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  • When it comes to classic cakes from Germany, most people immediately think of the iconic Black Forest cake. But did you know that Germany has a rich tradition of "coffee & cake" culture that dates back centuries? So, what other delectable cakes do Germans indulge in, and how are these sugar-laden treats made healthier without sacrificing flavor?
    In our newest episode of "Germany In A Nutshell," Euromaxx reporter Hannah Hummel takes you on a mouth-watering journey through Germany's diverse cake culture.
    #Cake #Cakes #blackforestcake
    00:00 Grab a Fork!
    00:19 Traditional German Cakes - The 101
    02:08 Very Brief History of Coffee and Cake
    02:41 German Cake-Related Vocab
    03:21 Deep Dive: Vegan Café in Berlin
    Special thanks to:
    Morena Hajer from Frau Behrens Torten
    Kaffeehaus Sowohl Als Auch
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    CREDITS
    Report: Hannah Hummel, Shaheen Welling
    Camera: Neven Hillebrands
    Edit: Neven Hillebrands
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  • @fermintenava5911
    @fermintenava5911 Рік тому +9

    One of my favourite cakes is bee sting with cream, or strawberry fruit cake and eggnog cake.
    Also gotta love moss cream cake - it's dark cocoa dough with cream, sprinkled with coffee-powder that takes on a nice green colour after a while.

  • @chuck1728
    @chuck1728 Рік тому +6

    Hannah Hummel has an amazing accent, both English and German. To me it is like singing!

  • @timm9631
    @timm9631 Рік тому +10

    My absolute favorite cake/torte of all time is Schwarzwälderkirschtorte. Soooo lecker!

  • @jassidoe
    @jassidoe Рік тому +16

    You are right, grandma's cake is the best :D my grandma used to make the best Frankfurter Kranz I've ever had and probably ever will. The whole village ordered her cake when there was a special occasion in their family. So delicious 🥰

    • @Medley3000
      @Medley3000 Рік тому +4

      In my family, it was my mother's orange cake. She sometimes baked three pieces at the same time. More was not possible in the oven. 🥧 😊

  • @BigC8675
    @BigC8675 Рік тому +7

    Not a cake but my great grandmother made Springerle cookies.

  • @Jaxxex
    @Jaxxex Рік тому +9

    Schneewittchenkuchen/Donauwelle is by far the best

  • @TracyD2
    @TracyD2 5 місяців тому +3

    I want them all!

  • @yurakennardokusnar5792
    @yurakennardokusnar5792 9 місяців тому +3

    My favourite one is and always will be Streuselkuchen nom nom nom

  • @omarhamid3638
    @omarhamid3638 Рік тому +10

    Yummy! 😋😋😋 This looks amazing. I love the coffee and cake culture in Germany and even had a Black Forest inspired ice cream sundae in Berlin 😍 It was amazing. Can’t wait to go back and those cakes in the video, cheesecake etc. all looked fantastic. I’d definitely try the Frankfurter Kranz next ☺️👏👍

  • @pkorobase
    @pkorobase Рік тому +7

    Nice video. You could have layed the famous german pop song "Aber bitte mit Sahne" under it by Udo Juergens. 😄

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 9 місяців тому +1

    Very informative video. Especially the history of the dessert fork.

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  9 місяців тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @paulsj9245
    @paulsj9245 Рік тому +8

    A valuable intro to "Kaffee und Kuchen" - sometimes dreaded because aunts and grandmas had their very special talk subjects...
    My favourite cake is Prummetaat - ohne Zucker!
    (tarte des prunes - o Napoleon ("French period" in the Rhineland))

    • @sarahmann4753
      @sarahmann4753 Рік тому +2

      Prummetaat ist auch einfach herrlich. Freue mich immer wenn es endlich wieder soweit ist 😋

    • @Jan96106
      @Jan96106 Рік тому

      Ohne Zucker? Is that because the prunes are so sweet?

    • @paulsj9245
      @paulsj9245 Рік тому +1

      @@Jan96106 Nope ;) Usually, people sprinkle sugar on top, but without that, I find it deliciously sour (but the dough is a sweet base)!

