I know, I know, a plum streusel cake isn’t the kind of savoury recipes I said I would try to do for my next few posts. To be fair, I did warn that it’s plum and apple season right now and that might sway me. Obviously, it did. How could anyone resist putting these dark purple…
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Cherry Chocolate Pound Cake
In my previous post, I talked about how German Chocolate Cake has nothing to do with Germany. With this post I’m bringing you a chocolate cake that’s decidedly German. It’s a cherry chocolate pound cake, to be exact. This is not the definitive German cake that’s chocolate because there are just so many different types, but it combines…
Fresh Apricot Cake (Aprikosenkuchen)
I’m obsessed with this fresh apricot cake right now. It’s nothing fancy but it’s perfect for summer, especially if you’re going to have coffee and cake with family. The slightly lemon-y vanilla cake is simple, fluffy and pairs wonderuflly with the slightly tart apricots. Apparently, it’s something I’ve been missing in my life here because I’m having such…
Red Wine Cake (Rotweinkuchen)
Red wine and dark chocolate. What a decadent combination. These are the two stand out ingredients in this luscious red wine cake. There’s also a touch of cinnamon that edges the flavour into a slightly more “spiced” realm. With it’s somewhat dense texture and boozy red wine icing, I consider this cake to be more of a Sunday or company…
Classic Marble Cake (Marmorkuchen)
The English like their afternoon tea and the German like their afternoon coffee and cake. Marble Cake is a quintessential German coffee cake. I’ll admit that in my childhood I wasn’t terribly fond of marble cake as I always found it a little boring and rather dry. Recently, I decided to see if that was still…