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 had a feeling I was in the British Baking Show tent doing a Technical challenge. The ingredients (naturally) were all in German, and the amounts in grams. Ok… I can handle that. The instructions though, were a bit more cryptic. 1. Beat the…

Orange Liqueur Cake Recipe- Orangenlikör Kuchen

I’m a big fan of all things citrus. In the past I’ve shared my Oma’s Lemon Cake (Zitronenkuchen), and a Citrus based White Glühwein recipe perfect for warming the toes AND providing a full daily allowance of Viamin C. And for those of you, like me, who just love the refreshing tang of citrus, I’m now adding this Orangenlikör Kuchen,…

Easy German Recipes- Website Recipe Index

  I grew up eating German food cooked by my mother and my Oma. As I got older, I learned, through trial and error… and a bit of patience… to recreate these delicious German dishes in my American Kitchen. Now over the years I’ve published quite a few Easy German Recipes to my website (the list is LONG) so it was…

Creamy German Cucumber Salad- A Tasty Side Dish or Salad

My mother and my Oma came from different corners of Germany, so naturally, they each make different styles of cucumber salad. Oma passed along this Creamy German Cucumber Salad recipe. And from Mom passed I got the German Cucumber Salad recipe that uses an oil and vinegar base (find the recipe here). While both are quite tasty, this creamy version…

German Cucumber Salad Recipe- A Refreshing Summertime Recipe

This German Cucumber Salad Recipe makes a refreshing side-dish, and is a fantastic addition to your German Salatteller. The tangy flavor gives your plate a nice balance from creamy gravies or fried foods. Perfect for summer! Cucumber salad is another simple German salad. Slice cucumber, toss in dressing. The only decision you have to make is about the onions. In…

Wiener Schnitzel Recipe- An Austrian AND German Favorite

On my 18th birthday I arrived in Lake Constance to vacation with my Tante and Onkel. That night they took me to dinner in the Hotel restaurant, I looked over the menu carefully since I wanted my birthday meal to be perfect. And I ordered Wiener Schnitzel. My Onkel almost fell out of his seat laughing. “That’s what you order…

German Cherry Streusel Cake Recipe (with CHOCOLATE Streusel!)

Flour, Sugar, Butter, Eggs. The basic building blocks of most cakes and pastries. The infinite variations, combined with a few flavorful additions, never cease to amaze me. Like this recipe for a Kirsch Streusel Kuchen (German Cherry Streusel Cake Recipe) with both CHOCOLATE and vanilla Streusel. Those four basic ingredients… with the addition of a few tablespoons of cocoa, some sour…

German Tomato Salad Recipe with Variations

Don’t you just love a fresh tomato in summertime? It tastes of sunshine. Even when I can’t get any other veggies to cooperate, I always seem to have success with tomatoes. This year we got a bonus when a few “volunteer” plants came up in the garden before we started planting! Naturally, they all seem to want to come ripe…

German Rhubarb Meringue Cake – Rhabarber Baiser Kuchen

Tucked away in an old journal I found a few browned pages that I hand copied from my Oma’s recipe drawer. She always took a short nap after lunch, so naturally, I took the opportunity to grab a few recipes that otherwise might have been lost. (Before you judge… I did get Oma approval. I think she reasoned that 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. (Not continuously). For a while, I felt like Captain Ahab, certain that White Whale could be found in fresh berries and streusel. Why did it take so long? Well, I certainly wasn’t baking this…

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