German Iced Coffee – Eiskaffee

german iced coffee eiskaffee

The German iced coffee – or as we call it “Eiskaffee” – is not just ice cubes in some cup of cold coffee. If it doesn’t contain whipped cream and vanilla ice cream it’s not a Eiskaffee. This beverage is very popular in Germany and you can get it in every ice cream parlor and Cafe. If you can get it somewhere in the USA, you are lucky. In case you cannot, it’s so easy to make from scratch! Try it out. Happy Cooking!

Ingredients German Iced Coffee – Eiskaffee

(2 servings)

100 g heavy cream
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
– How to Make Vanilla Sugar –

(alternatively vanilla extract and a little bit of sugar)
4 scoops vanilla ice cream
300 ml brewed coffee, chilled (preferably German coffee)
grated chocolate, unsweetened cocoa, cherries or chocolate syrup for decoration

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How to make it

– Combine heavy cream with vanilla sugar and whip until very firm.
– Fill 2 scoops vanilla ice cream into 2 tall glasses.
– Pour the chilled coffee over the ice cream.
– Place the whipped cream on top.
– Decorate with a cherry, grated chocolate or chocolate syrup.

You can add some flavor by adding some liquor such as (Asbach) brandy or Amaretto.

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Summer Drink Sangria

sangria

If you were on vacation in Spain you probably know the summer drink Sangria. Because Spain is a super popular vacation spot for Germans, the drink made it into Germany and has become a party beverage. You can get Sangria already made in bottles at regular supermarkets but there’s nothing better than the home made version. Happy Summer!

Ingredients Sangria

1 organic orange
150 g sugar
1 organic lemon
700 ml dry white wine and  700 ml dry red wine
250 g each:  peaches, grapes, red and green mix, strawberries, 1 small container raspberries
1 apple
100 ml orange liquor, eg Grand Manier

Instructions Sangria

– Rinse lemon and orange with hot water.
– Cut horizontally in thiner slices, remove kernels if you see some
– Combine with sugar and wine (both red and white) in a punch bowl or wide enough glas container.
– Stir until sugar has dissolved.
– Place in fridge and keep cool for at least 6 hours or over night.
– Prepare the fruit and chop into small pieces. It would be good to peel apples.
– Before serving add the fruit and liquor to the wine, if you like add some ice cubes but not too many so it won’t get watery. You could add some frozen wine cubes alternatively.

summer drink sangria

German Butter Cake Recipe – Butterkuchen

german butter cake

This German Butter Cake is a perfect cake for baking beginners. In Germany we love simple cakes because they can be made fast. If you get unexpected guests you would be able to make this cake! This original German cake recipe is popular throughout Germany. You can vary the recipe by adding sour cherries, apricots or peaches. Just place them into the dough or on the bottom of the baking tray. Enjoy this cake with a good cup of German coffee – Such as TSCHIBO Family Happy Baking!

Ingredients German Butter Cake

some butter for greasing the baking tray
250 g heavy cream – 1 cup
200 g butter – 2 sticks
1 Package baking powder (0.5oz)
4 eggs
1 package Dr Oetker Vanilla sugar (0.32oz)
How to Make Vanilla Sugar –
4 tbsp milk
250 g sliced almonds – 8.8oz
1 dash salt
400 g flour – 3 1/3 cups
300 g sugar – 1 1/2 cups (if you like the cake sweeter use 500g or 2 1/2 cups; the original recipe is using this amount, we find it a bit too sweet)


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bienenstich cake


Baking Instructions German Butter Cake

– Preheat oven to 350 F.
– Grease a deeper baking tray, dust with flour. Alternatively use a high side sheet cake pan (see below) and layer it with parchment paper (no greasing).
– Mix heavy cream with half of the sugar and salt, mix very well by using a hand mixer.
– Add eggs, sieved flour, 75 g very soft butter, 1 vanilla sugar and baking powder, mix well.
– Spread the dough on the baking tray and bake for about 12-15 min.

german butter cake

– Melt remaining butter, add remaining sugar, milk and almonds, mix well.
– Spread this mix on the cake and bake for another 20-30 min until the almonds show a golden color.


