Whether it's bowling, donuts, Mutzen, Berliners or quick cakes, the name alone makes our mouths water. You can find original and simple baking recipes for carnival that children and parents are guaranteed to enjoy here. Children can also help out with lots of colorful, sweet snacks that perfectly complement the festive buffet. The carnival pastries not only please the palate, but are also a lot of fun to bake. Of course, the cookies and other delicacies can be baked not only during Carnival, but also in winter, even in summer. Below you will find 9 baking recipes for Carnival.
What is carnival without doughnuts?
Donuts or Berliners, as they are often called, are a hot topic. How and where the typical carnival pastry is called causes controversy, but the amount of filling is the real focal point. The sugary dough balls are actually not that difficult to bake yourself. The best thing is that you can fill them with a filling of your own taste. The mini versions are particularly popular at carnival parties and are often used assweet morselsserved. The biggest advantage is the ability to control the quality of the ingredients. This way you can be sure that the frying fat is fresh.
Bake your own Berliners
Ingredients for 9 pieces:
- 400 g Flour
- 140 ml lukewarm milk
- 60 g Butter
- 1 No
- 2 egg yolks
- 21 g (1/2 cube fresh yeast)
- 30g sugar
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1-2 drops of almond flavor
- 2 L vegetable oil for deep frying
- Powdered sugar for rolling
- 200 g jam or jelly (flavor of your choice) for the filling
Dissolve yeast in the lukewarm milk. Sift the flour and add it little by little. Stir in this pre-dough and let it rise at room temperature for at least 45 minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients and knead vigorously for about ten minutes. Then let it rise for another 30 minutes or more, preferably an hour. Fold the dough together and form nine smooth balls. Then spread the donuts on a tray,with cling filmcover and let rise for 45 minutes. During this time, heat the oil to 160 degrees. Make a test with a wooden skewer - put the wooden skewer in the fat and as soon as bubbles form on it, the fat is hot enough. Then bake the donuts for about 2 minutes on each side and drain on paper. After they have cooled, strain the jelly through a sieve and fill it into a large syringe, or alternatively a piping bag. Fill the donuts with jam and roll them in powdered sugar.
Crunchy Donuts
Ingredients for 18 pieces:
- 575 g Flour
- 2 packs (7 g) dry yeast
- 100 gZucker
- 4 tbsp warm water
- 2 Owner
- 75 g + 75 g Butter
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 L vegetable oil for deep frying
- 200g powdered sugar
- possibly 4 tbsp water
In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water and let stand until bubbles form, about 5 minutes. Then add milk, sugar, salt, eggs, 75 g butter and half the flour. Mix everything slowly with a food processor, hand mixer or a wooden spoon. Gradually add the remaining flour until a sticky dough forms. Knead for 5 minutes and let rise in a warm place until the dough doubles in volume.The risen doughPlace on a floured work surface and roll out to 1.5 cm thick. Cut out the donuts, spread them on a baking tray lined with baking paper, cover and let them rise again in a warm place. In the meantime, melt the remaining butter, add the powdered sugar and vanilla and stir until creamy. Add the hot water in portions with a spoon until the glaze reaches the required consistency. Heat the oil in the deep fryer or in a heavy pan to 175°C and fry the donuts in the hot oil until golden brown on each side. Then place kitchen paper under a cake rack and let the donuts drain on it. Finally decorate with the icing and colorful sugar sprinkles.
Quark balls
- 500 g Flour
- 1 baking powder
- 500 g low-fat quark
- 4 Owner
- 125g sugar
- 125g soft butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- Zest of a lemon
- 1 L oil or 1 kg coconut or frying fat for deep frying
Mix sugar and butter until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until creamy. Then fold in the zest of a lemon. In a separate bowl, mix the quark and milk until creamy and then mix with the sugar-egg mixture. In another container, sift flour and add baking powder. Then gradually mix the dry mixture with the liquid and knead into a dough. Heat the fat in a deep non-stick pan to 180 °C. Form small balls using two tablespoons. Fry the quark balls for 6-8 minutes until golden brown, turning them once to the other side. Then drain on kitchen paper and roll in sugar before serving.
