Your cheese-cake looked more like a cheese-cream cake "Käse-Sahne-Torte" with several different layers. A traditional German cheese-cake "Käsekuchen" usually consists of two layers only, a dough one at the bottom and the cheese (= Quark / en: curd) one on top. It's more dense, looks more like a pie than a cake with a beige-yellow-ish color.
Problem might be that cake can either mean "Kuchen" or "Torte" - the usual Käsekuchen is an in fully baked mix of usual dough + cheese part - the Käsetorte consists of various parts of baked or non-baked parts that are pieced together after baking.
@@geneviere199 Actually, a Käsetorte is just a round and highwr version of the Small Käsekuchen, which usually is rectangular or at least lower. This here was for sure neither.
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There is a basic difference between Kuchen and Torte. If you get them at a bakery it's more like a sheet cake (the lemon and coconut one you got) and is a little more dense and just one kind of layer...a Torte has more layers (like the ones from the Konditorei) - usually a drier bottom and the sponge cakes and different creams / jams and fillings in between. A typical cheesecake in Germany just has a bottom layer of something similar to pie crust and the "cheese" filling. If you get a good one it is dense but creamy and rich and always has a note of lemon usually - because that makes the curd taste better...also many variations with fruits in them (e.g. mandarins or even a poopy seed layer). Also try Marmorkuchen (every bakery should have it) with chocolate glaze around it - it is dense like a sheet cake but not dry (if it is freshly baked) - favorite cake for kids :). And in the summer: Obstkuchen when fruit is in season. Ask around which bakeries have good cake and bake them themselves. The ones in supermarkets usually don't :).
Thanks for the comment Anna!! We didn’t know about that difference between the kuchen and torte so it’s great to learn. I was thinking the cheesecake was different so thanks for the clarification! And we will definitely try that suggestion 😋😋
The first one with the almonds is a Bienenstich (: You should try a real Käsekuchen. During the fruit season, almost in fall, I love the Zwetschgenkuchen. I think the Black Forest Family made a Käsekuchen. It is different to your cheesecake, because we use Quark (: I'd like a video when you compare those. Have a nice sunday 🌞
There is Käsekuchen and there is Käsesahnetorte, which is what you tried here. As the name says it has layers of whipped cream (Sahne). That's why it is also called Torte and not Kuchen. I hope this helps. 🙂
@@OurStorytoTell My favourite German cake is "Kirsch (cherry)-Pudding Kuchen". So yummy, you also can find it frozen in Aldi discounter, but homemade is better, of course. 😋 th-cam.com/video/N40qWLeJ1A8/w-d-xo.html
I really miss German cake!😍American cakes are just too sweet and not my thing😬BUT, the sweetest "thing" today was without a doubt, Willa😍! She's precious 💖
We can imagine transitioning to American cakes is difficult if you grew up with German Kuchen! 😋 We hope you can find some similar to what you love! And thanks for the kind comment! 💗
Your "cheesecake" is "Käsesahnetorte". It is made from Quark and whipped cream. The normal "Käsekuchen" is just Quark, without the cream, not as high and more dense. Maybe you do not like the Black Forest Cake because the cherry part contains alcohol ("Kirschwasser"= cherry-schnapps) The layered cakes are called "Torte". There are Cremetorten (made from butter cream) and Sahnetorten (made from whipped cream).
@@judywe4941 I made a few and you heat the cherry mixture. The Kirsch gives the blackforest cake the flavor. A friend of mine has a hotel in Triberg and they make it without Kirschwasser and spray the piece when someone orders it with alcohol.
Hello from Germany! There are two types of cheesecake. There is cheese cream, which is fluffy, and there is cheesecake, which is firm and also tastes different, mostly with raisins in it! The best cakes and tarts can be found in local bakeries that still make everything themselves! So handmade, and not mass-produced by large chains. It costs a little more at local bakeries, but it also tastes better because it's handmade! I like your channel and I'm glad you like Germany! welcome! Greetings Nephilim
I would say the most common cake is "Marmorkuchen" and all kinds of fruit cakes (especially "Zwetschgenkuchen", "Erdbeerkuchen" and "Obstkuchen" (with different fruits)) Those are usually eaten with cream. For me, "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte" is more of a tourist thing, but i come from a different region and don't like it too much. From the cakes you had i probably would have chosen the "Bienenstich". And then of course every region or maybe even every city/town/village has their own cake/cakes. In germany we also differentiate between "Kuchen" (cake) and "Torte" (tart?). You seemed to have a mixture of it. Torten are usually the ones that look fancier, but most people i know prefer cakes. There are different cakes like "Zwiebelkuchen" (onion tart) and "Kartoffelkuchen" (potatoe tart?) which are usually eaten warm (but also cold). I think Tanner may like those better, because they are really different. Those are often sold at markets. There is a whole "foodculture" around "Zwiebelkuchen" (mainly in wine regions), because when you can buy "Federweißer" (or "Neuer Wein" = "New Wine", which tastes more like lemonade), you drink "New Wine" and eat "Onion Cake" with it.
Thanks for your comment! Fun to learn more about cakes & hear about the differences in region. We think you nailed it on the head though- Tanner would probably love those savory ones.
On weekdays, most people are still at work, so Kaffee und Kuchen does not happen for most, but older people like to gather with others at a cafe or at home, and keep that daily Kaffee and Kuchen tradition going. On the weekends, though, you would find lots of families making this in between meal a somewhat bigger occasion, especially if there is a birthday or something else to celebrate. Also, even in those families where Kaffee und Kuchen on Saturdays and Sundays is still a regular thing, everybody tries to gravitate towards the Kuchen, because eating heavy cake (Torte), comes with obvious downsides for the waistline. So while there may be one Torte for Sundays, there won't be multiple, the rest will be Kuchen. Germany has lots and lots of Kuchen with fruit in it, it makes everything lighter and tastes good, so it is very popular to do that. Of your selection, I would call the lemon poundcake a Kuchen, the Bienenstich (a favorite of many), is either Kuchen or Torte, yours has a lot of cream in it, so I would call it Bienenstich-Torte, but you can also get the drier, but still yummy plain Bienenstich, which would be more a Kuchen. All the other examples are pretty much slices or what we would call Torte. My recommendation would be to try more varieties of Obstkuchen. Either make it or buy it. One very popular Obstkuchen ist the so called 'Obstboden'. Just google it and look at the images and you get the idea. With spring season coming up, don't miss out on that one. Especially in spring and summer you will find it made with berries and other lighter fruit, like cherries or apricots / peaches. It has a biscuit base and then the fruit, so it is simple, but so yummy. The base is sold in grocery stores everywhere - pre-baked, and you just put the fruit and gelatin glaze on top, and it is a no-bake yummy cake that is light and full of flavor. In Late Summer, you will start seeing Zwetschkenkuchen everywhere, and in fall, you will find Apfelstreusel, Birnentorte and all kinds of variations thereof. While the big Torten look very delicious, I often find the simple Kuchen more to my liking, with less cream or sugar. Lots to explore.
