Filled Butter Cake as we Make in Germany

filled butter cake

The filled butter cake from Germany is very similar to the regular butter cake but this cake has a delicious filling. This filling is consisting of vanilla pudding and if you have some egg liqueur (Verpoorten), you can add it to the filling –…

German Fruit Cake – Authentic Recipe from Germany

german fruit cake shortcake

Who has ever lived in Germany or is German knows that this is a very popular cake, especially in summer when the fruit is ripe. The German Fruit Cake, or also called Shortcake, is the best when using ripe and fresh fruit. The base…

German Lemon Torte – Best Cake for Summer

lemon torte

This German Lemon Torte (layered cake) will be the high light of your coffee and cake table. It is a refreshing cake consisting of  2 layers, filled and surrounded by a lemony cream. Decorate this cake to your needs eg. you can use it…

Almond Apple Cake – Authentic German

apple almond cake

This almond apple cake is worth it a try! It is a delicious combination of a short cake base (we call it “Muerbeteig” in German) and a mix of apples, cinnamon and almonds. Of course all German apple cakes are great and very tasty…

German Cake: Granatsplitter from Scratch

granatsplitter german cake

The German cake “Granatsplitter” or in English “Chocolate Mountain” is a typical cake specialty, or you could also call it a pastry. So what is is exactly? In the bakeries it is made out of the left overs from cakes and  a so called…

German Apple Strudel – Authentic Original Recipe

This is an original and authentic German recipe for apple strudel as they made it in Austria way back when all Germany was ruled by the Emperor, it’s from the so called “Kaiserreich” which was Germany, Austria, and Hungary. It’s been said that the…

Authentic Recipe Sacher Cake from Vienna

sacher cake

The history of the Sacher Cake or Sachertorte in German begins in 1832, when Prince Metternich ordered his personal chef with creating a special dessert for several important guests. But the master chef head chef got sick, so the task was handed to a…

Fried Egg Easter Muffins – So German

german Easter muffins

Surprise your friends and family with these delicious fried egg Easter muffins – they are just right for the Easter spring celebration. The muffins are easy to make and will make your family, friends or guests smile. We like these muffins because you can…