German Holidays and Festivals

Eierlikör Torte Recipe – Perfect for Easter or the Kaffeeklatsch

March 31, 2021

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German Easter Traditions

I am not a trained baker. What I am is a woman who loves to eat baked goods, so I started baking at home. I had a theory… If I have to bake it myself, I won’t eat as much, because it will take time/energy to create delicious baked goods, and I’m a bit lazy […]

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German Rhubarb Meringue Cake – Rhabarber Baiser Kuchen

Write to the Osterhase, Hanni Hase, at the German Osterpostamt

March 19, 2021

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German Easter Traditions

Do you know someone who is excited about the Osterhase (Easter Bunny)? Why not get out some paper, pencil, and maybe some colorful markers, and let your little one write a letter to the Osterhase, Hanni Hase in Ostereistedt! The idea for an Easter Bunny Post Office came from an Advertising company in Hamburg back […]

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Ostara and Easter- A Legend that May be Younger than You Think

Karneval Berliner – Filled with Jam AFTER Frying

February 16, 2021

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Fasching / Karneval

Since publishing my original Berliner Recipe, I’ve made a few updates. Now I fill them BEFORE I fry this. This is the old way… filling after frying. Both work well, it’s just a matter of preference. Post-filling- Pro: – There won’t be a blow out while frying – You can see what’s inside (if you […]

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German Rhubarb Meringue Cake – Rhabarber Baiser Kuchen

Super Easy German Fanta Cake or Fantakuchen Recipe

January 15, 2021

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Fasching / Karneval

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. And this one is done in […]

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German Rhubarb Meringue Cake – Rhabarber Baiser Kuchen

What is Frau Perchta? Goddess or Belly-Slitter?

January 8, 2021

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German Holidays and Festivals

Deep in the Alpine region of Germany, the Christmas Season is bookended by two frightening beings, Krampus who roams on December 5th, and Frau Perchta is associate with Berchentag, the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th. But Who is Frau Perchta? Or WHAT is Frau Perchta? Is she an evil hag who kills lazy women […]

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Eisheiligen in Germany – The German Ice Saints of May

German New Year’s Eve Traditions to Enjoy with Family and Friends

December 28, 2020

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German New Year Traditions

German New Year’s Eve traditions are a nice mix between staying in with family and friends, and sending the old year out with a BANG and Fireworks! How you celebrate depends on you. Personally, I’m a big fan of stay in… but ever since I was a child, we’ve made noise fireworks and cheers when […]

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Rauhnächte- In Germany, it’s the Time Between the Years

Christmas Traditions from Germany that are Celebrated in America

December 18, 2020

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Celebrating German Culture in America

No one does Christmas like the Germans, so it’s no great shock that many Christmas Traditions from Germany found their way to America. You can imagine it, can’t you? Prized ornaments wrapped in paper and safely tucked into suitcases next to hand written recipes for Stollen and Lebkuchen. Memories of celebrating German Weihnachten connecting them […]

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Ostara and Easter- A Legend that May be Younger than You Think

Our Traditional German Christmas Dinner Menu

December 16, 2020

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German Christmas Traditions

Every year we do our best to put together the traditional German Christmas Dinner menu for Christmas Day. When I was growing up, we would alternate Christmas dinner between our house, and my god-parent’s house.  All of us dressed in our new Christmas Clothes (nice sweaters, even though it could be in the 80s in […]

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German Rhubarb Meringue Cake – Rhabarber Baiser Kuchen

A Visit to the Silent Night Chapel Oberndorf Austria

December 9, 2020

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German Christmas Traditions

We’ve all sung it hundreds of times, in German, Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht or in English, Silent Night.  It’s THE Christmas song in most German households… the last song before the end of the Christmas Eve church Service, the last song before the Bescherung. Silent Night is a song we all know the words to […]

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The Gäubodenmuseum- 7000 years of History in Straubing, Germany

What is the Weihnachtsmann? A German Christmas Gift- Giver

December 3, 2020

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German Christmas Traditions

This is the time of year where things can get a little confusing for some people. In Germany there is St Nicholas, the Christkind, AND the Weihnachtsmann... but Who is bringing the presents? What is the Weihachtsmann? To make it even more confusing, you add in mixed families here in the US where one parent […]

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Ostara and Easter- A Legend that May be Younger than You Think