😂willa “ made my Tummy very Happy “ thats just so adorable 🥰 . Those cakes looked so so Good 😜 Thats very unusual cheese cake. Not how i know them🤔 but still looked very very tasty 😋 How you Doing Risa not long to go 😊 . Have a Good week 🥰
Some of my thoughts have already been mentioned ("Käsekuchen", "Zwetschgenkuchen"). My favourite cake is probably Streuselkuchen, with or without pudding, with or without fruit or Käsekuchen with fruit. I also like Windbeutel (best place to try is in Ruhpolding). Other German classics are Nussecken (not really a cake though) and Donauwelle ;-)
The little Lady is so cute.All the best for you.Greetings from cologne,germany.My favorite german cake is"Nuss-Sahnetorte"Nut cream cake.You have to try it.And i do love all kinds of cheesecakes.By the way,german cheesecakes is baked with"Quark"In the u.s you don`t have Quark.Its a kind of sourcrean.
My grandmother bakes every week. She is amazing with traditional german cakes and christmas bakery. You have to try Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte in a good cafe, there are worlds between good and bad Kirschtorte. The real one has a lot of alcohol in it.
Hi there, as a teacher for nutrition, also living 7 years in US, the typical German cake is apple cake and cheesecake- I ve never seen your choice as a German one... the cocholate cake for example is original French. So a funny video!
I'm impressed with your self control being able to wait for Tanner near you with those delicious cakes, it must have been quite a challenge as well as Willa's bright dress and the creamy cakes together . That just calls for challenge accepted. I hope with all the sugar the evening wasn't too long? It was definitely a very nice and tasty video, thanks for that. Have a nice Sunday, maybe with more coffee and cake in the afternoon?
One really different German cake that you should try when it's in season (late summer, early autumn) is Zwiebelkuchen. It's a savoury onion cake (bit like a quiche) to be enjoyed with new wine (Federweißer), which is the freshly harvested wine that has only just started fermenting and still has yeast in it. Doesn't get more South-West German than that.
You kinda forgot the Marmorkuchen ...and a Streuselkuchen with different fruits (apple, pear, ...). And i cant see a Frankfurter Kranz either. At least, you tried a Bienenstich (those with the almonds).
One misapprehension people have about Black Forest cake is that it is a cherry cake. It is in fact a Kirsch cake, flavoured with Kirsch Schnapps from the Black Forest. It is supposed to be quite boozy and that is not for everyone, especially when you are not expecting it.
I grew up in Germany and married an American soldier. Been in the US since 1985. Love following your family on TH-cam. You are making my mouth water with this video. Especially since you got my favorite Bienenstich (the one with the almonds).
Ahh we want to eat more bienenstich ourselves already 😋😋 so tasty! Thanks for watching our adventures! It’s fun to learn a little bit about you! What state do you live in?
"It made my tummy really happy!" So cute... Hope, you are feeling good in your pregnancy time. All the best for you guys! Even if we don't know each other in person, it feels like being a part if your life. Take care! ❤️
Seems more like a "Käse-Sahne-Torte" than a cheese-cake/Käsekuchen (which is much denser). Also glad to see that Willa pretty quickly could taste the lemon, much more and faster than you both.
i remember watching that first schwarzwälder kirschtorten taste test and your reactions made me feel like "hey, this is blasphemy not to like our most popular cake". other than that, sundays 10 am is where i'll go on youtube. keep it up, folks. oh and also - käsekuchen comes in many variations here in germany. much love :)
@@OurStorytoTell yea i think, taste test videos are actually how i found you guys. back in the day, i was curious about what americans think about european (specially german) products. most youtubers got treat boxes from fans or websites, other folks - like you - were actually abroad and testing food there.
@@sakutaro3musik486 i live in the middle of Germany. Schwarzwälderkirschtorte isn 't that favourite here, too. We love Apfelkuchen, Bienenatich and some other cakes here more.
XD You try so much cake and the sweetest thing in the video is Willa. If she likes chocolate cakes definetly get her some Kalter Hund and Marmorkuchen. 😉
I am more the coffee & cookie type (because it has texture in, with sweet in it and it makes my tummy really happy 😊). But, from time to time, I like to have a yummy Eierschecke (it's a cake specialty from Saxonia).
It took me forever to get used to American cakes here in the US ,still not a fan after 27 years li here.They are overwhelmingly sweet,basically just dens,super sweet cake with super sweet butter…no wonder you think those are not sweet…we do find European bakeries every once in a while on our travels 😁
That was funny. Well the most of your cakes were torte. Hard to understand you don't like Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. Lots of Americans love it. But no problem. Yes, chesecake is different here to the US. Cheesecake here is baked quark. Have a nice sunday ☺
There are sooo many cheesecake recipes around. I think the traditional one doesn't have a base at all, but that might be regional. I defo know of others who have either a crumbled rusk with molten butter base and one with a dough. I also know about the Russian Plug-Cake (literal translation of Russische Zupftorte) - which has cacao in the dough and a cheesecakey inside. There are Cheesecakes with apples and cheesecakes like Philadelphia-cake with some jello powder in the cheese mass and is without baking. There is another cheesecake where you use cream cheese instead of Quark (as would be normally used in a German cheesecake), but the differences in that are rather subtle. The Quark-Sahne-Torte has a baked sponge cake base and a cream-quark layer on top with mandarines in it and it topped with the other half of the sponge cake.
The one with almonds is called Bienenstich. One of my fave cakes (the one with cream, not the one with vanilla pudding). Wouldn't say no to the ol' chocolate cake either. I am starting to get a cake craving as I watch this, but sadly Ireland isn't so big on the selection of cakes available and if there is cake here it is often sweet on top of sweet, which is a bill of an overkill. Sometimes less is more. The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness, as Shakespeare would say. That cheesecake you had is certainly unusual, as far as I am away it has a spongy base and then a layer of Quark on top (not a lot of different layers and certainly no pudding) and that is the top already which looks golden brown and softer. But each bakery or region has their own recipe I presume
So cool you live in Ireland!! The last & only time we have been is when Risa was pregnant with Willa! We wish you could satisfy the craving with some German cakes. Hopefully you can find something close or just as tasty!😊
Willa is getting sweeter by the month, doesn't she? 🥰 I mean, there sure is also the opposite side there growing, but let's focus on the sweet side, fitting to the video. ^^
There is alcohol in black forest cake. Its an aquired taste. And in my opinion the marzipan stollen is way better than the normal one. Its not a lot marzipan but it makes so much difference. And the first one, the omen one is called Bienenstich (Bee sting)- You can get it in almost all bakeries. I really like it too. Most of the times you get a rectangle piece of those.
Traditional "Käsetorte" (Cheesecake in Germany) usually does not taste like lemon. :) And yes, that is definitely not a traditional German Cheese Cake you had. I really love them and would recommend them, though. But if you are not the biggest cake persons, there is that. xD
One comment: Most "original" cakes have much reduced sugar and butter nowadays. You can see this if you compare old recipe books (~50 years and older) and its modern twins. Often the amount of sugar is half of it was before, and esp. in commercial stuff butter (eg. Buttercreme-Torte) is replaced by pudding or similar stuff. I still remember original "Frankfurter Kranz" cake, when 1 little piece was enough to kill any diet for days... Same is true for many many recipes for Xmas cookies and such, they often have half the sugar they used to have - to be more "healthy". No, they are not healthier, they just don't taste that good any more (eg. Vanillekipferl). Sweets are never healthy, just eat less.
@@OurStorytoTell When I was a kid my mother made Bienenstich with butter creme. Amazing, but a lot of work. Now she uses regular creme and sometimes pudding instead. There are a lot of recipes for cheese cake. In Quedlinburg near the castle is a cafe where I was several years ago and you could choose between around 100 recipes. My mother switches between two recipes. One with a special cake layer whoch my brother prefers. My sister in law prefers the one without the cake layer.
