In summer we published the recipe for a strawberry biscuit roll, and today for the holidays, the recipe is a German Cherry Biscuit roll. It needs some baking expertise, as it is not the most easy cake to make. The recipe is not asking for special ingredients. Sour cherries are available at Trader Joe’s and … read more …
The French are known to be the masters of making tarts but they are not the only ones. I had many apples and 1 pie crust left over so I decided to create a tart that can compete with the French apple tarts. The result should be a thin crust covered with a spicy and … read more …
Silesian Streusel Cake – The Silesian cuisine covers also a part of the German and Polish cuisine. It was always a cuisine of a border area, therefor you find several influences of other areas such as Austria, Saxon or Bohemia. In the Germany of today you still can find this special cuisine in the county … read more …
The Apple cake with quark filling is per my husband “the best cake that you ever made”. For the quark filling I used a mix of sour cream and cream cheese (50% each). And it tastes great! This apple cake is a perfect cake for the holidays. For the cream cheese use the one from … read more …
The Italian Plum Streusel Cake is a classic German cake and very popular throughout Germany. For this recipe you would use Italian or Damson plums, we call them in German Zwetschgen. Streusel (or Crumble) Cakes in general can be bought in every bakery. Instead of plums you can use apricots or sour cherries. The dough of … read more …
The Prinzregententorte Bavarian Layered Chocolate Cake is a very traditional cake with quite some history. The cake consists of eight thin layers made out of a biscuit and chocolate butter creme all surrounded by a glaze of chocolate. The origin is Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Why the name Prinzregententorte? It comes from two words: Prinz … read more …
The missing cake in our recipe collection was the pumpkin pie. So I came up with a Germans style pumpkin pie which tuned out to taste delicious. My husband said that it was the best pumpkin pie he ever had! So this means something! What’s the difference? It is less sweet and does not contain … read more …
This almond apple cake is worth it to try! It is a combination of a biscuit base (Muerbeteig) and a mix of apples, cinnamon and almonds. Of course all German apple cakes are great and just delicious but this one is special. Happy Baking! Ingredients Almond Apple Cake Dough 250 g flour – 2 cups … read more …