The Bremer Klaben Cake has some history! As other dishes from the North this cake was made for the sailors when they were at see for a long time. It has a long shelf life because of its high butter and sugar amount. Nowadays…
This is a very special German cake for the holidays or the fall and winter months, and it’s called Bratapfelkuchen. It’s a cake that comes with whole apples that are filled and surrounded by a pudding filling. A true delightful cake! If you like…
The German Pumpkin Beer soup is special as it is using beer but not any beer, it should be Pilsner beer. We found it at Trader Joes. It is the Pilsener Urquell which is a very good German beer. Try this soup. It’s a…
This is a recipe for German Fried Potatoes Berlin Style or “Bratkartoffeln Berliner Art” as they make it in the capital of Germany, Berlin. Recommended are potatoes such as the yellow Gold or red potatoes, Russet are cooking too soft and fall apart. You…
This German egg dish – Poached eggs in Mustard Sauce – is coming from the good old times when meat was rare or too expensive. It’s a recipe from grandmothers cooking book and what do you know, it’s still popular. It’s called in German…
When blueberries are in season you can make this German Blueberry Cheese Cake which contains no quark and that is quite convenient. Quark is not that easy to get in the USA. You would use cream cheese for making this cake. It’s an easy…
If you have ever visited the one and only Oktoberfest in Munich, you know that the food is a very important part of it. Together with the Oktoberfest beer edition it’s like dining in a restaurant. You can choose from so many food options…
The Munich Oktoberfest is the most popular and the originator of the Oktoberfest. In 2023 the 188th Oktoberfest is being held on the “Wies’n” for three weekends and the days in between. Germany’s heritage is celebrated in the USA as well and many cities…