Yes, indeed, almost every bakery has own recipes, and it is not unusual to go to a special bakery to get your favorite cake or tart or baked goods. Der Bienenstich (Tanner's first favorite) looke really lecker! 😋
well the black forest cake ... i totaly like the combination of cherrys whipped cream and chocklade ... but the liquor in the original is not my taste so in my famely we usually do a non liquor version wish realy makes it alot better
@@OurStorytoTell when i was a kid i loved those tastes and i was fascinated by vulcanos so my mom made a vulcan cake she shaped the to make it look like a mountain with the cream and choklade and the cherrys inside and on the top they wwhere the "lava" alot of germans mnake cakes but the fance ones are usually for things like birthdays and so on ( and even for that i had to beg mom a bit ;)
Kâsekuchen is very popular and every bakery makes it a little different. Normaly it's fluffy and there is no cream layer on top. I never liked the cakes in the US, to much sugar and to much foodcolor used over there.
Cake Culture differs from country to country, from area to area Depends whether you get industrial made cake, handmade or even better made by grandma 😋
You should buy the book "Backen macht Freude" from Dr.Oetker it is a German classic. For almost 100 years and most Germans have it at home. I learned backing with it. It's available in English as well.
@@OurStorytoTell for free you will find a lot of videos from Sally's Welt on TH-cam, they are in German, but the automatic subtitles in English are very good. She has a whole series of German classics like Käsekuchen, Schwarzwälder Kirsch and she explains it for beginners and the recipes are really good and easy!
A. It's NOT a traditional German cheese cake (=cheese cake with Quark - and it's the BEST. 😍😉) B. I can relate with the lenom cake. Taste-wise I don't know, too, why they are called "lemon cake" here. Besides the glace they usually taste just like an ordinary Rührkuchen. IMO not enough lemon zest in it becouse of the costs. Those from bakeries, which taste lemon-like, usually contain artificial flavors. I once was lucky to eat a french lemon cake: massive amount of lemon zest in it and infused with lemon juice sirup.🤤 My tip: esp fruit cakes are the best when it's the season of the fruits.
Well, that was a video right up my alley! Tanner seems to be a bit like my husband - not a too huge fan of sweets, but if it must be cake, it should be light and creamy instead of dense and with a lot of dough (and not too fatty nor too sugary, please!). Am I right? The cake varieties you got there look quite interesting; some of them I'd personally never buy (like the coconut/pineapple one or the strawberry one), because I can already see the denseness of the dough and the artificialness of the strawberry cake. But others, like the Bienenstich, the Käse-Sahne-Torte and the hazelnut one look quite good. As others have said, try fruit cakes when the respective fruits are in season - this will be cake heaven! Also, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is much better when it's home-made - I would hazard that you both would like it after all if you could try a home-made one. I must admit that I don't like many store-bought cakes because I grew up with superb home-made cakes and pastry and bake quite a lot myself. I'm often disappointed at bakery-bought cakes because my home-made one would have been much tastier (but maybe not that fancy-looking). So if you have time and are interested in the process, I'd encourage you to try and bake those cakes yourself! It often looks more difficult than it actually is.
Mmmm homemade cakes sound amazing!! We will have to test some recipes out. 😋 Funny your husband and Tanner have similar preference! Leaves more sweets for us though 😉
@@OurStorytoTell That's true! And I suspect Willa inherited her sweet tooth from you, so you can enjoy your sweets together during a ladies' afternoon while Tanner does some wild, manly stuff (or eats a steak), haha!
Jede Torte ist auch ein Kuchen ... aber nicht jeder Kuchen ist auch eine Torte! Torte ist meist rund und hat oft eine Füllung, während Kuchen aus unterschiedlichen Teigen hergestellt wird (Hefeteig, Mürbeteig, Rührteig, Blätterteig, Brandmasse, usw.), unterschiedliche Formen hat (Blechkuchen, Gugelhupf, Kranz, Zopf, Plätzchen, Schnitten, Teilchen, Schnecken) und auch eine Füllung oder einen Belag haben kann.
Hi, your Daughter is also an little sweet "cake". Greetings from Hamburg. I miss Original Schwarzwälder Kirsch Torte and Nuss Torte with Marzipan on it.
Bienenstich is basically a sin cause its so lecker. FunFact: The origin of the name "Bee Sting" is unclear. According to the legend of the baker's boy, in 1474 the inhabitants of Linz am Rhein planned an attack on their neighboring town of Andernach, since the Emperor had withdrawn the Rhine toll from the people of Linz and awarded it to the people of Andernach. On the morning in question, however, two baker's apprentices from Andernach walked along the city wall and ate from the bee nests hanging there. When they saw the attackers, they threw the nests at them, so that the people of Linz - stung by the bees - had to flee. A special cake was baked to celebrate - the bee sting. Only Google translated, sorry. xD
Nice video!👏👍 But now I have an appetite for cheesecake. Although yesterday I had a piece of Frankfurter Kranz. By the way, there is not THE German cheesecake but an infinite number of cheesecake recipes. My mother already has 5 different ones.
So, so cute. ❤ I couldn't really focus on what you had to say about the cakes and tarts. I just kept thinking: "Please don't fall off, baby" and "careful with the forks".
Your daughter is really cute. You should definitely try seasonal fruit cakes... just to have real idea of German cakes. Cakes with fresh Strawberries, cherries, plums, pears, apple and so on. The're so much better, with fresh fruit on/in it.
On the "tradition" Kaffee und Kuchen: We even have a hymn that (ironically) celebrate it: Udo Jürgens: Aber bitte mit Sahne (But with whipped cream, please!): Sie treffen sich täglich um viertel nach drei, oh, oh, oh (oh yeah) Am Stammtisch im Eck in der Konditorei, oh, oh, oh (oh yeah) Und blasen zum Sturm auf das Kuchenbuffet Auf Schwarzwälder Kirsch und auf Sahne-Baiser Auf Früchteeis, Ananas, Kirsch und Banane Aber bitte mit Sahne (aber bitte mit Sahne)
I'm German and I've never actually encountered black forest cake "in the wild". I obviously know what it is but it has never been offered to me and I've never consciously noticed it in bakeries or on menus. I'm not actually sure if it's simply a very local thing (as one would guess from the name) or if I just don't pay attention bc I don't like alcohol and therefore wouldn't be tempted to try it. I missed marble cake in your selection - it's not a very exciting flavour but simple and good for eating on the go.
I didn't see a Käsesahnekuchen. It's a Lemon Custard cake. I guess that'll be right up your alley. ^^ Also: Linzer Torte, Sacher Torte, Eclair (from France ideally when you go see Alsace again. Go to Patisserie Gilg/Colmar/France or in Munster/France around the corner for that. You'll be amazed. They also have small tartes, Lemon, Strawberry and more, that look like a painting. Their stores look likes jewelly stores.) Worth a visit definitely. Fresh Baklava from a Turkish bakery. Yum! Italian sweet stuff, if you can find a shop here? You know what I mean, because you have already tasted it at the right places of origin. ^^ I'd say...the Austrians have the best bakery goods on the sweet side in the Germanic speaking peoples in central Europe. Focus on them for a while. They have so much good stuff, it'll take a while to cover that. Johann Lafer is one of the chefs knowing what they do in this segment of cooking. Check him out.