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Erdbeer Bowle – Strawberry Punch

strawberry punch

Here’s a recipe for a drink that will go very well at your summer party – The German “Erdbeer Bowle” or Strawberry Punch is a combination of sparkling wine, white wine and strawberries that were soaked in vodka. If you make this drink you will for sure have no left overs. The European sparkling wine can be found at Trader Joe’s or any good liquor store. The punch bowl should be made out of glas and you need a ladle as well.

Ingredients Strawberry Punch

1 kg ripe, sweet strawberries
50 g sugar
200 ml vodka
2 bottles sparkling wine (Sekt)
1 bottle white wine, semi-dry
some mint leaves
some ice cubes made from white wine
optional: some frozen raspberries
1 punch bowl and 1 ladle

Instructions Strawberry Punch

– Wash strawberries, remove green parts.
– Depending on size cut in halves or quarters.
– Place into the punch bowl and add the sugar.
– Mix after 15 min, add the vodka. Strawberries should be covered.

– Add mint leaves as desired.
– Keep in fridge at least for 5 hours.
– Just before serving pour the wine and the sparkling wine into the bowl.
– If you like add some frozen wine cubes, if you use regular ice cubes the drink might get watery.


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Super Easy German Fruit Cake – Obstkuchen

Here is a super easy German fruit cake that can be made within minutes. We call the base cake (it’s like a sponge cake) in German a “Tortenboden” and the entire cake would be an “Obstkuchen”.
You don’t have to be a master baker or chef to create this cake – it is really very easy. I found this recipe and thought I have to give it a try. It sounded very easy and simple. I also never used oil for making the base cake. So I became curious. And what do you say? It’s a really delicious cake and tastes like the ones that you can buy in a German supermarket. From now on I will use this recipe all the time when the time has come to use some ripe and fresh fruit for this special German cake from my childhood! Happy Baking!

Ingredients Super Easy German Fruit Cake

6 tbsp sunflower oil
6 tbsp sugar
3 eggs
6 tbsp flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla sugar – How to make Vanilla Sugar –
fruit of your choice (strawberries, blueberries, bananas, sour cherries, canned mandarins, canned pears or peaches and apricots)
1 package red glaze Dr Oetker  – Make the Glaze from Scratch –

dr oetker vanilla sugar

Baking Instructions

– Mix eggs with sugar and beat until dough is bubbly
– Add oil spoon by spoon to the eggs, then sieve in flour.
– Mix flour and baking powder, then combine with egg mix.  Mix well.
– Grease the baking form with some butter.
– Sprinkle the form with some breadcrumbs of neutral taste (no spices or herbs) or some flour.
– Pour dough into a non-stick German pie form for the base cake, diameter 11 inches (see below the one on Amazon).
– Pre-heat oven to 375 F.
biscuit cake form

– Bake for about 5-10 min.
The cake will be done when no dough will stick on a tooth pic that has been poked into the dough. The base cake should have a light golden color.
– When cake is done let it cool off, then place it onto a big plate that should be bigger than the cake (upside down).
– Cut bigger fruit in halves or smaller such as strawberries and place them on top of the cake.
– Make the glaze per instructions and pour it over the fruit.
– Find the Dr Oetker Red Glaze here – 

– Let cool off.


 

Herrentoast Franconia Style

For making the Herrentoast you can practically use your favorite bread, the classic recipe would use Farmers Bread. The bread is topped with a nicely spiced mix of ground beef or pork schnitzel with cheese which makes a delicious lunch or dinner. It’s unclear where the dish originated, the name is rather ambiguous as the word “Herr” means Mister. Happy Cooking!

Ingredients Herrentoast

4 servings
200 g ground beef alternatively 4 pork schnitzel
4 slices Farmers bread or whole grain (Schwarzbrot)
100 g cheese, Gouda or Emmenthaler
2 small onion, chopped
1 smaller red pepper, chopped
1 tbsp chilisauce, alternatively cayenne pepper
salt, pepper to taste
2 tsp paprika powder, mild
1 egg

Cooking Instructions Herrentoast

– Grate the cheese.
– Combine meat with all ingredients, except the cheese, mix well. Leave some of the chopped red pepper.
– Spread a thin layer of the meat mix evenly on all bread slices.
– Add grated cheese on top.


