I love food especially the food I grew up with in the southwest of Germany. And, apparently, my husband likes it, too I've been meaning to bake a plaited yeast cake (in Germany that's called a Hefezopf) for a while and finally yesterday I had a go at it. It's not very difficult to make, but with anything you do for the first time there's always room for improvement! The cake looks a bit dark, but it's not burnt...according to the recipe I've got you are supposed to cover the finished plaited dough with egg yolk which I did and which made it really dark looking. I think my oven was too powerful and next time I'll set the heat to lower than suggested in the recipe. Other than that the cake tastes exactly as it does in Germany which I'm very happy about...brings home just a little bit closer .

So, here are before and after pictures of my first Hefezopf

You can click on the pictures for a close up view.