Hi, I´m a bit surprised that there is artificial flavour in the strawberry cake. The cakes I know are rather naturally flavoured. (no additional flavour at all, besides vanilline.) But mother´s cakes are the best. ;-)
I'm sorry to say this, but this is not the original German cheesecake or the original bee sting cake. There are regional differences, but the ones you tried are not typical German cakes
Most Sunday afternoons I would go to the Konditorei and get some cake. My favourites were Erdbeertorte with Schlagsahne, and Mailänder Kuchen. Germany is much more formalised than Britain and Kaffee und Kuchen is one of the staples of German daily life.
@@maxbarko8717 ha thax is is one of the things you not learn in school English or watching US or UK streaming service (TH-cam) because is a German cake
Hi guys, as you mentioned there always differences in taste from one to another Bakery or Konditorei. I prefer more so called dry cake like Streußelkuchen or your lemon cake and not the heavy once with cream. Guess this because my father preferred Streußelkuchen, easy to make and cheap in my kids days when you dont have the money to buy others. I am sure with the time you will find your favourites from different producers. I agree with baby girl Willa for strawberries. Wait when time is come for them and go for Erdbeerkuchen or several kinds of fruit cakes. Simply made and tasty. CU
That probably is a lemon cake. They look like that. But there are all kinds of recipes with a varying amount of lemon juice. I don't think it's supposed to be overwhelmingly lemon-y though.
Most of your "cake" are Torten. The dry withoute cream Ist cake The Cheesecake is a Käsesahne (Torte) Käsekuchen (Kuchen) ist more Kind of The US cheesecake.
I am still convinced that the one you tried at the Black Forest wasn't of good quality. It looks wrong when I see it at your video. So, it might be interesting to try one a second time, maybe from a Konditorei which you already have tasted several stuff from and think that they do a good job. Honestly.... when I saw it in the video my first thought was "it looks dry" - before Tanner mentioned it! Also the cream did look too.... idk..... fluffy in my eyes.
I love cake 😋 But I prefer the flat one layer cakes with fruit over layered cakes (Torte). One layer Cheese cake is also great. But it’s not that easy to find good bakeries nowadays.
If you like to have a cake once in a while with unexpected friends, get some deep frozen ones(from C… und W…). They taste even better than they look. For the cakes you bought, I do not know why, but they do not look good at all. Old, not fresh, and quite simple. Was that a good local Konditorei? There are so many different variations of cakes. As for Willa, again, funny to see her acting exactly the same way, even the same words and sounds, than our daughter. Typical 3 year old.
Interesting to hear! It was a good local konditorei (at least from what it seems), but we definitely aren’t the experts! 😊 We will have to try others to compare & also try the frozen ones.
@@OurStorytoTell I have to disagree with T. Brandenburg and do not recommend the frozen store bought variations. They might give you the sweet kick and flavour, but nothing compared to the "real deal". A true cake or Torte fan will look for their own preferred Konditorei or Baeckerei. But in the end it all depends on the mouth that eats it. Everyone has their own preferred taste.
Cakes from the branch bakeries are often not very good. "Particles" ("Berliner", Danish pastry) are ok overall. But for a really good cake, you should go to a pastry shop, even if the piece of cake there quickly costs 2-3 euros. But it's worth it, especially if you're not a cake fan. Unfortunately, the quality of the bakeries has declined overall. Maybe I'm complaining at a high level, but since I used to be a pastry chef, I'm a bit prejudiced. But that was another life and is another story.
Your cheese-cake looked more like a cheese-cream cake "Käse-Sahne-Torte" with several different layers. A traditional German cheese-cake "Käsekuchen" usually consists of two layers only, a dough one at the bottom and the cheese (= Quark / en: curd) one on top. It's more dense, looks more like a pie than a cake with a beige-yellow-ish color.
Yes I think the same is not really a classic German cheesecake? But is very easy to make it to your own
Problem might be that cake can either mean "Kuchen" or "Torte" - the usual Käsekuchen is an in fully baked mix of usual dough + cheese part - the Käsetorte consists of various parts of baked or non-baked parts that are pieced together after baking.
Yeah, German cheesecake looks a bit different, the bottem is make out of "Mürbeteig" this is a hard dough similar to a hard cookie
@@geneviere199 Actually, a Käsetorte is just a round and highwr version of the Small Käsekuchen, which usually is rectangular or at least lower. This here was for sure neither.
I used to work in a bakery and when i had to describe "Käsesahne" i would tell them "It's a bit like a cheesecake but with lots of cream".
I clicked for the cake tasting..stayed and smiled the whole time bc of Willa🥰. She's precious 💖
She was so fun in this video!!
@OurStorytoTell She certainly looked like she was having fun along with you both. It was very heartwarming to watch🥰.
I think I mention that in almost every comment: Willa is so adorable "this makes my tummy so happy" .... so cute.
Her personality definitely shined through in this video! ☺️
It's happening. Willa is taking over the channel.
I love hearing her sweet voice. 👱♀️🤗😘
Haha she definitely wanted to in this video 😂
New channel name "Willa's story to tell". Definitly a talented one.
i was in grafenwöhr being a german soldier in 1985. you wasn't even born then.
your videos are so intrigued, so phantastic. you and your wife stand for our friendship, i love you. we have a friendship. i have family in the states. i hugs you guys, you are my best youtubers.
Willa is the star in your videos!!!
You are a cool family. I‘m glad to see you. Good luck for the future. I wish you all the best.
Hey thanks for the kind words! 😊
There is a basic difference between Kuchen and Torte. If you get them at a bakery it's more like a sheet cake (the lemon and coconut one you got) and is a little more dense and just one kind of layer...a Torte has more layers (like the ones from the Konditorei) - usually a drier bottom and the sponge cakes and different creams / jams and fillings in between.
A typical cheesecake in Germany just has a bottom layer of something similar to pie crust and the "cheese" filling. If you get a good one it is dense but creamy and rich and always has a note of lemon usually - because that makes the curd taste better...also many variations with fruits in them (e.g. mandarins or even a poopy seed layer).
Also try Marmorkuchen (every bakery should have it) with chocolate glaze around it - it is dense like a sheet cake but not dry (if it is freshly baked) - favorite cake for kids :). And in the summer: Obstkuchen when fruit is in season. Ask around which bakeries have good cake and bake them themselves. The ones in supermarkets usually don't :).
Thanks for the comment Anna!! We didn’t know about that difference between the kuchen and torte so it’s great to learn.
I was thinking the cheesecake was different so thanks for the clarification! And we will definitely try that suggestion 😋😋
I came here to say the same thing. Kuchen and Torte are different things.
The sweetest one in this video is your lovely speaking daughter Willa...😘👍
Willa stole the show! Loved hearing your take on all your cake samples.
She did for sure 😂
The first one with the almonds is a Bienenstich (: You should try a real Käsekuchen. During the fruit season, almost in fall, I love the Zwetschgenkuchen. I think the Black Forest Family made a Käsekuchen. It is different to your cheesecake, because we use Quark (: I'd like a video when you compare those. Have a nice sunday 🌞
Mmmm! That would be a fun video! Thanks for the suggestions & for watching 😊
@@OurStorytoTell (:
Thats more Torte most of it. Kuchen does not have cream. 😅
yeah, but I don't know if there is a word for Torte in English.
Thanks for sharing! We didn’t know the difference until reading the comments now. Love learning about the difference!
