German Tortenboden Recipe – Fruit Base Cake

German Tortenboden recipe

This German Tortenboden Recipe is the base for many different German cakes and it made out of a kneaded dough that we call in German “Mürbeteig” or short crust dough. The most popular cakes with apples, plums or cherries are using this base cake….

Wine Custard Cream Dessert – For Your Holiday Menu

Learn today how to make the Wine Custard Cream Dessert  or “Weinschaumcreme” in German. Some say that this is the German version of the Italian recipe Zabaione. The truth is, it is a traditional and classic German Dessert recipe and especially recommended for a…

Chicken Malakow – Special German Chicken Egg Recipe

Chicken Malakow is an interesting recipe. I was searching online to find some background material for this recipe as the name does not really sound German (Malakoff). It sounds Russion but see below where it really comes from. So after some time I found…

German Bakery: Holiday Weckmann

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What is a Weckmann? The Weckmann out of yeast dough is a sweet bread that is also called “Stutenkerl, Grittibänz or Klausenmann”, baked especially in the holiday season from North to South. The following recipe is a universal recipe, and can be used for…

Roasted Almonds – Christmas Market Specialty

Roasted almonds are a German specialty that you will find on every  German Christmas Market throughout Germany. They are also available here in the USA but are not as common as for example the Kettle corn. We found a recipe to make roasted almonds…

Koelner Kruestchen -Toast Hubertus – Best Rhineland Snacks

Today we like to show you what snacks you can get in the Rhineland: Koelner Kruestchen Toast – Hubertus Kölner. The Krüstchen is a specialty from Cologne and it is a pork schnitzel placed on a slice of bread with a fried egg on…

German Home Made Basic Gravy – Light or Brown

Ingredients German Home Made Basic Gravy 3 medium sized onions 100 g butter or clarified butter (or margarine) as needed, for example: – Red wine, Port wine makes a dark gravy – Curry, coconut milk makes a curry gravy – spices of your choice…

Dracula Bundt Cake – German Halloween Recipe

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Do you need a great Halloween recipe? Maybe for you Halloween party? Here is  the Dracula Bundt Cake, a German Halloween recipe. It is a German Bundt cake or as we say “Gugelhupf”, that you also can bake during the year. You would just…