A Marmorkuchen (German Marble cake) usually satisfies everyone at the table: those who like chocolate AND those who like vanilla. Vanilla cake batter swirled with chocolate cake batter, resulting in a pretty “marbled” appearance. This German marble cake recipe with Eierlikör ramps up the flavor by adding your Oma’s favorite (and quite tasty) Eierlikör, which is mixed into both batters…
Category: German Baking
German Cherry Streusel Cake Recipe
My husband did not want me to share this German Cherry Streusel Cake Recipe. Why? Because he loves it so much, he wants to keep it all for himself. But I explained to him that although it IS cake if I share it, plenty will still be left over for him. And besides, after baking it four times this week,…
German Red Wine Cake- Tante Edith’s Rotwein Kuchen Recipe
When my cousin Linda sent me a photo of Tante Edith’s German red wine cake recipe, I felt like I was doing a Technical challenge in the British Baking Show tent. The ingredients (naturally) were all in German, and the amounts were in grams. Okay, I can handle that. The instructions, though, were a bit more cryptic. 1. Beat the…
Raspberry Streusel Cheesecake Recipe- Himbeer Käse Streuselkuchen
After tasting an amazing Himbeer Käse Streuselkuchen in Berlin, I spent three years working on the exact recipe for this German Raspberry Cheesecake with Streusel Recipe. For a while, I felt like Captain Ahab, certain that the White Whale could be found in fresh berries and streusel. Why did it take so long? Well, I certainly wasn’t baking this cake…
Chocolate and Pear Cake Recipe Schoko-Birnen Kuchen
One of the things I love about German baking is how they mix fruit and cake so easily. (Maybe it’s to lessen the ‘guilt’ of eating cake? You can honestly say you are getting your daily allotment of fruits too.) The first time I saw this Chocolate and Pear cake I thought… hmmm, it looks like a version of a…
Gedeckter Apfelkuchen Recipe – Covered German Apple Cake
Like many other foods in Germany, you won’t find just one recipe for German Apple Cake. I now keep several different recipes in my back pocket because you never know; the apple cake must fit the occasion, after all! Apfelkuchen mit Streusel vom Blech (Apple Streusel cake in a Pan) for every day and Versunkener Apfelkuchen (sunken Apple Cake) is…
Pfirsichschnitten- Peach Streusel Cake Squares
The other day, I was flipping through a German cookbook, and a recipe fell out. Pfirsichschnitten. It was my handwriting, and I can remember clearly copying it from a recipe I found in my Oma’s recipe drawer onto the grid paper from her tablet. This deceptively simple cake has always been a favorite. It’s the kind of cake to enjoy…
Super Easy German Fanta Cake or Fantakuchen Recipe
You probably won’t find Fanta Cake in a fancy German Cafe, but don’t scoff at this super easy and quick-to-make Fantakuchen Recipe. When my kids were young, I loved having what I called “afterschool cake” recipes. Snack cakes that could be whipped up without too much fuss. This one bakes in under an hour (perfect when a crowd of kids…
Russian German Honey Cake Recipe
I held off sharing this Honey Cake Recipe for a long time because of its origins. You see, I got it from my friend Josephine, who got it from her Russian-German Grandmother (after MUCH arm-twisting and spying). The cake didn’t resemble the flat, square Honigkuchen I baked from an old family recipe. And 25 years ago, I didn’t know that…