Haha German has a word for everything. I love "Kuchen", but i dislike Most of "Torte" bcs of the cream. But no words in english for this 😢
i got to say willa definitely stole the show so adorable
There is Käsekuchen and there is Käsesahnetorte, which is what you tried here. As the name says it has layers of whipped cream (Sahne). That's why it is also called Torte and not Kuchen. I hope this helps. 🙂
Yes it definitely helps to better understand the difference!
@@OurStorytoTell My favourite German cake is "Kirsch (cherry)-Pudding Kuchen". So yummy, you also can find it frozen in Aldi discounter, but homemade is better, of course. 😋 th-cam.com/video/N40qWLeJ1A8/w-d-xo.html
I really miss German cake!😍American cakes are just too sweet and not my thing😬BUT, the sweetest "thing" today was without a doubt, Willa😍! She's precious 💖
We can imagine transitioning to American cakes is difficult if you grew up with German Kuchen! 😋 We hope you can find some similar to what you love! And thanks for the kind comment! 💗
Your "cheesecake" is "Käsesahnetorte". It is made from Quark and whipped cream.
The normal "Käsekuchen" is just Quark, without the cream, not as high and more dense.
Maybe you do not like the Black Forest Cake because the cherry part contains alcohol ("Kirschwasser"= cherry-schnapps)
The layered cakes are called "Torte". There are Cremetorten (made from butter cream) and Sahnetorten (made from whipped cream).
Actually the biscuit part of the cake is infused with Kirschwasser (cherry Schnaps) not the cherries.
@@maxbarko8717 I always thought the Kirschwasser soaks from the cherries into the dough, but youn are right.
Yes we think the alcohol is a turn off for us flavor-wise! Thanks for the comment!! Great to learn from you Judy. 😊
@@judywe4941 I made a few and you heat the cherry mixture. The Kirsch gives the blackforest cake the flavor. A friend of mine has a hotel in Triberg and they make it without Kirschwasser and spray the piece when someone orders it with alcohol.
You have to try german and austrian apple pies. They come in many variations. And Willa is going to love the Sachertorte if you ever come to Vienna.
Not so sure if she would much care for the rum that's in there. I worked in a bakery and that doesn't really work for kids.
Hello from Germany! There are two types of cheesecake. There is cheese cream, which is fluffy, and there is cheesecake, which is firm and also tastes different, mostly with raisins in it! The best cakes and tarts can be found in local bakeries that still make everything themselves! So handmade, and not mass-produced by large chains. It costs a little more at local bakeries, but it also tastes better because it's handmade! I like your channel and I'm glad you like Germany! welcome! Greetings Nephilim
"Kaffee und Kuchen" is like the british "Tea Time". 😉
I love Bienenstich, it's the first one you tried 😊
It seriously is soo good! 😋
7:34 the best food influencer speech I’ve ever heard 😂😂❤
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I would say the most common cake is "Marmorkuchen" and all kinds of fruit cakes (especially "Zwetschgenkuchen", "Erdbeerkuchen" and "Obstkuchen" (with different fruits)) Those are usually eaten with cream. For me, "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte" is more of a tourist thing, but i come from a different region and don't like it too much. From the cakes you had i probably would have chosen the "Bienenstich". And then of course every region or maybe even every city/town/village has their own cake/cakes.
In germany we also differentiate between "Kuchen" (cake) and "Torte" (tart?). You seemed to have a mixture of it. Torten are usually the ones that look fancier, but most people i know prefer cakes.
There are different cakes like "Zwiebelkuchen" (onion tart) and "Kartoffelkuchen" (potatoe tart?) which are usually eaten warm (but also cold). I think Tanner may like those better, because they are really different. Those are often sold at markets. There is a whole "foodculture" around "Zwiebelkuchen" (mainly in wine regions), because when you can buy "Federweißer" (or "Neuer Wein" = "New Wine", which tastes more like lemonade), you drink "New Wine" and eat "Onion Cake" with it.
Thanks for your comment! Fun to learn more about cakes & hear about the differences in region. We think you nailed it on the head though- Tanner would probably love those savory ones.
On weekdays, most people are still at work, so Kaffee und Kuchen does not happen for most, but older people like to gather with others at a cafe or at home, and keep that daily Kaffee and Kuchen tradition going. On the weekends, though, you would find lots of families making this in between meal a somewhat bigger occasion, especially if there is a birthday or something else to celebrate.
Also, even in those families where Kaffee und Kuchen on Saturdays and Sundays is still a regular thing, everybody tries to gravitate towards the Kuchen, because eating heavy cake (Torte), comes with obvious downsides for the waistline. So while there may be one Torte for Sundays, there won't be multiple, the rest will be Kuchen. Germany has lots and lots of Kuchen with fruit in it, it makes everything lighter and tastes good, so it is very popular to do that. Of your selection, I would call the lemon poundcake a Kuchen, the Bienenstich (a favorite of many), is either Kuchen or Torte, yours has a lot of cream in it, so I would call it Bienenstich-Torte, but you can also get the drier, but still yummy plain Bienenstich, which would be more a Kuchen. All the other examples are pretty much slices or what we would call Torte.
My recommendation would be to try more varieties of Obstkuchen. Either make it or buy it. One very popular Obstkuchen ist the so called 'Obstboden'. Just google it and look at the images and you get the idea. With spring season coming up, don't miss out on that one. Especially in spring and summer you will find it made with berries and other lighter fruit, like cherries or apricots / peaches. It has a biscuit base and then the fruit, so it is simple, but so yummy. The base is sold in grocery stores everywhere - pre-baked, and you just put the fruit and gelatin glaze on top, and it is a no-bake yummy cake that is light and full of flavor. In Late Summer, you will start seeing Zwetschkenkuchen everywhere, and in fall, you will find Apfelstreusel, Birnentorte and all kinds of variations thereof. While the big Torten look very delicious, I often find the simple Kuchen more to my liking, with less cream or sugar.
Lots to explore.
😂willa “ made my Tummy very Happy “ thats just so adorable 🥰 .
Those cakes looked so so Good 😜
Thats very unusual cheese cake. Not how i know them🤔 but still looked very very tasty 😋
How you Doing Risa not long to go 😊 .
Have a Good week 🥰
Some of my thoughts have already been mentioned ("Käsekuchen", "Zwetschgenkuchen"). My favourite cake is probably Streuselkuchen, with or without pudding, with or without fruit or Käsekuchen with fruit. I also like Windbeutel (best place to try is in Ruhpolding). Other German classics are Nussecken (not really a cake though) and Donauwelle ;-)
Another vote for Streuselkuchen ❤
Streusel make everything better
The little Lady is so cute.All the best for you.Greetings from cologne,germany.My favorite german cake is"Nuss-Sahnetorte"Nut cream cake.You have to try it.And i do love all kinds of cheesecakes.By the way,german cheesecakes is baked with"Quark"In the u.s you don`t have Quark.Its a kind of sourcrean.
Thanks for the info! We definitely will try it 😋
My grandmother bakes every week. She is amazing with traditional german cakes and christmas bakery.
You have to try Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte in a good cafe, there are worlds between good and bad Kirschtorte. The real one has a lot of alcohol in it.
Mmm lucky you! 😋 We do need to give it another try!
Hi there, as a teacher for nutrition, also living 7 years in US, the typical German cake is apple cake and cheesecake-
I ve never seen your choice as a German one... the cocholate cake for example is original French.
