This is a very special cake – The German Donauwellen Cake – in English it would be called the “Cake of the Danube waves” – it comes from the Danube region or the so called “Donauschwaben” region. The Danube starts in the Black Forest…
The Chocolate pear cake is an original German cake and is very easy to bake. If you don’t have the packaged vanilla sugar you can make it yourself – See Recipe below OR click here. The recipe is also using egg liquor which you…
There must be hundreds of apple cake recipes in Germany. Today I want to feature the Classic German apple Cake that w call in German “Gedeckter Apfelkuchen”. The cake is. made out of base cake (Mürbeteig, short cake), a filling and a top, decorated…
The German Bienenstich, or Bee sting cake in English, is a traditional German cake and can be found in almost every German bakery. The name means literally “Bee Sting cake“. There is a legend where the baker who baked the cake had been stung…
The Swabian apple cake is a cake from the South of Germany, the region around Stuttgart. You can find the lady finger cookies at Trader Joes, Big Lots or in special international stores or the international food section in US supermarkets. This is a…
Maybe you know about the German “Cremeschnitten”. If not then learn today how to make these “Schnitten” which is a cake baked in a deep baking pan, and when done it is cut in square or rectangle pieces. The German Apple Cream Slices contain…
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…
If you are looking for a delicious, easy to make cake for your Sunday afternoon Kaffee and Kuchen time, here’s the recipe for a German Chocolate Pound Cake. As you can see it’s simple and can be made within a short time. Happy Baking!…