German Cherry Streusel Cake – Authentic Recipe

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, Lidl or Aldi carry the sour cherries, or find them also in some international supermarkets. Make sure not to use cherries with added sugar. Fresh cherries are also an option but you would have to de-pit them first. If fresh cherries use sour cherries or the dark ones, not the light colored Bing cherries. The pudding powder can be purchased at Cost Plus, or online. Alternatively use corn starch and vanilla extract. Happy Cooking!

Ingredients German Cherry Streusel Cake

400 g all purpose flour, unbleached or – Find Original German Wheat Flour –
230 g butter, room temperature
150 g sugar (add less if you like)
1 pack. vanilla sugar 0.3oz
– How to make Vanilla Sugar –
1 dash salt

Filling
1 jar (morello) sour cherries, 24oz
1 pack. Vanilla pudding Dr Oetker
– How to make Vanilla pudding –
(alternatively 1.5 oz cornstarch and vanilla sugar plus some vanilla extract)
2 tbsp sugar
1 pack. vanilla sugar – 0.3oz
– How to Make Vanilla Sugar –
1/2 tsp bitter almond or almond/rum flavor
3 tbsp cherry jam, optional
1 tsp lemon juice
4 tbsp almonds, sliced or chopped, optional

Fail Proof German Baking Mix for a Streusel Cake

Baking Instructions German Cherry Streusel Cake

Combine flour, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt. Add butter in small pieces.
Knead fast with kneading hooks and make Streusel (crumbles). You also can use the hands.
Place in fridge.
Drain cherries, keep the liquid.
With 6 tbsp from the cherry liquid mix pudding powder and sugar. Make the pudding per instructions. You don’t use milk, only the cherry juice. Even you will not have the requested amount of liquid, it is ok. The pudding will be firmer. If you don’t want to use the vanilla pudding powder use corn starch as mentioned in the ingredients list.
Add cherries, jam, bitter almond flavor, lemon juice and vanilla sugar to the pudding.
Grease a 24 cm spring form (9 inches)
Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
Place 2/3 of the Streusel into the spring form and press dough gently onto the bottom, make an edge along the rim.
Spread cherry filling on the bottom, place remaining Streusel on top.
Sprinkle with almonds.
Bake for 45-50 min until Streusel are golden brown.