So a funny video!
Correction: Such a funny video…..!
I'm impressed with your self control being able to wait for Tanner near you with those delicious cakes, it must have been quite a challenge as well as Willa's bright dress and the creamy cakes together .
That just calls for challenge accepted. I hope with all the sugar the evening wasn't too long?
It was definitely a very nice and tasty video, thanks for that. Have a nice Sunday, maybe with more coffee and cake in the afternoon?
Oh it wasn’t too easy to wait! Haha Willa & I were hungry, but we did it 😂 Thanks for watching!!
Grandma's yeast sheet cakes are still the best!
One really different German cake that you should try when it's in season (late summer, early autumn) is Zwiebelkuchen. It's a savoury onion cake (bit like a quiche) to be enjoyed with new wine (Federweißer), which is the freshly harvested wine that has only just started fermenting and still has yeast in it. Doesn't get more South-West German than that.
should appeal to Tanner as it is savory.
You kinda forgot the Marmorkuchen ...and a Streuselkuchen with different fruits (apple, pear, ...). And i cant see a Frankfurter Kranz either. At least, you tried a Bienenstich (those with the almonds).
One misapprehension people have about Black Forest cake is that it is a cherry cake. It is in fact a Kirsch cake, flavoured with Kirsch Schnapps from the Black Forest. It is supposed to be quite boozy and that is not for everyone, especially when you are not expecting it.
I grew up in Germany and married an American soldier. Been in the US since 1985. Love following your family on TH-cam. You are making my mouth water with this video. Especially since you got my favorite Bienenstich (the one with the almonds).
Ahh we want to eat more bienenstich ourselves already 😋😋 so tasty! Thanks for watching our adventures! It’s fun to learn a little bit about you!
Ahh we want to eat more bienenstich ourselves already 😋😋 so tasty! Thanks for watching our adventures! It’s fun to learn a little bit about you! What state do you live in?
@@OurStorytoTell I live in Rochester Minnesota. BTW, your Willa is just the cutest 😍.
Man merkt doch sehr stark, dass die Kleine ein Einzelkind ist.
"It made my tummy really happy!" So cute... Hope, you are feeling good in your pregnancy time. All the best for you guys! Even if we don't know each other in person, it feels like being a part if your life. Take care! ❤️
Seems more like a "Käse-Sahne-Torte" than a cheese-cake/Käsekuchen (which is much denser). Also glad to see that Willa pretty quickly could taste the lemon, much more and faster than you both.
Yes she caught on to it faster than us! Thanks for watching 😊
i remember watching that first schwarzwälder kirschtorten taste test and your reactions made me feel like "hey, this is blasphemy not to like our most popular cake".
other than that, sundays 10 am is where i'll go on youtube. keep it up, folks.
oh and also - käsekuchen comes in many variations here in germany.
much love :)
I don't know but I live in northern germany and blackforest cake isn't popular here as far as I know
We love you were here watching when that video was posted!! Thanks for your continued support!! 🤍
@@OurStorytoTell yea i think, taste test videos are actually how i found you guys. back in the day, i was curious about what americans think about european (specially german) products. most youtubers got treat boxes from fans or websites, other folks - like you - were actually abroad and testing food there.
@@sakutaro3musik486 i live in the middle of Germany. Schwarzwälderkirschtorte isn 't that favourite here, too. We love Apfelkuchen, Bienenatich and some other cakes here more.
XD You try so much cake and the sweetest thing in the video is Willa.
If she likes chocolate cakes definetly get her some Kalter Hund and Marmorkuchen. 😉
We will have to try those! Thanks for the suggestions. 😊
Now I want some cake...at 8:30am :D love your videos 💖
You gotta be careful with Schwarzwälder, though. It usually has "Kirschwasser" in it which is strong cherry liquor.
Ah, thanks for the heads up!!
I am more the coffee & cookie type (because it has texture in, with sweet in it and it makes my tummy really happy 😊). But, from time to time, I like to have a yummy Eierschecke (it's a cake specialty from Saxonia).
Haha love the comment! ☺️ Willa would approve! And we agree that cookies are superior (most times) 😋
I Love Maulwurfskuchen but my granny makes it ive never Seen it in a bakery
Uh and Mohnkuchen or Erdbeerrolle from Discounter
Willa is the sweetest. 😍
Her personality definitely showed in this video! 💗
It took me forever to get used to American cakes here in the US ,still not a fan after 27 years li here.They are overwhelmingly sweet,basically just dens,super sweet cake with super sweet butter…no wonder you think those are not sweet…we do find European bakeries every once in a while on our travels 😁
Haha it really is so interesting how different they are!!
same here, been trying to get used to american cakes for 30 years now. no worky ;) But, they have icecream cake, love that. :)
There is.a different between Kuchen / cake und Torte/ Creme cake. You habe a lot of Torte there. I would say your Cheesecake ist a "Käsesahnetorte".
That was funny. Well the most of your cakes were torte. Hard to understand you don't like Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. Lots of Americans love it. But no problem. Yes, chesecake is different here to the US. Cheesecake here is baked quark. Have a nice sunday ☺
Yes kinda funny we don’t like it when most other Americans do! And thanks for the clarification about the cheesecake 👍
There are sooo many cheesecake recipes around. I think the traditional one doesn't have a base at all, but that might be regional. I defo know of others who have either a crumbled rusk with molten butter base and one with a dough.
I also know about the Russian Plug-Cake (literal translation of Russische Zupftorte) - which has cacao in the dough and a cheesecakey inside.
There are Cheesecakes with apples and cheesecakes like Philadelphia-cake with some jello powder in the cheese mass and is without baking. There is another cheesecake where you use cream cheese instead of Quark (as would be normally used in a German cheesecake), but the differences in that are rather subtle.
The Quark-Sahne-Torte has a baked sponge cake base and a cream-quark layer on top with mandarines in it and it topped with the other half of the sponge cake.
The one with almonds is called Bienenstich. One of my fave cakes (the one with cream, not the one with vanilla pudding). Wouldn't say no to the ol' chocolate cake either. I am starting to get a cake craving as I watch this, but sadly Ireland isn't so big on the selection of cakes available and if there is cake here it is often sweet on top of sweet, which is a bill of an overkill. Sometimes less is more. The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness, as Shakespeare would say. That cheesecake you had is certainly unusual, as far as I am away it has a spongy base and then a layer of Quark on top (not a lot of different layers and certainly no pudding) and that is the top already which looks golden brown and softer. But each bakery or region has their own recipe I presume
So cool you live in Ireland!! The last & only time we have been is when Risa was pregnant with Willa!
We wish you could satisfy the craving with some German cakes. Hopefully you can find something close or just as tasty!😊
Willa is so sweet. She is the star of your channel!
Willa is getting sweeter by the month, doesn't she? 🥰
I mean, there sure is also the opposite side there growing, but let's focus on the sweet side, fitting to the video. ^^
Yes she is!
There is alcohol in black forest cake. Its an aquired taste.
And in my opinion the marzipan stollen is way better than the normal one. Its not a lot marzipan but it makes so much difference.
And the first one, the omen one is called Bienenstich (Bee sting)- You can get it in almost all bakeries. I really like it too. Most of the times you get a rectangle piece of those.
