How to make Fruit Cake Glaze for a Perfect Cake

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Find out today “How to Make Fruit Cake Glaze”. When you see all the wonderful German fruit cake recipes you might wonder how to make the shiny glaze that is on top of the fruit. In Germany we always use a glaze for the…

German Bienenstich or Bee Sting Cake – Fast Version

bee sting cake

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…

Swiss Chocolate Cake

swiss chocolate cake

Today we learn how to make the Swiss Chocolate Cake.  Let’s take a little trip to Switzerland and it’s famous world of chocolate, the home of Lindt & Sprüngli – the finest chocolate makers since a long time. Lindt makes indeed a very high quality…

Fruit Biscuit Cake – German Obstkuchen

fruit biscuit cake

Wen fresh and ripe fruit is here in abundance this German cake might be the most popular cake in Germany. The fruit biscuit cake or Obstkuchen can be made with various fruit, with a glaze or not but always served with whipped cream. Happy…

German Cherry Cake Black Forest Style

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The cherry cake from the Black Forest is called “Kirschplotzer” and comes from the region Baden. That’s the region from Freiburg to Karlsruhe. You would use the regular sweet cherries for this cake or alternatively sour cherries from the jar. It is also using…

German Mini Cherry Streusel Cake

mini cherry cake

If you don’t know what cake to bake but you are in a baking mood, just use this recipe and make the mini Cherry Streusel cake. It’s an authentic German recipe from FB friend Gisele Myers (picture credit). Happy Baking! Ingredients Mini Cherry Streusel…

German Mocha Layered Cake – Mokkatorte

german mocha cake

Do you need a special cake for your special occasion? We have the recipe for a German Mocha Cake – Mokkatorte in German. It is a layered cake but not with a heavy and rich butter cream. Normally the German layered cakes, the “Torten”,…

Black Forest Gugelhupf – Authentic German

The Black Forest Gugelhupf is a German bundt cake that is containing sour cherries which are sprinkled with “Kirsch Brandy” (Kirschwasser, the famous brandy from the Black Forest). If you don’t want to use brandy you might want to add some natural rum flavor…