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brot box farmers bread


If you use Pork Schnitzel instead of Ground Beef:
– Peel onions and chop fine. Cut schnitzel into small cubes.
– Heat some butter and fry onions with meat briefly. Remove from heat.
– Cut pepper into small pieces and add to the meat, season to taste.
– Last step would be to add the egg, mix well.
– Add the grated cheese on top.
herrentoast franconia
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For both Versions
– Place the slices on a baking tray.
– Pre-heat oven to 400F.
– Bake toast for about 20-25 min.

When done sprinkle with paprika powder and red pepper.

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Swabian Sour Potatoes – Saure Kartoffelrädle

Swabian Sour Potatoes

This is a German dish that originated a long time ago. It’s from the time after the second world war ended, the time of a big food shortage. Such times, as bad as they are, created many dishes, and still they are cooked in present time. One of these dishes was the Swabian Sour Potatoes.
Nowadays sausages are added which makes it a delicious meal. Potatoes always were and still are important in the German cuisine. There are hundreds of potato dishes. This potato recipe shows what you can cook just with a few ingredients. Happy Cooking!

Ingredients Swabian Sour Potatoes

500-600 g potatoes

For the Gravy
3 tbsp butter and 3 tbsp flour
1 splash white wine (optional)
300-400 ml vegetable broth or water
– How to Make Vegetable Broth – 
1 bay leave
2 cloves, crushed or ground
vinegar to taste or 2 tbsp
salt, pepper to taste
4 Wiener sausages (Saitenwürstle or Wienerle in Swabian-German, USA calls them Frankfurter)
2 tbsp chopped chives, optional


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german mustard


Cooking Instructions Swabian Sour Potatoes

– Boil potatoes with skin. When done drain and let cool off a bit.
– Heat butter with flour, mix well, it should not get brown. This is a so called “Mehlschwitze”, the base for many German white and dark sauces.
– Add broth and wine and bring to a boil. The gravy should have thickened.
– Spice and add vinegar with bay leave and cloves.
– Let simmer for 15 min on low heat.

– Peel potatoes.
– Heat sausages in water.
– Cut potatoes in thin slices.
– Add potatoes to gravy, let sit for 3 min.
– Spice if necessary, remove cloves and bay leave.

You can use sausages as whole or cut them in slices. Add the sausages to the potatoes and sprinkle with the chives.

German Pudding Pastry

german pudding pastry

Pastries are very popular in Germany and you can find them in almost any German bakery. The German pudding pastry is made from a yeast dough and is filled with vanilla pudding and topped with a sugar glaze, which is optional. The recipe is quite simple, enjoy and Happy Baking!

Ingredients German Pudding Pastry

YEAST DOUGH
550 g Mehl
40 g yeast or dry yeast for the amount of flour
220 ml milk
100 g  sugar
100 g butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt

FILLING 
500 ml milk
1 tbsp sugar or to taste
1 package vanilla pudding – Find it here –
100 g sour cream or Crème fraîche

Baking Instructions German Pudding Pastry

– Combine yeast with 1 tsp and 1 tbsp water, mix well until yeast has dissolved.
– Place flour into a bowl or on a wooden baking board, add all other ingredients and the yeast starter. Knead with a mixer or with hands until you get a smooth dough.
– Cover with a clean kitchen cloth and let rise for 20 – 30 min. Dough volume should double.
– Make the pudding per instructions.
– Let cool off, stir frequently while it’s cooling off, then add the sour cream or creme fraiche. Mix with a spatula.

– On a flour sprinkled surface roll the dough to a rectangle, it should be 1cm thick (half an inch).
– Place the pudding cream onto the dough.
– If you like you can add additionally chopped apples, raisins soaked in rum or apple juice, chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, marzipan pieces, blue berries etc., on top.

– Roll the dough starting from the longer side.
– Cut into 2 cm thick slices (1 inch).
– Layer a baking tray with parchment paper.
– Place the slices on a baking tray, let them rise for another 20-30 min.
– Preheat oven to 200 c or 390 F.
– Bake the pastries for 15-20 min until they show a golden brownish color.
– Let cool off and dust them with powdered sugar or with a sugar glaze.


Make the Sugar Glaze

120 g powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
2 tbsp milk

If you like to add this glaze the pastries have to be still warm.
Mix all ingredients and brush the glaze evenly over the pastries.
Wait until the glaze is solid, then enjoy them with a cup of coffee or tea!


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