Traditional "Käsetorte" (Cheesecake in Germany) usually does not taste like lemon. :) And yes, that is definitely not a traditional German Cheese Cake you had. I really love them and would recommend them, though. But if you are not the biggest cake persons, there is that. xD
One comment: Most "original" cakes have much reduced sugar and butter nowadays. You can see this if you compare old recipe books (~50 years and older) and its modern twins. Often the amount of sugar is half of it was before, and esp. in commercial stuff butter (eg. Buttercreme-Torte) is replaced by pudding or similar stuff. I still remember original "Frankfurter Kranz" cake, when 1 little piece was enough to kill any diet for days... Same is true for many many recipes for Xmas cookies and such, they often have half the sugar they used to have - to be more "healthy". No, they are not healthier, they just don't taste that good any more (eg. Vanillekipferl). Sweets are never healthy, just eat less.
Thanks for the comment! Interesting to hear how things have changed over time.
@@OurStorytoTell When I was a kid my mother made Bienenstich with butter creme. Amazing, but a lot of work. Now she uses regular creme and sometimes pudding instead.
There are a lot of recipes for cheese cake. In Quedlinburg near the castle is a cafe where I was several years ago and you could choose between around 100 recipes. My mother switches between two recipes. One with a special cake layer whoch my brother prefers. My sister in law prefers the one without the cake layer.
Yes, indeed, almost every bakery has own recipes, and it is not unusual to go to a special bakery to get your favorite cake or tart or baked goods. Der Bienenstich (Tanner's first favorite) looke really lecker! 😋
We love that though! Makes each bakery so special. 😊
well the black forest cake ... i totaly like the combination of cherrys whipped cream and chocklade ... but the liquor in the original is not my taste so in my famely we usually do a non liquor version wish realy makes it alot better
Yeah we would agree! To use it tastes best without! Fun you guys make it yourselves 😊😋
@@OurStorytoTell when i was a kid i loved those tastes and i was fascinated by vulcanos so my mom made a vulcan cake she shaped the to make it look like a mountain with the cream and choklade and the cherrys inside and on the top they wwhere the "lava" alot of germans mnake cakes but the fance ones are usually for things like birthdays and so on ( and even for that i had to beg mom a bit ;)
Kâsekuchen is very popular and every bakery makes it a little different. Normaly it's fluffy and there is no cream layer on top. I never liked the cakes in the US, to much sugar and to much foodcolor used over there.
We agree with the food coloring in the US ones!
You are such a loving family and Willa is adorable! I would definitely say she will become a famous pastry chef later. :)
Aww thanks!! That would be fun to see 😊😋
Schwarzwälder Kirsch Torte is usually with alcoholic Kirschwasser - so it might not be sweet.
Cake Culture differs from country to country, from area to area
Depends whether you get industrial made cake, handmade or even better made by grandma 😋
We love learning more about it! So cool! 😊
You should buy the book "Backen macht Freude" from Dr.Oetker it is a German classic. For almost 100 years and most Germans have it at home. I learned backing with it. It's available in English as well.
I m really glad doctors like Oetker are very much concerned about what we eat nowadays
Thanks for the recommendation! We will need to purchase it 😋
@@OurStorytoTell for free you will find a lot of videos from Sally's Welt on TH-cam, they are in German, but the automatic subtitles in English are very good. She has a whole series of German classics like Käsekuchen, Schwarzwälder Kirsch and she explains it for beginners and the recipes are really good and easy!
@@saschaesken5524 lol - it's not a medical doctor, though...
moon cake Is a good German Cake
A. It's NOT a traditional German cheese cake (=cheese cake with Quark - and it's the BEST. 😍😉) B. I can relate with the lenom cake. Taste-wise I don't know, too, why they are called "lemon cake" here. Besides the glace they usually taste just like an ordinary Rührkuchen. IMO not enough lemon zest in it becouse of the costs. Those from bakeries, which taste lemon-like, usually contain artificial flavors.
I once was lucky to eat a french lemon cake: massive amount of lemon zest in it and infused with lemon juice sirup.🤤
My tip: esp fruit cakes are the best when it's the season of the fruits.
Keep up the good content. At 5:45 min she says "fertig" :)
Hey thanks!! 😊
Well, that was a video right up my alley! Tanner seems to be a bit like my husband - not a too huge fan of sweets, but if it must be cake, it should be light and creamy instead of dense and with a lot of dough (and not too fatty nor too sugary, please!). Am I right? The cake varieties you got there look quite interesting; some of them I'd personally never buy (like the coconut/pineapple one or the strawberry one), because I can already see the denseness of the dough and the artificialness of the strawberry cake. But others, like the Bienenstich, the Käse-Sahne-Torte and the hazelnut one look quite good. As others have said, try fruit cakes when the respective fruits are in season - this will be cake heaven! Also, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte is much better when it's home-made - I would hazard that you both would like it after all if you could try a home-made one. I must admit that I don't like many store-bought cakes because I grew up with superb home-made cakes and pastry and bake quite a lot myself. I'm often disappointed at bakery-bought cakes because my home-made one would have been much tastier (but maybe not that fancy-looking). So if you have time and are interested in the process, I'd encourage you to try and bake those cakes yourself! It often looks more difficult than it actually is.
Mmmm homemade cakes sound amazing!! We will have to test some recipes out. 😋 Funny your husband and Tanner have similar preference! Leaves more sweets for us though 😉
@@OurStorytoTell That's true! And I suspect Willa inherited her sweet tooth from you, so you can enjoy your sweets together during a ladies' afternoon while Tanner does some wild, manly stuff (or eats a steak), haha!
For any reasons I expected a Karneval/ Fasching video today. The short one of Willas Kita was kind of a teaser...
Did you see a parade?
It was a teaser for sure! We unfortunately didn’t make it to one in person, but we saw some online! Such a fun tradition here!
Jede Torte ist auch ein Kuchen ... aber nicht jeder Kuchen ist auch eine Torte! Torte ist meist rund und hat oft eine Füllung, während Kuchen aus unterschiedlichen Teigen hergestellt wird (Hefeteig, Mürbeteig, Rührteig, Blätterteig, Brandmasse, usw.), unterschiedliche Formen hat (Blechkuchen, Gugelhupf, Kranz, Zopf, Plätzchen, Schnitten, Teilchen, Schnecken) und auch eine Füllung oder einen Belag haben kann.
Hi, your Daughter is also an little sweet "cake". Greetings from Hamburg. I miss Original Schwarzwälder Kirsch Torte and Nuss Torte with Marzipan on it.
Hello to you in Hamburg! 👋 We hope you can try some soon!
"Least favorite" is a phrase that has no German equivalent, as far as I know. Thinking about it, it really portrays optimism and American politeness.
Willa ist zwar erst 3 Jahre "alt", aber sie muß wohl bald ihren eigenen Kanal aufmachen..!
Bienenstich is basically a sin cause its so lecker. FunFact: The origin of the name "Bee Sting" is unclear. According to the legend of the baker's boy, in 1474 the inhabitants of Linz am Rhein planned an attack on their neighboring town of Andernach, since the Emperor had withdrawn the Rhine toll from the people of Linz and awarded it to the people of Andernach. On the morning in question, however, two baker's apprentices from Andernach walked along the city wall and ate from the bee nests hanging there. When they saw the attackers, they threw the nests at them, so that the people of Linz - stung by the bees - had to flee. A special cake was baked to celebrate - the bee sting. Only Google translated, sorry. xD
Thanks for sharing the story!! We had no idea about that, but we agree… it is lecker! 😋 Definitely will eat it again!
