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Augsburger Pflaumendatschi
Traditional Plum Cake of Augsberg, Germany A Little Background Augsburger Zwetschgendatschi is one of Germany’s great autumn cakes. In Augsburg, the arrival of the late-summer Zwetschgen meant it was time to make Datschi — a thin yeast cake covered with closely packed plums. The tradition goes back at least to an 1830 Augsburg cookbook recipe,…
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German Chocolate Cake (original Recipe)
German Chocolate Cake (Original Recipe) Many of you are wondering why this belongs in a German food blog when it isn’t German at all. I mean if you google the history of German Chocolate Cake, every site pretty much says it was the recipe of the day in a Texas recipe column in 1957, and…
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Apple Cake with Meringue and Sour Cream
Apple Cake withMeringue and Sour CreamTopping(Apfelkuchen mit Rahmguss) This Apfelkuchen mit Rahmguss is one of those quiet classics. You start with tender apples tucked into a simple batter, but the magic happens on top: a billowy layer of meringue folded into tangy sour cream, baked until it settles into a soft, golden cloud. It’s the…
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