    • @johndee759
      @johndee759 5 місяців тому

      Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

  • @sabineworner5202
    @sabineworner5202 Рік тому +5

    Bienenstich, Schokosahne, Erdbeersahne.....🍰🍰🍰

  • @salvatorebernardo2776
    @salvatorebernardo2776 Рік тому +20

    Living in Germany since 3 years and at first I was bamboozled on the idea that a "normal lunch" would be soup and cake. But then it grew on me this tradition

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 10 місяців тому +2

      I'm bamboozled with your statement. Cause "soup and cake" might be the American or French version, having cake as desert.
      The german tradition is, to separate this into two meals. Cake is no desert in any way , unless they try to mimic american tradition.

    • @christianedoeur9394
      @christianedoeur9394 9 місяців тому +1

      @holger - don't quite agree with you there - soup and cake in Southern Germany is indeed one whole - simple and delicious - (lunchtime) meal, e.g. potato soup and plum tart, potato soup and Apple fritters, etc. Gets eaten together. Can't speak for the Northern German eating traditons...... I am 74 years now (German), and my grandmother cooked it a lot, delicious- but yes, it might sound strange to a newcomer in Germany, on the other hand, in the North they have their 'sweet' soups, maybe adapted from the sweet main courses from Sweden??? 😂😅

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 9 місяців тому

      @@christianedoeur9394 I was talking about deserts (two courses), not sweet meals.
      That's more something like Kompott or Pudding.
      And the extra afternoon cake meal.
      In contradiction, since the other nations don't have the afternoon meal, their only chance to have cake is desert time.
      So they have it only after lunch or dinner, which for Germans is still an exception, even if you have examples.
      I have heared, a bakery in Germany is producing the cakes for Germany bigger than for France, cause Germans have bigger servings (cause it's a meal 4 hours after lunch), and for French it's a small desert.

    • @christianedoeur9394
      @christianedoeur9394 9 місяців тому

      @Holger - I believe you misunderstood me completely?.... the meal I indicated is a main meal, consisting of soup, accompanying a sweet dish. I.e. the plum tart - at the same time..... which is a bit unusual......

    • @johndee759
      @johndee759 5 місяців тому

      Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

  • @svenhunsanger8353
    @svenhunsanger8353 7 місяців тому +1

    My Grandma always had "Streuselkuchen"🤩😍

  • @DJone4one
    @DJone4one Рік тому +4

    my Favourite is the butter cake. My sister in Law make every Christmas Time for me the best butter cake. ahhhh

  • @johnpluta1768
    @johnpluta1768 Рік тому +2

    I'm from Pennsylvania in the south-central region. I've always like to learn about culinary customs including in Germany

  • @antigonemcdermott4514
    @antigonemcdermott4514 Рік тому +8

    In my experience, eating candy or cookies isn't as popular in Germany as it is for example in the USA. Because people don't eat that many sweets throughout the week, eating cake and coffee on Sundays is regarded as a special treat/tradition for enjoyment of the weekend.
    I regard Berlin as the best place in Germany to enjoy cake and coffee culture, all regional specialties can be found in the city. My favourite is Krunzkuchen with Marzipan almond paste and raisins; my other favourites are Mohnkuchen & Beinstich. I recommend all of them, particularly from a Naturkost or KaDeWa.

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 10 місяців тому +2

      Yes, it's less snacking around, but more sitting down as a meal and social event.

  • @gmarquardt1
    @gmarquardt1 Рік тому +4

    Mein allerliebster deutscher Kuchen ist der, den ich gerade esse!

  • @alianalia
    @alianalia 9 місяців тому +1

    I don‘t know Rachel but I think Hannah is very nice reporter

  • @andresocchiuzzi3823
    @andresocchiuzzi3823 Рік тому +5

    Apfel strudel!!😛😛😛

  • @julianosvonskingrad7009
    @julianosvonskingrad7009 10 місяців тому +1

    My coworkers always wonder why I dont drink coffee in the morning but always around 16 o'clock (often with a piece of cake, if I manage to get one). Well, I grew up on the farm of my uncle. And coffee and cake, usually around 4 p.m., is something very, very common on the farms and ranches in Schleswig-Holstein. I simply grew up with it.

  • @scottleespence752
    @scottleespence752 Рік тому +5

    It is not necessarily a German cake, but I love my mother's Carrot Cake recipe😋

  • @jeffsiegwart
    @jeffsiegwart Рік тому +20

    With that much cake laying around, Germans can have cake and eat it too.

    • @alkoyyy
      @alkoyyy Рік тому +3

      That's probably why I never understood that expression!

