeitup is holding a contest:

Open Beta Brownie Madness

Post your best brownie recipe here during the month of May. (And if you've got pictures, bring 'em on.) Iced, not iced, nuts, caramel, cheesecake, raspberry swirl, whatever you've got.

At the end of the month, all of the entries will be voted on by the bakeitup membership, and the contributor of the chosen best brownie will receive two months of (regular) paid time for their own use or that of a friend or a favorite community.

So bring out your chocolate masterpieces, everyone, and let's get this party started!

Frankonian Cheesecake ("Käseplootz")

[lian]

This is a regional variety of German cheesecake, which is made with quark instead of cream cheese like its American counterpart. Frankonia is a beautiful, quirky, separatist, hilly region of northern Bavaria and is probably best known for its quality white wines.

There is a wide variety of German cheesecakes, often with additonal ingredients (poppyseed, apples, rhubarb...) but this is a traditional, very reduced and simple recipe, and the slices come in flat squares. This also means that while it's quite easy to make, it needs careful preparation and high quality ingredients, otherwise it may taste a bit bland.

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