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Recipe No. 3: Austrian Yeast Dumplings with Plum Preserve

After the plum coffee cake and the German heavenly cake, this is the third recipe with plums: Classic Austrian yeast dumplings filled with plum preserve. This is one typical dish. Aside from Sachertorte, a rich chocolate cake, apple strudel and Kaiserschmarrn, broken-up pancakes, these dumplings are probably just as famous. Yes, my grandmother also made steamed dumplings, but she usually made the savory version with chicken and vegetables. I had seen the sweet kind being sold at fairs, but hand never tried some before. I was always curious when I saw the steaming chambers at the fairs. So today you get a traditional recipe, which is served with melted butter and some poppy seeds and icing sugar sprinkled on top.

13/09/2026

Recipe No. 2: German Heavenly Cake with Plums

In case you didn’t know, I love plums. I think it shows on my blog, I have plum strudel, broken-up pancakes with plum compote, or the super popular plum cake with yeast dough available. It probably comes as no surprise that I also wanted to make the German heavenly cake with plums as my second recipe in the small series of plum recipes. I already have a version with raspberries and another with rhubarb on the blog, so now I wanted to add one with plums. Think of a simple batter prepared only with egg yolks, the egg whites are beaten into meringue. You then fill the cake with a plum compote and whipped cream and then you have this delicious German heavenly cake with plums, yum!

10/09/2026

3 Recipes with Plums: Quick Plum Coffee Cake

Tada, this week I am going to introduce three recipes with plum. I am starting it off with this is a super quick plum coffee cake. I decided to make it because you are such big fans of this quick apricot coffee cake. I mean, I do understand why you like it so much, we have been eating a few of those ourselves. Think a batter with a layer of plums on top repeated. This is sprinkled with brown sugar and then baked. I mean, it can’t get any better. It truely is delicious!

08/09/2026

Apple Cider Cake from Germany

Today I am presenting the German apple cider cake. This means a pie crust that is filled with an apple filling mixed with pudding and then topped off with a whipped cream infused with cinnamon. Clearly, I have been missing out, this is an extremely delicious cake. I was on the look for an apple recipe that requires a lot of apples and came across this German recipe. Now I finally get why this cake is so popular in German bakeries and pastry shops. When I tried the first bite, I was sold and needed a second helping immediately, this is so, so good!

28/08/2026

Simple Apricot Coffee Cake

Sssshhhhh, I have to share a little secret with you. When I baked this cake for the first time, it was gone so quickly, I didn’t manage to take any pictures. So I made it a second time. Which was also gone in a jiffy. This meant but only one thing, it was worth making it onto the blog. Think of a simple coffee cake that has two layers of apricots added to it. Then you get this simple apricot coffee cake. The best thing is, if prepared the day before, the flavor will intensify, so yes, you can also make it in advance.

31/07/2026

German Heavenly Cake with Rhubarb

You have constantly asked when I will finally publish the recipe, so here it is, this is German heavly cake with rhubarb compote. This basically means you will make a traditional batter creaming the butter with sugar, but only adding egg yolks, then beat the egg whites into meringue separately, sprinkle with sliced almonds and then fill with whipped cream and rhubarb compote. No wonder you have constantly checked whether I will finally share the recipe, it simply is so good. I have made it several times just in the last few days.

08/05/2026

Rhubarb Cake with a Pattern (Upside-down Cake)

Are you in the mood to create a cake that has a super pretty rhubarb pattern on top? Sort of like a puzzle? Then you should try this rhubarb cake. It is an upside-down cake, this means, you will have all the time of the world to create the pattern on the bottom of the springform before you even start preparing the batter and fill it up. Once everything has been baked, you are going to flip the cake upside-down. So now the pattern will show on the top, it is so pretty! I personally find this so relaxing, it is so much better than yoga. It feels like a puzzle when you move the rhubarb pieces around to your liking.

04/05/2026

German Heavenly Cake

This German cake has many names, the most famous probably being “heavenly cake”. I can confirm that it does taste heavenly, think a batter created with egg yolks, a layer of meringue, which is sprinkled with sliced almonds and a whipped cream infused with raspberries sandwiched in between. Then you get this cake. It seems to be more known in the north of Germany, at least I had forgotten about its existence until I returned to the city Paderborn and tasted the cake again in the coffeshop Café Markt 5 (I was not paid to mention it). When I looked at the options in the cafe, this cake immediately caught my eye, of all other cakes there was only one at display, but this cake had six (!) cakes at display. Clearly, the favorite cake of all customers so I had to give it a try. I immediately understood why it is so popular. So it was also clear I had to make this cake as soon as I returned back to Munich. When I consulted the internet, I was shocked, so many recipes, so many different fruits, strawberries, apples, peaches, rhubarb, tangerines, the list was long. I decided to make a rather classic version first with frozen raspberries.

29/03/2026

Moist Blood Orange Pound Cake

This is a moist blood orange pound cake. If you don’t find blood oranges, you may also use orangic oranges. This is one of those recipes when I was watching the reel from Küchenstübchen (in German) while my hubby was watching me. He immediately requested I make this asap for him. I mean, yes, he does love anything citric, there is a reason I have an blog article with 18 recipes with citrics on here. Does he love lemons? Yes, for sure! How about limes? Of course! Orange? Yeah! Blood oranges even more so. For that reason I set to making this recipe. When I made it the first time in February, it was easy to find oranges and also blood oranges. However, somehow I had difficulty finding organic blood oranges. In the recipe below I give you both options. As blood oranges are smaller than regular oranges, you need to be careful with the measurements.

06/03/2026

Simple Apple Cake with a lot of Apples

This simple apple cake with a sugar and cinnamon crust is exactly the kind of cake I like. It basically is a lot of apple cubes that are held together by a bit of batter. Yes, you will need to peel and cut 1 kilo of apples, but other than that it comes together quickly. I personally am a huge fan of this cinnamon and sugar crust, it simply takes it to the next level. It is rather simple, the cake is baking and after about 30 minutes you sprinkle it with sugar mixed with cinnamon. You will then need to bake the cake for another 15 minutes and then it is done. Voilá, there you have the magic happen. I can only encourage you to make this cake while it is still so cold and wintery.

20/02/2026

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