Comments on Farine: Deb's Apple Sharlotka

In France, we make "charlottes". I just ...

2012-01-11T11:52:27.679-08:00

In France, we make "charlottes". I just checked the history of the word in the dictionary and it seems it was first used in English in the late 18th century and that at the beginning, at least in France, it designated a bread pudding containing apple marmalade. From there it was extrapolated to all puddings made with bread or biscuits and any kind of fruit and now of course chocolate, etc. Interesting to hear that in Polish it still retains its original meaning of apple pudding...Thank you for pointing it out, Anja! I love to try and retrace the history of words.

In Poland we also make Sharlotkas. But not many Po...

2012-01-11T11:13:55.295-08:00

In Poland we also make Sharlotkas. But not many Poles remember that "Szarlotka" comes from Russia. We just use the name as a synonym for any apple cake, tart or pie.

Hello Kim! Thanks for stopping by. So glad to hear...

2012-01-10T13:13:33.569-08:00

Hello Kim! Thanks for stopping by. So glad to hear the sharlotka brought back good memories. I love it when food does that. You have so many friends all around the world and so many of them like to bake that you must a very big recipe folder. What a treasure trove of tasty memories it must be!

MC, Thank you for the posting and I have a good f...

2012-01-10T13:04:07.444-08:00

MC,

Thank you for the posting and I have a good friend from Russia that I will be visiting next year and we used to bake this particular "cake" together a lots. Just a good memory...Thank you for the recipe and I think her recipe look almost the same if my memory serve me right(I need to dig into my notes)

Thanks,
Kim

It would be so much fun...

2012-01-10T08:29:49.184-08:00

It would be so much fun...

If we lived JUST a tad closer.... ;-)

2012-01-10T08:26:45.122-08:00

If we lived JUST a tad closer.... ;-)

Thank you, Brandon, and welcome to Farine! Lovely ...

2012-01-09T17:42:40.764-08:00

Thank you, Brandon, and welcome to Farine! Lovely to meet you... :-)
Hello, Sally! Come right over, I'll keep it warm for you!

I had to pin this recipe right away... gorgeous ...

2012-01-09T09:28:41.820-08:00

I had to pin this recipe right away...

gorgeous looking cake, I could eat a slice (maybe two) right now!

Yum! I hate when you see something so delicious on...

2012-01-08T20:38:47.047-08:00

Yum! I hate when you see something so delicious on a blog, but when you try it, it comes out nothing like the photo you saw. Your cake looks so much like Deb's! I came from Smitten Kitchen to your blog, and loved it before I even read a single post... the "Crazy About Bread" part was something I could really relate to!