Buttercake, consisting of a fluffy yeast-dough base and topped with sweet and crunchy sliced almonds, is very traditional and often served...

German cheesecake is quite different from American-style cheesecake, which is most common in the UK. The German version is always baked an...

I baked these flaming hearts with Valentine’s Day in mind. They keep fresh for quite a few days, so it doesn’t matter that this is a bit e...

These little pastries are sold in pretty much every bakery in Germany. They are a favourite for breakfast or with coffee or tea in the aft...

The ‘special’ ingredient in this recipe is not sand but corn flour, giving this cake its specific ‘sandy’ texture. To be honest (and as ca...

New year, new recipes. Having been a bit slack over Christmas and the New Year – enjoying cakes and biscuits baked mostly by my parents ...

And here it is: my final German Christmas biscuit recipe for the year (I'll be back in January and I promse there won't be any new-...

I have eaten these macaroons every year around Christmas time for more than three decades. This is my mother’s favourite recipe and, altho...

I inherited the recipe for these crunchy and buttery biscuits from my lovely grandmother, Mimmi. Every year when I was a child and when sh...

Here is another classic and traditional recipe. Of course, there are a multitude of different types of Lebkuchen and this is just one varie...