tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:66610 All Things Baked All things Baked 2010-11-07T15:44:02Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-15:66610:824 lian 2009-05-01T13:08:02Z 2010-11-07T15:44:02Z public 8 Posted by: <span lj:user='lian' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://lian.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://lian.dreamwidth.org/'><b>lian</b></a></span><br /><br />This is a regional variety of German cheesecake, which is made with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(cheese)">quark</a> instead of cream cheese like its American counterpart. <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franken_(Region)">Frankonia</a> is a beautiful, quirky, <strike>separatist</strike>, hilly region of northern Bavaria and is probably best known for its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia_(wine_region)">quality white wines</a>. <br /><br />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. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://bakeitup.dreamwidth.org/824.html#cutid1">what you need:</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bakeitup&ditemid=824" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments