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Bratapfelkuchen for the Holidays – Baked Apple Cake

Posted on January 3, 2024 by admin

This is a very special German cake for the holidays or the winter months, and it is a Bratapfelkuchen. It’s a cake that comes with whole apples that are filled and surrounded by a pudding filling. A true delightful cake! Happy Baking! Ingredients Bratapfelkuchen…

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Authentic German Apple Spekulatius Cake

Posted on November 26, 2022 by admin

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The Apple Spekulatius Cake is a wonderful German cake for the fall and advent/holiday season but also for any other occasion. It tastes so good! It is an ideal cake for Thanksgiving or Christmas. The Spekulatius cookies are very popular during the holidays and…

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Traditional Authentic German Austrian Linzer Cake

Posted on October 26, 2022 by admin

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The Linzer cake is to be said to be the oldest-known in the world. For a long time a recipe from 1696 in the city library of Vienna was the oldest one known. But in 2005 the library director of the upper Austrian Museum found an…

Category: Austrian Recipes, Linzer Cake, Linzer Cake, Linzer Torte Tags: christmas cake, linz style cake, Linzer Cake, Linzer Torte

German Mandarine Orange Sour Cream Cake

Posted on November 5, 2021 by admin

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This is one of my favorite cakes! The delicious cake called German Mandarine Orange Sour Cream Cake – in German we call it Schmandkuchen. “Schmand” is the equivalent to the American sour cream that will be used for this cake. It is used in…