Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
All tagged swiss cakes
This classic Swiss tea cake is chock full of nuts and chocolate and has a wonderfully tender crumb.
A boozy, nutty cake featuring a walnut liqueur beloved in Ticino.
A gloriously creamy cake with quark, plums and streusel as the base and topping.
A lovely, coffee-flavoured cake for birthdays and beyond.
A collection of my favourite Swiss cakes, for birthdays and beyond.
A big, beautiful sheet cake from my mother-in-law’s kitchen.
As sunny as a trip to Ticino, this lemony take on Zug’s Kirschtorte is a tart delight.
Gotthelf's dense, chocolatey cake, decorated after his most famous tale, the horror classic The Black Spider.
A deeply satisfying chocolate cake with a moist, almost fudgy middle. It tastes great warm from the oven, or after a few days in the fridge.
Who doesn’t love a streusel cake? This one has a creamy quark filling and can be topped with your fruit of choice (especially rhubarb!)
Solothurn’s very own cake, chock full of hazelnuts.
Fabiana’s Lucernese gingerbread, is a fan favourite among her five children, numerous grandchildren, and Sam’s family, who lived next door for over a decade.
A tender and tart lemon cake that uses nine eggs.
Although it takes a bit of time, I love making this cake. It looks impressive and tastes wonderful, especially if you aren’t shy with the kirsch that features throughout.
A light and lemony cake made with Ziger, a by-product of cheesemaking and similar to ricotta.
Baked slowly, layer by layer, the Baumkuchen, or tree cake, is a (delicious) afternoon’s work.
The recipe comes from the classic Swiss Home Ec textbook, Tip Topf, and is incredibly adaptable—whatever you have in your cupboard can be added to the cake.
