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German Baking Recipes

Black Forest Cake

A wide variety of cakes and tarts are served throughout Germany, most commonly made with fresh fruit. Apples, plums, strawberries, and cherries are used regularly in cakes. Cheesecake is also very popular, often made with quark. Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake, made with cherries) is probably the most well-known example of a wide variety of typically German tortes filled with whipped or butter cream. German doughnuts (which have no hole) are usually balls of yeast dough with jam or other fillings, and are known as Berliner, Pfannkuchen (only in the Berlin area), Kreppel or Krapfen, depending on the region. Eierkuchen or Pfannkuchen are large (usually around 20–24 cm in diameter), and relatively thin (~5mm) pancakes, comparable to the French crêpes. They are served covered with sugar, jam or syrup. Salty variants with cheese, ground meat or bacon exist as well as variants with apple slices baked in (called Apfelpfannkuchen -> apple pancakes), but they are usually considered to be main dishes rather than desserts. In some regions, Eierkuchen are filled and then wrapped; in others, they are cut into small pieces and arranged in a heap (called Kaiserschmarrn, often including raisins baked in). The word Pfannkuchen means “pancake” in most parts of Germany.

  • Almond Waffles with Raspberry Cream (Mandelwaffeln mit Himbeercreme)
  • Apfelkuchen – German Apple Cake
  • Apfelküchle – German Apple Fritters
  • Apple Crumb Cake (Apfel- Streuselkuchen)
  • Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)
  • Bauernbrot
  • Baumkuchen
  • Berliner Pfannkuchen (German Doughnut)
  • Bienenstich – German Bee Sting Cake
  • Black Forest Cake – Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
  • Briegel – Original Schwäbische Brötchen
  • Brötchen (Crusty German Rolls)
  • Butterkuchen – German Butter Cake
  • Donauwelle Kuchen
  • Frankfurt Wreath (Frankfurter Kranz)
  • Franzbrötchen – Sweet Cinnamon Pastry from Hamburg
  • German Blitz Torte
  • German Brötchen
  • German Chocolate Cake – 1
  • German Chocolate Cake – 2
  • German Chocolate Cake – 3
  • German Pancakes
  • Grebbel (Fried Dough)
  • Hazelnut Cake with Cream – Nußkuchen mit Sahne
  • How to Cook Gingerbread Cookies
  • Hutzelbrot – Sweet Winter Bread
  • Kartoffelbrot – German Potato Bread
  • Käsekuchen (German Cheesecake)
  • Kirschenplotzer – German Cherry Cake
  • Nun’s Puffs (Nonnenfürzchen)
  • Nusszopf – German Nut Braid
  • Obsttorte – German Fruit Flan
  • Pfitzauf
  • Pflaumenkuchen (German Plum Pie)
  • Pretzels
  • Prinzregententorte – Bavarian Layered Chocolate Cake
  • Pumpernickel – German Rye Bread
  • Räuberbrötchen
  • Rosinenbrot (German Raisin Bread)
  • Sandkuchen – German Pound Cake
  • Schnecken (Sticky German Cinnamon Buns)
  • Schneeball – Sweet Pastry from Rothenburg ob der Tauber
  • Schwäbische Dätscher – Swabian Cream Cake
  • Soft Homemade Pretzels
  • Spritzkuchen – German Crullers
  • Sunken Apple Cake (Versunkener Apfelkuchen)
  • The King’s Treat (Kaiserschmarrn)
  • German Chocolate Cake The Not-So-German Chocolate Cake (Traditional Recipe)
  • Träubleskuchen – Swabian Red Currant Cake
  • Trümmertorte – Delicious Meringue Rubble Cake
  • Vollkornbrot – German Wholegrain Bread
  • Weizenbrötchen – German Rolls
  • Zwetschgenkuchen (German Plum Cake)

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