Lemon Orange Sandkuchen – German Poundcake

lemon orange sandkuchen

Makes the Perfect pound or coffee cake: German Lemon Orange Sandkuchen. So easy to make, it just needs 25 min of your time.Happy Baking! Ingredients Lemon Orange Sandkuchen 175g butter, very soft 1 organic lemon and 1 orange 175g sugar 1 package vanilla sugar…

German Buttermilk Sugar Cake

German Buttermilk Sugar Cake

This German Buttermilk Sugar Cake is very much on the sweet side as it is using sugar and a special one called “Kandis” suga, a rock sugar that comes in coarse pieces. This kandis sugar, when heated, changes the color to brown which which…

Black Forest Muffins Filled with Cherries

black Forest cupcakes

If you love the German Black Forest cake you will love these Black Forest Muffins filled with cherries. It’s the alternative for a cake, and they are very easy to make. The usage of the German Kirschwasser or -schnaps is optional, alternatively add some…

German Apricot Cake with Sour Cream

german apricot cake with sour cream

This is a cake for the apricot season in summer. If you can get fresh apricots you must bake this German Apricot Cake with Sour Cream. It’s so easy to make. Takes only 15 min of your time. You can use alternatively different fruit…

Italian Plum Marzipan Cake – German Zwetschgen-Marzipan Torte

italian plum marzipan cake

Cake and pastries with plums are super popular in Germany because Italian plums or “Zwetschgen” are practically everywhere to find. Unfortunately not in the USA. So if you can get these Italian plums I found an irresistible cake for you: The Italian Plum Marzipan…

Strawberry Cream Cake – The Best in Summer

strawberry cream cake

The Strawberry Cream cake needs a bit of work but you will be rewarded by its delicious taste. The cake recipe is using quark. You can make quark at home, it is not difficult – Click here to find out How to make Quark…

Authentic German Apple Cake Recipe with Quark

german apple quark cake

This is a delicious German apple cake recipe with quark especially great for the holidays. Quark or “curd cheese” is easy to make (find the recipe for quark making in this recipe). Alternatively you can use a mix out of sour cream and cream…

German Chocolate Cream Cake

german chocolate cream cake

This German Chocolate Cream Cake is after an original and authentic recipe. In Germany we call such a cake “Schoko-Sahne-Torte.” It is  a “Torte” because it  contains multiple layers and is therefor higher than a regular cake. This is a very rich cake, a…