Butterkuchen mit Aepfel – Butter sheet cake with almonds and apples

My mum is an outstanding cook and so its not a surprise that I already gained 5 pounds in 5 days. My mum cooked all my favorite German dishes the first 5 days (cold beef salad, Shopperle – dumplings with red cabbage, stir fry with pineapple, cabbage rolls with seasoned ground beef, pork shank with…

Homemade Almond Roca- Northwest Candy

If you are from this area you most likely know Almond Roca but if you are out of state or even out of country you might have never heard of this candy. Its a Butter Toffee Almond candy made right here in Seattle (well Tacoma ;-)), wrapped in gold foil and sold in round pink…