  • @codgamer
    @codgamer 6 місяців тому +1

    I love this channel! and I think I will love life in Germany, I love cake, bread and football.

  • @pawelibertines88
    @pawelibertines88 Рік тому

    what is the name of the backery/patisserie you have visited in the beginning?

  • @HerraTulitikku
    @HerraTulitikku Рік тому +5

    I would like to see a story about Berliner-Kreppel-Krapfen-Pfannkuchen.

  • @johnofdebar4071
    @johnofdebar4071 9 місяців тому +1

    I love creamy stuff and Schwarzwälder and Bienenstich are understandably on the top of my list. However, my favorite German desert is an exception from this rule and that is Streuselkuchen. I've never found something similar in other countries on the continent, I would classify this as the most typical German desert, and again, it so happens to be my favorite.

  • @daniel98003
    @daniel98003 Рік тому +38

    Where is Rachel?

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  Рік тому +24

      We know you love Rachel, but we do have other (lovely) reporters 😁

    • @kawsarkhan3428
      @kawsarkhan3428 Рік тому +22

      @@dweuromaxx We love other (lovely) reporters, but they are not Rachel. Where is Rachel?

    • @cogitoergosum9129
      @cogitoergosum9129 Рік тому +5

      ​@@dweuromaxx where is Rachel?

    • @GeneRauXxX
      @GeneRauXxX Рік тому +5

      Ahhhhh, I miss you Rachel.

    • @catherinemunster9621
      @catherinemunster9621 Рік тому +3

      I miss Rachel! Please bring her back.

  • @coolalvin2
    @coolalvin2 Рік тому +1

    Coffee and Cake after lunch was a lot when I was growing up,

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 10 місяців тому

      You have to skip this "after lunch" idea. It's "in the afternoon". 3 hours after lunch. When you start to feel little hungry again.

  • @GabrielDalMaso
    @GabrielDalMaso 3 місяці тому

    Cake and coffee is also big in southern Brazil because of the large German/Austrian communities that moved there in the 19th century.

  •  Рік тому +3

    Love

  • @andrzejek6136
    @andrzejek6136 Рік тому +2

    🎂 guten Appetit

  • @giseiitb
    @giseiitb Рік тому +1

    halfway through the video and I realize it was bad idea to watch this video while Ramadan fasting 🤤

  • @holger_p
    @holger_p 10 місяців тому +1

    Once I had a big discussion with Canadians, who did not expect me to categorize an apple pie as cake. We could find common ground on Strudel. But it's an underestimated false friend, to translate Kuchen with cake or vice versa. And what the french call a tarte, is a pie in English, but not Torte in German. Only common thing: it's round. Now what about Blechkuchen ? People are lost.

  • @bijaysitaula7006
    @bijaysitaula7006 9 місяців тому

    My favorite is Rich Chocolate Vegan cake.

  • @BillyTempleton-th5is
    @BillyTempleton-th5is Рік тому

    Take me in your next cakeventure please!

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 9 місяців тому

    I made a yummy vegan chocolate cake recently. Back in the day, they were calked"Depression" cakes.

  • @ritukhadka2847
    @ritukhadka2847 2 місяці тому

    how can we get birthday cake?

  • @kevmar2567
    @kevmar2567 10 місяців тому

    I would die and go to heaven if I tried any of these.

  • @Han_Ngoc_Quang
    @Han_Ngoc_Quang 11 місяців тому

    Good cakes

  • @frogmouth
    @frogmouth Рік тому +2

    Streusel or Apfelkuchen

  • @kscptv
    @kscptv Рік тому

    Hannah, 16 Uhr für Kaffee und Kuchen in the Buchholz Familie. 😅😊😂 Apfelkuchen, Marmorkuchen, und Gugelhupf sehr lecker 😋

  • @elj9888
    @elj9888 2 дні тому

    Anyone has a good recommendation for German bakeries where people can order birthday cakes from that are kind of traditional cakes like this?

  • @markusberndkrause2858
    @markusberndkrause2858 Рік тому +2

    All cakes especially with cherries or apples.

  • @justmeonthebeach
    @justmeonthebeach Рік тому

    Yeah... Germany really got the best cakes 🍰😋

  • @shailasingh5684
    @shailasingh5684 Рік тому

    Wow luv Germany and German language and my plum cake.si.ply luv to go to Germany.

