Summer is the season for peaches and apricots! If you can get fresh apricots this is the right German cake recipe. But you can also use canned apricots or peaches for this authentic Apricot Butter Cake. The cake is a yeast dough (not that difficult to make) with apricots and sliced almonds on top – … read more …
Peaches are in season right now and I got a lot of them at my local farmers market last Saturday. They were already ripe and I had to come up with an idea on what to do with them. I found a German recipes for a cake and also suitable for muffins. I decided to … read more …
Maybe you know about the German “Cremeschnitten”. If not then learn today how to make these “Schnitten” which is a cake baked in a deep baking pan, and when done it is cut in square or rectangle pieces. The German Apple Cream Slices contain different layers and, as you can imagine, the cake will be … read more …
The Marble Gugelhupf Cake is a classic German cake – Gugelhupf in English would mean Bundt Cake. For this cake you use the special Gugelhupf form which can be purchased in the USA. The ingredients are well mixed together and to get it out of the form you would grease the form first, then sprinkle … read more …
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 … read more …
What about a Patriotic Black Red Gold Cake that is symbolizing the colors of the German flag? It’s a cake for patriotic German occasions like world soccer games. The fruit is black berries, strawberries and golden kiwis or alternatively you may use mandarins. Underneath the fruit there is a thin layer of dark chocolate – … read more …
This Strawberry Zebra Cake recipe is from Germany and it is an awesome summer fruit cake that you will love for sure. It is easy to make and even baking beginners will be successful. It is called “Zebra” Cake because of the dark and light biscuit base cake. If you like you can decorate … read more …
The Strawberry Cream cake needs a bit of work but you will be rewarded by its delicious taste. The cake recipe is using quark. You can make quark at home, it is not difficult – click here to find out How to make Quark – or find quark in special super markets. There is the … read more …