.:: Chocolate Muffins ::.

250g butter

200g dark chocolate

2 cups sugar

2 cups almonds

2 cups flour

4 eggs

1 pack vanilla extract

a little bit of salt

1/2 cup milk

Mix everything, fill into muffin forms.

Bake  at 180°C (preheat!) about 20 minutes.

Recipe from Ute

.:: Chocolate Cake (parve) ::.

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

2tsp baking powder

1/2 cup hot water

1/2 cup oil

4 sp chocolate powder

4 egg yolks

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

4 egg whites, beat seperately, mixed with

1/2 tsp baking powder

Mix everything, fill into cake form.

Bake at 180°C at least 30 minutes  (check with a fork!)

Recipe from Natalie from Ramat Rachel

.:: New York Cheese Cake with Cherries for Shavuot ::.

:: Dough ::

1 package petit beurre

50g butter

OR

150g flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

75g sugar

1 pack vanilla sugar

a little bit of salt

1 egg

75g soft butter

flour

:: Filling ::

3 eggs

200g whipped cream

750g cream cheese

150g sugar

juice of a lemon

50g corn starch

250g cherries

:: Topping ::

ca. 2dl sour cream

1 sp sugar

1 pack vanilla sugar

Dough: Crumble petit beurre in a plastic bag and add melted butter. Put in cake form and put it in the fridge for 2 hours.

OR

Preheat at 200°C. Mix all ingredients of the dough and put it into a 28cm spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes and take it out. Heat oven now at 170°C.

Filling: Seperate eggyolks and egg white and beat until smooth. Beat (whipped) cream as well. Mix egg yolks, cream cheese, lemon juice and corn starch. Add egg whites, whipped cream and cherries and put the filling onto the dough.

Bake the cake 1 hour at 225°C.

Topping:Take the cake out of the oven and add topping on the cake. Put again in the oven for approximately 2 minutes.

Recipe: partis of it from Aviva