  • @silkyh
    @silkyh Рік тому +1

    Käsekuchen und Käsesahne für mich 😁

  • @user-yu4hf2by7t
    @user-yu4hf2by7t 3 місяці тому

  • @pixydixy6838
    @pixydixy6838 11 місяців тому

    Hannah Hummel, as a man I fell in love with you !!

  • @c0d3_m0nk3y
    @c0d3_m0nk3y Рік тому +3

    3:22 If you think there is too much sugar in German cakes, don't try American cakes ;)

  • @joseph40ninjas88
    @joseph40ninjas88 Рік тому +3

    Serious YUM🥮

  • @daddy4043
    @daddy4043 5 місяців тому

    Enid / Florence lights 💡

  • @SoCalFreelance
    @SoCalFreelance Рік тому +1

    🍰😍😋🤤

  • @zokon53
    @zokon53 10 днів тому

    Frau Behrens!

  • @yoganector6859
    @yoganector6859 10 місяців тому

    😍☕️🍰

  • @BSGSV
    @BSGSV 10 місяців тому

    I need to move to Germany.

  • @erikflemming9421
    @erikflemming9421 Рік тому

    Very Good German 👍👍👍

  • @daddy4043
    @daddy4043 5 місяців тому

    Inter (midnapore) new colours awaited after mono noted

  • @dand_a_n
    @dand_a_n 14 днів тому

    🎧 Kaffee und Kuchen

  • @andrelopez2514
    @andrelopez2514 9 місяців тому

    the vegan place looks so tasty :Q____________

  • @sisuguillam5109
    @sisuguillam5109 2 місяці тому

    Käsesahne 🥰

  • @Tommusix
    @Tommusix 9 місяців тому

    Oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh

  • @axelk4921
    @axelk4921 Рік тому +3

    Selbst gemachter Baumkuchen von meiner OMA in der DDR.....!
    Leider nur 2 mal im Jahr wenn meine Oma ein Visum in den Westen zum Besuch bekam, weil meine Verwandten im " Grenzsperrbezirk" lebten wo noch nicht mal "Normale" DDR Bürger hinfahren durften

  • @amrimi8371
    @amrimi8371 5 місяців тому

    You forgot Dresdner Stollen.

  • @bharath19b
    @bharath19b 6 місяців тому

    Bajji and tea

  • @jaideep1404
    @jaideep1404 9 місяців тому +2

    Plum cake

  • @andreyiwanov8534
    @andreyiwanov8534 Рік тому

    Tall elk 54

  • @bentekk3876
    @bentekk3876 2 місяці тому

    Donauwelle ftw

  • @A_blvck
    @A_blvck 9 місяців тому

    Mandel Bienenstich Torte

  • @Hansaman58
    @Hansaman58 10 місяців тому +1

    My favorite German cake is Black Forest Cherry Cake but my favorite cake of all time is “German “ Chocolate cake which is not German and was invented in Texas.

  • @chrisolson3240
    @chrisolson3240 Рік тому +1

    Tomorrow is German Pancake with strawberries and cream at Pancake house owned by a German family. I will see if they have any German Cake, you've made have a sweet tooth!

  • @is50
    @is50 29 днів тому

    thank you for the information, but please don't let the reporter overacting like that

  • @yahyaky9854
    @yahyaky9854 7 місяців тому

    Coffee came originally from Arabia then moved to ottman and then the Ottmann passed it to European through Austria. What you call it as Turkish coffee is basically Arabic Coffee.
    and the German cake still far away from the French one.

  • @seribaek402
    @seribaek402 Місяць тому

    I like this reporter. What's wrong with her?

  • @user-nz3yw6yk6y
    @user-nz3yw6yk6y 7 місяців тому

    I wish the presenter would say the name of the cake in German and then what it is on English. It loses something in the translation for this cultural tradition.

  • @HelloOnepiece
    @HelloOnepiece Рік тому +2

    Have nothing against vegan cakes, but I am sure exchanging butter with coconut milk or oil wont make is less unhealthy for the consumer,

    • @thomasschumacher5362
      @thomasschumacher5362 11 місяців тому +2

      It's not about health it's all about feeling morally superior

    • @yourlocalraven489
      @yourlocalraven489 8 місяців тому

      I don’t like vegans. They don’t even have a proper diet-

  • @bipinshahi9830
    @bipinshahi9830 Рік тому +1

    I am a vegan ma'am and i have heard they use eggs to make cakes, Thank you!

