Hi, I’m Lisa
Trained pastry chef since 2012, apprenticeship in Cologne
In Germany I’m known as Kuchenfee Lisa, which means Cake Fairy Lisa. I’m a pastry chef and YouTuber, and on this site I bring my recipes to English readers.
Why I explain the why
In the apprenticeship you learn the reasons behind a recipe: why egg whites collapse, why ganache splits, why a sponge turns out dry. Most of the time you only find out when something has gone wrong, and then you stand in your kitchen without knowing why.
So that is what I write down. I explain why a dough rises, why a cream sets and why a bake sometimes fails. Once you know the reason, you can fix the problem yourself.
My path
- 2009
Apprenticeship as a pastry chef
At Printen Schmitz in Cologne, learning the craft from the ground up.
- 2012
Trained pastry chef
A Konditorin since 2012.
- 2013
My first video
I started my YouTube channel in October 2013 with a Black Forest cherry cake. Today it has over 200,000 subscribers, and my grandma’s yeast braid is always among the ten most popular recipes there.
- 3
Baking books
Two baking books in German, with Evergreens as my third. My cookie e-book is coming in English as Butter Sugar Cookie-Love.
Where else to find me
On YouTube since 2013, plus Instagram and Facebook. My German site is kuchenfee.de.