Tag: sweet treat

  • Guglhupf

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    I love watching “The great british bake off” and I´m always amazed by the works of all these bakers. European cake week is always great as there are often some austrian or viennese cakes or bakes and I´m curious how they handle it.

    This time it was like hitting the jackpot! First one baker was talking about his austrian “Kugelhopf” and I think he really ment “Gugelhupf”, a traditional marble cake with a ring shape a little bit like a crown. I grew up with Guglhupf, my mother made it often for the “Kaffeejause” (coffee break in the afternoon) on the weekends.

    So this british “Kugelhopf” not only made me laugh it also gave me a huge appetite for Guglhupf, I hadn´t have one in years. As i don´t own the right form I cheated and bought one. Be my guest!

    And second part of the jackpot: the showstopper had to be based on Dobos Tart – my favourite tart in the whole wide world!

  • Picnic

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    demel, sweet treat, vienna

    Enjoying the last days of summer with some sweet treats from Demel and good company!

  • Altmann & Kühne

    If you´re looking for the perfect viennese souvenir, a little present or just a special treat for yourself, have a look at Altmann & Kühne, a confiserie and chocolaterie established in 1928. They offer the most perfect tiny chocolate pralines and have the prettiest packaging, designed by “Wiener Werkstätten”. An aunt used to gift me a little bonbonnière each christmas, it was always a very special gift and I still have a lot of the different boxes, the chocolate is long gone….

    altmann & kuehne, confiserie, chocolate, praline, vienna, graben, handmade, vintage altmann & kuehne, confiserie, chocolate, praline, vienna, graben, handmade, vintage

    altmann & kuehne, confiserie, chocolate, praline, vienna, graben, handmade, vintage altmann & kuehne, confiserie, chocolate, praline, vienna, graben, handmade, vintage

    The store on Graben feature a novel modernist facade designed by Josef Hofmann and is a listed building. Entering it´s like stepping back in time.

    Business florished in the 1930is but in 1938 the two founders Emile Altmann and Ernst Kühne had to flee from Austria and moved to New York, where they opened a new shop on Fifth Avenue. Thanks to one of their employees the viennese business survived during World War II.

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    altmann & kuehne, confiserie, chocolate, praline, vienna, graben, handmade, vintage
    Little box of treasures!

    altmann & kuehne, confiserie, chocolate, praline, vienna, graben, handmade, vintage

    And it´s true, these pralines not only put a smile on every face, they are almost too beautiful to be eaten!