German Raffaello Cake with Raspberries

raffaello cake with raspberries

The German Raffaello Cake is a wonderful cake for the summer months and especially wonderful for Valentine’s Day which is celebrated in Germany with flowers, dinners for two, delicious cakes and desserts, romantic getaways, and special Valentine gifts. It also makes a delightful birthday…

Old Fashioned Silesian Streusel Cake

silesian streusel cake

Silesian Streusel Cake – The Silesian cuisine covers also a part of the German and Polish cuisine. It was always a cuisine of a border area, therefor you find several influences of other areas such as Austria, Saxon or Bohemia. In the Germany of…

German Cherry Streusel Cake – Authentic Recipe

german cherry streusel cake

You will love this German Cherry Streusel Cake (Streusel are crumbles). It needs some special ingredients but it is worth it to try. Trader Joe’s or Aldi carry the sour cherries, and we have seen them also in some other supermarkets. Make sure not…

Authentic German Black Forest Cake

german black forest cake

This is an Authentic German Black Forest cake recipe, proven and original. This cake is called in German “Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte”. It is a classic cake in Germany and very popular. So popular that you can find the cake in every German bakery. This original…

Sweet Braided Hazelnut Bread – German Nusszopf

Almond Marzipan Braided Bread

The Sweet Braided Hazelnut Bread, in German it’s called  “Nusszopf”, is just delicious. It contains ground hazelnuts that can be easily substituted with ground walnuts or almonds. The dough is a yeast based dough, and not difficult to make. You can get a convenient…

Authentic German Lemon Cake

This Authentic German Lemon Cake is super easy to make and a perfect recipe for baking beginners. Important is to use organic lemons and oranges as you need the zest. You will love this cake with a cup of coffee or your favorite tea….

Chocolate Coffee Cake

The Chocolate-Coffee Cake is originally a Polish cake which contains coffee liquor.  If you like coffee liqueur feel free to add it to the recipe. The chocolate coffee cake recipe is very simple. The dough looks thin at the beginning but during the baking…

Authentic German Rose Cake Rosenkuchen

rosenkuchen

Rosenkuchen is a typical German cake recipe specialty that gets the name from the rose as it looks like a rose. It is made out of a yeast dough and combines 10-12 filled rolls. What a wonderful cake for the Sunday Kaffee und Kuchen…