German Dishes

Let’s grab the Sauerbraten and RUN!

October 5, 2012
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Snorkel check, sun dress check, passport check, Sauerbraten check, bathing suit check, Tickets …… what? Non available by high demand this morning? Ya, right. We woke up to the first snow this fall, which was exactly 6 days earlier than last year. Can you believe this? Don’t understand me wrong, I love the snow, [...]

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Kirschenmichel/ Kirschenplotzer - A Traditional German Cherry Cake

July 22, 2012
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One of my very favorite summer fruits are fresh cherries. They have to be sweet and luscious. Growing up in Germany we had one sweet and one sour cherry tree in the garden of my parents first house and I remember how excited I was every year about the first ripe sweet cherries I [...]

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German Rhubarb Cake with Meringue Topping

June 13, 2012
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The recipe for this German rhubarb cake with meringue topping was given to me by my best friend’s mom, Frau Schubing, while I still went to Gymnasium in Germany which was quite a few years ago. I remember scribbling down the recipe on an old envelope that I still own and which survived all the [...]

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Cherry Poppy Seed Cake and an OXO Scale Giveaway

March 23, 2012
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Before we get to the recipe of this German cherry poppy seed cake I would like to share with you a little story from my previous life. I was working for several years at a pharmacy in my hometown in Germany. We had a dermatologist office located in the same building as the pharmacy. The [...]

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Pork Tenderloin with Green Peppercorn Sauce

March 14, 2012
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Pork Tenderloin with green peppercorn sauce is a very traditional German dish and one of my husband’s very favorite. Unfortunately I haven’t made it for him in forever. Somehow some recipes just get forgotten and hardly cooked anymore. Mr. Rockies was very happy when I suggested preparing it for some friends and him for dinner [...]

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Spätzle (German Noodle Dish)

March 5, 2012
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Spätzle is a noodle dish traditionally served in the southern parts of Germany (Swabia or Bavaria). I was first introduced to making Spätzle from scratch through one of my friend’s from school. Her family came from Bavaria and her mom used to prepare homemade Spätzle all the time. There were four kids in the family and they [...]

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Linzertorte

February 18, 2012
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Linzertorte is a cake that originated in the Austrian city Linz probably around 1650. It is said to be one of the oldest cake recipes and very well known in Austria, Hungaria, Switzerland, Germany, and Tirol. Linzertorte is a crumby nutty dough that gets covered with marmalade and topped with a lattice of dough strips. [...]

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Donauwelle - My Guest Post at “Cooking with Michele”

February 8, 2012
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Today I am guest posting a German cake, Donauwelle, at “Cooking with Michele”. Michele is one of my local Denver food blogger friends that I highly admire because of her versatile talents. She takes clients to Italy on cooking trips, keeps a successful catering business and just finished her very first cookbook. She teaches cooking [...]

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Spiced Red Wine Cake with Dates and Ginger

January 9, 2012
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Spiced Red Wine Cakeis a very traditional cake in Palatinate Germany, the wine region where I come from. This cake has always been a favorite of mine. We even served it at my wedding. I was in heaven after I found this recipe since my old red wine cake recipe lacked in taste after the [...]

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2. Sunday of Advent - Christmas Baking - Marzipan Cookies - Pictures of Dresden/ Germany

December 4, 2011
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For the second Sunday of Advent I would like to share some Marzipan cookies with you. This is a new recipe to me, but since I am a big Marzipan lover and happened to have some in my fridge, these Marzipan cookies were a no-brainer to bake right after I discovered them on Kirsten’s blog [...]

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