    • @thomasschumacher5362
      @thomasschumacher5362 11 місяців тому

      I've heard they use vegans for absolutely nothing deeming them unfit for any use

  • @flashdemon
    @flashdemon Рік тому

    I thought germans drank beer only

  • @bidiasmarc1394
    @bidiasmarc1394 10 місяців тому

    You have german grandparents that means ur not fully a foreigner. Sie haben deutsche verwandte

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 10 місяців тому

      No, this just explains why a foreigner has special sources of knowledge or a special interest for a topic.
      I deny to consider Donald Trump or Queen Elisbath as German. They have a relation, that's it.

    • @johndee759
      @johndee759 5 місяців тому

      Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

  • @user-uh6yl8rs5h
    @user-uh6yl8rs5h Рік тому

    Alive head 12

  • @johndee759
    @johndee759 5 місяців тому

    Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

  • @ardiris2715
    @ardiris2715 Рік тому +1

    Is meatloaf a cake?
    (:

  • @MariAmmaSar
    @MariAmmaSar 11 місяців тому

    Sugar is POISON. Thus says the Lord your God Lord Shiva. Om Namaha.

    • @marcromain64
      @marcromain64 11 місяців тому +1

      "All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison" said our good Doctor Paracelsus. Wohl bekomm's!

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 10 місяців тому

      Addiction comes from the combination of fat + sugar. It's easy to separate, especially in German cakes.
      Either you make a dough without fat, like brioche, or you reduce the sugar and take fruits only.
      The only combination are crumbs, but they are used in small quantities, just for the crunch and the caramel taste.

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 2 місяці тому

      Zwingt Dich ja keiner Kuchen zu essen.

  • @sarahmichael270244
    @sarahmichael270244 Місяць тому

    just because they are vegan, doesn't mean, that they are more healthy! They have much sugar and fat etc inside.

  • @speedflash9504
    @speedflash9504 Рік тому

    I love german bread but their cakes are not refined!!!

    • @thomasschumacher5362
      @thomasschumacher5362 11 місяців тому +3

      You really have no idea

    • @holger_p
      @holger_p 10 місяців тому

      That's the attribute of "home cooking", and having it daily. Take 5 ingredients, produce something in 20minutes + baking time.
      Of course french patisserie is "more refined" but for no purpose and nobody is doing it at home.
      The worst are the americans, if they talk about cake, they don't care about baking at all. It's a nightmare of sugar, called Fondant decorated by crazy people - but not bakers.

    • @speedflash9504
      @speedflash9504 10 місяців тому

      @@thomasschumacher5362 Buddy you should travel the world a bit more and stop staying at your mummys home!!!

    • @johndee759
      @johndee759 5 місяців тому

      Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

  • @RockmanX3
    @RockmanX3 10 місяців тому

    uhm you told something wrong. its not a ritual here in germany, a sunday can be complete without it and its not always on 03:40 pm because here in germany we eat cake and pie when we want to and its NOT a tradition. and Cake is "Torte" in german and Pie is "kuchen" in german. so syou should research better before saying something is fact.

  • @sarasalam6571
    @sarasalam6571 Рік тому

    The cakes here are not good. Definitely not like Austrian or French pastries which are yum!

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 2 місяці тому

      You mean cakea in places that share a lot of baking traditions with Germany?
      What?

  • @hellolulu-ee2yy
    @hellolulu-ee2yy 3 місяці тому

    I think germans should stick only to cars ✨

  • @burkardhanis
    @burkardhanis Рік тому

    schade, vegan ist nicht sehr gut....luete sind omnivore
    ich mag Herrentorte!

  • @Nizarh139
    @Nizarh139 11 місяців тому

    Think, så well educated society like Germany and they react like other uneducated society. German society is så aggressive not really tolerated people. If you doubt, try speaking English in front of a German.

  • @markaudley-thewles5920
    @markaudley-thewles5920 Рік тому

    Hellishly annoying woman 😮

  • @NguyenKhanh-12
    @NguyenKhanh-12 11 місяців тому +1

    Subscribed this channel to see my crush, Hannah

  • @oliverschmidt1988
    @oliverschmidt1988 Рік тому

    Where is Rachel ?

  • @andreyiwanov8534
    @andreyiwanov8534 Рік тому

    Tall elk 54