If you want to sweeten your mother's day, the best way to do so is with something delicious to snack on. How about this time instead of buying chocolates you bake something delicious yourself for Mother's Day? We have already shown you how you can prepare chocolates in another article. But they are not the only delicious temptation that a woman would be happy about. Instead, you can also bake cookies and biscuits or cakes and tarts, which you can also label and personalize individually. We have put together a few simple recipes especially for you, which you can try even as a beginner. Also have fondant or other icings on hand to get really creative and sentimental!
What to bake for Mother's Day - Delicious cookies and biscuits
Cookies are without a doubt a nice gift idea, especially if they are beautifully and lovingly decorated. Added to this is thatCookies and biscuitsThey are not difficult to prepare and look beautiful in a nice box. This makes them the perfect gift for Mother's Day. If you want to bake cookies, you can choose one of the following recipes. You can use food coloring to color icing any color you want, while food pens are a great way to individually label each cookie. By the way, you can also give the cookies as a gift in a romantic mason jar or other interesting packaging. Would you like to bake cookies for Mother's Day? Choose one of the following recipes:
Self-labeled cookies
- 300 g Flour
- 150 g golden yellow caster sugar (alternatively brown sugar)
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 TL Vanilla Paste
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 400g powdered sugar
- 100 ml lemon juice
- food coloring
- Food sticks
- Streusel
- Cookie cutters in matching motifs
- Piping bag
In a bowl, mix the flour with the butter and salt until a crumbly dough forms. Now add the sugar and stir (if you use brown sugar, you will need to stir longer as it is coarser and melts more slowly). In another bowl, break the eggs with the vanilla paste and add the mixture to the dough. Stir again until a smooth dough forms. Wrap this dough in cling film and let it rest for half an hour before you can cut out the cookies and bake them for Mother's Day.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper. Then roll out a quarter of the dough and cut out the cookies, which you spread on the baking tray. We recommend not baking more than 9 pieces at once. Place the first tray in the oven for 13 minutes in which you will bake the Mother's Day cookies. Meanwhile, repeat with the next quarter of the dough. But don’t forget the cookies in the oven! When they are ready, let them cool on a grill rack. Then place the next cookies in the oven and continue until you have used up the dough.
Once the cookies are cold, you can decorate them. To do this, mix the powdered sugar with 65 ml lemon juice. The result should be a thick glaze similar to toothpaste. If it's too tough for you, you can stir in a little more lemon juice. Test with a spoon by drawing a line in the icing. If this disappears within 10 seconds, the consistency is correct. Divide the icing into different small bowls depending on how many different colors you want to mix. Start with one color and cover the other bowls with plastic wrap to keep the frosting from drying out. Put a little of the icing in a piping bag and start creating. First draw an outline and let it dry for 5 minutes. Then fill in the inside. You can bake the cookies for more than just Mother's Day. They are also great for other occasions.
Bake cookies for Mother's Day with chocolate icing
- 400 g Flour
- 220 g unsalted butter
- 200 g golden caster sugar (or brown sugar, but mix longer)
- 1 large egg
- 2 TL Vanilleextrakt
- 100g dark chocolate
- 100g white chocolate
- colorful sprinkles
Would you likeBake cookies, these are also very suitable with chocolate icing, which can be decorated even faster. If you want to make these Mother's Day cookies, first combine the sugar and butter in a bowl. Mix with a mixer for at least two minutes until you get a creamy consistency. Then add the egg too. Then stir in the flour and vanilla with a wooden spoon until a smooth dough is formed. Cover the bowl with cling film and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 2 mm and cut out the cookies. Bake them for 12 to 15 minutes. As soon as the cookies have cooled after baking, you can decorate them with the chocolate. To do this, melt them in a water bath. Then dip half of each cookie into any chocolate and sprinkle with sprinkles. Then let the chocolate set.
Bake gingerbread
How about baking gingerbread cookies for Mother's Day? This pastry is a classic among those that can be written on and is ideal for writing down a longer greeting or congratulation. Here is a delicious recipe:
- 750 g Flour
- 225 g Butter
- 115g sugar
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp spice mix for gingerbread
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 200 g Grafschafter Goldsaft sugar syrup (available from Edeka)
- 150 g dark beet syrup
- 500g powdered sugar
First mix the flour with the baking powder and spices. Put the butter, both types of syrup, sugar and salt in a saucepan and mix the ingredients over low heat until everything is melted. Add this mixture to the flour mixture and stir into a dough. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper. Sprinkle flour on your work surface and roll out the dough, then cut out any shapes you like. Then you can bake the gingerbread cookies for Mother's Day. 12 to 15 minutes should be enough for this. Then mix icing from the powdered sugar and water using a piping bagfor decoratingUse after letting the gingerbread cookies cool for 10 minutes.
Light cake recipes
You are also welcome to bake a cake for Mother's Day, as this also offers a nice large area for designing and labeling and can even take on the role of a greeting card. A delicious cake doesn't necessarily have to be difficult to prepare. Here are a few examples that you are sure to get perfect:
Almond cake with poppy seeds
- 150 g Flour
- 120 g Butter
- 3 large eggs
- 200g sugar
- 120 ml milk
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 TL Vanilleextrakt
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 2 EL Mohn
This delicious almond cake is a quick cake. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees and grease a cake tin. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Mix the butter and sugar in a bowl with a mixer until creamy and gradually add the eggs. Next comes vanilla and almond extract, after which you alternately add the flour mixture and milk. Start and end with the flour. Finally, stir in the poppy seeds, pour the dough into the baking pan and you can bake the cake for Mother's Day. Bake 45 to 55 minutes. After the cake has cooled for 15 minutes, you can decorate it with the following icing:
Mix 200 g sugar with 1 1/2 tbsp milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp almond extract and a pinch of salt in a bowl. If the consistency is too thick for you, you can gradually stir in 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until you reach the desired consistency.
Zucchini chocolate cake as a Mother's Day cake
- approx. 2 medium-sized, unpeeled zucchinis, grated
- 400g sugar
- 120 g soft butter
- 3 large eggs
- 235 g Flour
- 75 g cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 160g buttermilk
- 120 ml Rapsöl
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp table salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 115 g dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 2 TL Vanilleextrakt
- 6 sheets of aluminum foil (approx. 12.5 x 7.5 cm)
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and grease a baking pan. Using a mixer, mix together the butter, sugar and rapeseed oil. Gradually add the eggs. In a separate bowl, mix the flour with the cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and cinnamon and add this mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, to the first bowl, where you gradually mix everything well together. Start and end with the flour mixture. Finally, stir in the zucchini, chocolate and vanilla extract. Pour the finished dough into the prepared baking pan, filling it 2/3 full. If there is any dough left over, you can fill another cake pan or use the dough for a few muffins. Now you can do it for 30 to 35 minutesdelicious chocolate cakeBake for Mother's Day. You can decorate the cooled cake with the following icing:
For the glaze, heat 80 g butter, 37 g cocoa powder and 80 ml milk in a saucepan on the stove until the butter has melted. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in 50 g sour cream and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Then use a mixer to mix 330 g of powdered sugar into the mixture and you can then spread the icing on the cake.
Here's how you can also design the desserts after you bake them for Mother's Day:
