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 in Swiss Baking
Available at every Swiss gas station and bakery throughout the country, these sausage rolls are a favourite quick lunch for manual labourers and students (and everyone else).
The Wähe, tart for all seasons, is the perfect vehicle for your rhubarb haul.
These plump croissants are a Swiss bakery staple, stuffed with a sweet nut filling.
The classic Swiss Easter tart, with rice pudding filling, in bunny form.
Sometimes you just need bread and chocolate, and these big buttery buns are the perfect solution.
An incredibly simple, sweet Wähe, with a cream filling.
Glimmering in Swiss bakery windows are the weighty Vogelnestli (bird’s nests), with a buttery base and nutty meringue border filled with jam.
Bursting with jam and topped with almond paste, this delicious traybake is perfect for Zvieri.
This is a classic bread pudding cake from Ticino, with as many versions as there are Nonnas in the canton.
Perfect for stale bread and leftover cheese, this bake is easy and delicious.
Magentraes is a pretty pink spiced sugar made in canton Glarus.
Tannenzapfen, the German word for pine cone, makes the perfect design (and pun) for my festive Zopf, which is stuffed with raisins and candied peel, and decorated to look as though it’s fallen from a huge bready tree.
This buttery pear and raisin tart was traditionally served during Geneva’s Escalade celebrations in early December.
These bear paw cookies are a perennial favourite in German-speaking Switzerland.
Lucerne’s version of the classic Swiss pear bread.
Solothurn’s very own cake, chock full of hazelnuts.
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.
One of my favourite applications of spelt flour (or any flour for that matter) is pizza dough.
The summer of Wähe continues.
