Viola Rieke’s PfannKuchen

Makes 6 pancakes:

6 Eggs

60g flour (about 6 Tbs)

pinch of salt

375 ml milk (about 1.5 cups)

If you start with the flour and just a little milk, it's easier to avoid flour clumps. At the end, the batter is really liquidy. Pour in a heated pan with some oil or nonstick (just before pouring each pancake, wisk the batter again because the flour sinks to the bottom). The pancakes are quite large (I use a ~10-11 inch pan) and relatively thin. When all liquid is stiff, flip the pancake.

And for real German pancakes, you have to flip them in the air with your pan. I loved that, when my mom or grandma were doing that, especially when it didn't work :-) I think you dogs will love it too.

Lemon – Ginger Pound Cake

For cake
3 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup whole milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons finely grated fresh lemon zest
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

For glaze
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Make cake: Preheat oven to 325°F. Generously butter pan, then flour it, knocking out excess. Chill 10 minutes.

Finely grind together fresh ginger and 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor (mixture will be wet).

Whisk together flour, baking powder, ground ginger, and salt.

Stir together milk and vanilla in a small bowl.

Beat together butter, remaining 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

Alternately add flour and milk mixtures to butter and eggs in 4 batches, beginning with flour and mixing at low speed until each batch is just incorporated. Mix in ginger sugar until just combined, then lemon juice.

Spoon batter into pan, smoothing top, and bake in middle of oven until golden brown on top and a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes (about 1 hour for loaf pan). Carefully loosen edges with a knife and immediately invert cake onto a rack to cool completely.

Make glaze: Gradually add confectioners sugar to 1 tablespoon lemon juice, whisking until smooth and adding more juice, 1 drop at a time, if glaze is too thick. Drizzle decoratively over top of cake.

* I Double this recipe and it fits nicely into a standard bundt pan.

Makes 6 servings.
Gourmet
April 2001