Simple baking recipes for carnival: Bake mini Americans with children
Ingredients for 24 or more cookies:
- 250 g Flour
- 100g sugar
- 100 g soft butter
- 2 Owner
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 pack vanilla pudding powder
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- For the icing: 1 chocolate icing, 1 lemon icing, mini smarties
Sift flour into a bowl, add baking powder and vanilla pudding powder, stir briefly and then add milk. In another container, mix the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt with a hand mixer until creamy, about 5 minutes. Mix the dry and liquid mixture together and stir into a dough. Preheat the oven to 170°C – 190°C. Pour the dough into a piping bag (without an attachment) and pipe approximately 4 cm large circles on a baking tray lined with baking paper, spaced sufficiently apart. Bake on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. Then let it cool down. During this time, melt the chocolate and lemon icing according to the package instructions. Cover 12 mini Americans with chocolate icing and 12 cookies with lemon icing and immediately decorate with mini Smarties. Children can also help with this.
Pinata Muffins
Ingredients for 12 muffins:
- 125 g Flour
- 125g sugar
- 125g soft butter
- 1/2 pack baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp milk
- 2 Owner
- 5 drops vanilla extract
For the frosting:
- 125g soft butter
- 500g powdered sugar
- warm water
- Vanilla extract
- possibly vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 200°C. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar. Then add vanilla extract and milk and stir in. Then slowly mix in the dry ingredients: flour, salt and baking powder. Line the muffin tin with the muffin tins and add 1 1/2 tablespoons of the dough to each. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes and then let them cool completely. Then hollow it out with a teaspoon or a special tool and fill it with Smarties. In the meantime prepare the frosting. In a bowl, beat butter with a hand mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and stir at the same time. Add vanilla extract and food coloring if desired. If necessary, some warm water can be added. Pour the cream into a piping bag and pour it onto the ones filled with SmartiesMuffins schöndistribute.
Quick carnival pastries without baking: make your own cake pops
Ingredients for 12 cake pops:
- 95g cream cheese
- 45g powdered sugar
- 40 g soft butter
- 200 g cake crumbs or leftover cake
- 100 g couverture of your choice for decorating
- a few drops of coconut oil
- Sugar sprinkles to decorate
- 12 lolipop sticks, wooden sticks or kebab skewers
First mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and butter until creamy. Add the cake crumbs little by little until you get a smooth batter. Form the dough into 12 even balls and then chill. During this time, melt the chocolate coating in a water bath and add a few drops of coconut oil if necessary. This will make the glaze shine beautifully later. Dip the stems a little in the chocolate coating and carefully insert them into the balls. Then stick the stems in Styrofoam or somewhere else. Chill for 15 – 20 minutes. Then dip it into the liquid chocolate coating and turn it so that it is evenly distributed over the ball. Then let it drain. Decorate as desired with colorful sugar sprinkles, chocolate shavings and other edible decorations. Then chill until ready to eat.
Bake your own apple fritters
Ingredients for 16 pieces:
- 4 large apples
- 2 Owner
- 150 g Flour
- 125 ml milk
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 750 g vegetable oil for deep-frying
- 4 tbsp powdered sugar for decorating
If desired (better), peel the apples, core them and cut them into slightly thicker slices. Pour lemon juice over it and sprinkle with sugar. Let stand for 15 minutes. In the meantime, separate eggs. Mix egg yolks, milk and flour into a smooth dough. Mix in the melted butter and let the dough stand for 15 minutes. Separately, beat the egg whites until stiff and fold into the dough. Heat the fat to 175°C. Dip the apple slices one after the other very well into the batter, drain and then fry in the hot oil until golden brown. Finally, drain on kitchen paper and dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Quick recipes for carnival and carnival: make your own caramel candies
- 12 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 2 EL Honig
- 2 THE BUTTER
- 3 EL Stage
Grease a shallow baking dish with a little butter. Melt the rest in a non-stick pan. Add honey, sugar and vanilla sugar and mix in. As the ingredients melt, stir continuously. When the remaining sugar has melted, turn the temperature down a little. Then pour over the cream and continue stirring. When the liquid is light brown, spread everything evenly into the baking dish and let cool. When the mixture has not completely cooled down, place it on a board and cut it into small candies with a sharp knife.
Buttermilk waffles
- 4 Owner
- 250 g Flour
- 50g sugar
- 1 pack vanilla sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 125g soft butter
- 125 – 250 ml buttermilk
- oil
- powdered sugar
Mix the sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and soft butter until creamy and gradually add the eggs. Sift flour and mix with baking powder. Add to the butter mixture in small portions, alternating with the buttermilk. The result should be a thin dough. Heat the waffle iron and brush with oil. Then add some of the dough and bake for 4 to 6 minutes until golden brown. Then dust with powdered sugar or garnish as desired, for example: with blueberries, yogurt and banana slices, with walnut ice cream and walnuts, with strawberries and yogurt, with vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate topping or with cream cheese, hot cherries and white chocolate shavings.