Nice video!👏👍
But now I have an appetite for cheesecake. Although yesterday I had a piece of Frankfurter Kranz. By the way, there is not THE German cheesecake but an infinite number of cheesecake recipes. My mother already has 5 different ones.
Mmmm we could go for some more cheesecake too! 😋
So, so cute. ❤ I couldn't really focus on what you had to say about the cakes and tarts. I just kept thinking: "Please don't fall off, baby" and "careful with the forks".
Haha she does really well with silverware & the kitchen stool, but definitely came with practice 😊
Your daughter is really cute.
You should definitely try seasonal fruit cakes... just to have real idea of German cakes. Cakes with fresh Strawberries, cherries, plums, pears, apple and so on. The're so much better, with fresh fruit on/in it.
We believe it!! We will keep our eye out this summer for some 😊
On the "tradition" Kaffee und Kuchen: We even have a hymn that (ironically) celebrate it: Udo Jürgens: Aber bitte mit Sahne (But with whipped cream, please!):
Sie treffen sich täglich um viertel nach drei, oh, oh, oh (oh yeah)
Am Stammtisch im Eck in der Konditorei, oh, oh, oh (oh yeah)
Und blasen zum Sturm auf das Kuchenbuffet
Auf Schwarzwälder Kirsch und auf Sahne-Baiser
Auf Früchteeis, Ananas, Kirsch und Banane
Aber bitte mit Sahne (aber bitte mit Sahne)
We didn’t know about the hymn, but so cool! Love that it’s celebrated! 😊
GERMAN CLASSIC: SCHWARZWÄLDER KIRSCHTORTE AKA. BLACK FOREST CAKE, only Chocolate cake can compete.🍒🥮🍫🥮
I'm German and I've never actually encountered black forest cake "in the wild". I obviously know what it is but it has never been offered to me and I've never consciously noticed it in bakeries or on menus. I'm not actually sure if it's simply a very local thing (as one would guess from the name) or if I just don't pay attention bc I don't like alcohol and therefore wouldn't be tempted to try it.
I missed marble cake in your selection - it's not a very exciting flavour but simple and good for eating on the go.
Ohh we will have to try the marble cake! Thanks for the suggestion 😋
I didn't see a Käsesahnekuchen.
It's a Lemon Custard cake. I guess that'll be right up your alley. ^^
Also: Linzer Torte, Sacher Torte, Eclair (from France ideally when you go see Alsace again. Go to Patisserie Gilg/Colmar/France or in Munster/France around the corner for that. You'll be amazed. They also have small tartes, Lemon, Strawberry and more, that look like a painting. Their stores look likes jewelly stores.)
Worth a visit definitely.
Fresh Baklava from a Turkish bakery. Yum!
Italian sweet stuff, if you can find a shop here? You know what I mean, because you have already tasted it at the right places of origin. ^^
I'd say...the Austrians have the best bakery goods on the sweet side in the Germanic speaking peoples in central Europe. Focus on them for a while. They have so much good stuff, it'll take a while to cover that.
Johann Lafer is one of the chefs knowing what they do in this segment of cooking.
Check him out.
Oh man this list is making us drool!! 😋Thanks for sharing! We will have to make our way to Austria again!
Hi, I´m a bit surprised that there is artificial flavour in the strawberry cake. The cakes I know are rather naturally flavoured. (no additional flavour at all, besides vanilline.)
But mother´s cakes are the best. ;-)
We definitely agree that a homemade cake is best! 😊
Mother's cakes or Mother cakes (Mutterkuchen = Placenta) ? 🤣
I'm sorry to say this, but this is not the original German cheesecake or the original bee sting cake.
There are regional differences, but the ones you tried are not typical German cakes
Nooo that is a bummer to hear. We absolutely loved the beesting cake though so no complaints! Just another reason to try more 😋
Most Sunday afternoons I would go to the Konditorei and get some cake. My favourites were Erdbeertorte with Schlagsahne, and Mailänder Kuchen. Germany is much more formalised than Britain and Kaffee und Kuchen is one of the staples of German daily life.
Aw love that you would do that on Sunday afternoons! We think the Kaffee und Kuchen culture is awesome!
Willa looks just like her Dad, she‘s too cute ❤️
The one with the almond is "Bienenstich" - "bee bite"
Bee sting 😊
This is my favourite by far, must have some when visiting Germany, I also love 😅 Zwetchenküchen in English plum cake 🇬🇧
@@maxbarko8717 ha thax is is one of the things you not learn in school English or watching US or UK streaming service (TH-cam) because is a German cake
Mmm it is sooo tasty!! A favorite for us too 😋😋
@@marcel.s7493 war mit einem Augenzwinkern gemeint. 😉
Why should you try Black Forest Cake? It contains Kirschwasser which is a kind of Schnaps. Not good for pregnants or anti-alcoholics. 😉
Haha that is very true!! 😂
So cute 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hi guys, as you mentioned there always differences in taste from one to another Bakery or Konditorei. I prefer more so called dry cake like Streußelkuchen or your lemon cake and not the heavy once with cream. Guess this because my father preferred Streußelkuchen, easy to make and cheap in my kids days when you dont have the money to buy others. I am sure with the time you will find your favourites from different producers. I agree with baby girl Willa for strawberries. Wait when time is come for them and go for Erdbeerkuchen or several kinds of fruit cakes. Simply made and tasty. CU
That probably is a lemon cake. They look like that. But there are all kinds of recipes with a varying amount of lemon juice. I don't think it's supposed to be overwhelmingly lemon-y though.
It definitely could have been! If so we are surprised how little lemon it has, but still tasty nevertheless. 😊
Happy family ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
black forrest cake = Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte say this 3 times 😅
Most of your "cake" are Torten.
The dry withoute cream Ist cake
The Cheesecake is a Käsesahne (Torte)
Käsekuchen (Kuchen) ist more Kind of The US cheesecake.
Happy weekend 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
I am still convinced that the one you tried at the Black Forest wasn't of good quality. It looks wrong when I see it at your video. So, it might be interesting to try one a second time, maybe from a Konditorei which you already have tasted several stuff from and think that they do a good job.
Honestly.... when I saw it in the video my first thought was "it looks dry" - before Tanner mentioned it! Also the cream did look too.... idk..... fluffy in my eyes.
Willa is so adorable! ❤
I love cake 😋 But I prefer the flat one layer cakes with fruit over layered cakes (Torte). One layer Cheese cake is also great. But it’s not that easy to find good bakeries nowadays.
Willa is having a little SUGARRUSH 😊
Haha definitely!!
If you like to have a cake once in a while with unexpected friends, get some deep frozen ones(from C… und W…). They taste even better than they look. For the cakes you bought, I do not know why, but they do not look good at all. Old, not fresh, and quite simple. Was that a good local Konditorei? There are so many different variations of cakes.
As for Willa, again, funny to see her acting exactly the same way, even the same words and sounds, than our daughter. Typical 3 year old.
Interesting to hear! It was a good local konditorei (at least from what it seems), but we definitely aren’t the experts! 😊 We will have to try others to compare & also try the frozen ones.
@@OurStorytoTell I have to disagree with T. Brandenburg and do not recommend the frozen store bought variations. They might give you the sweet kick and flavour, but nothing compared to the "real deal". A true cake or Torte fan will look for their own preferred Konditorei or Baeckerei.
But in the end it all depends on the mouth that eats it. Everyone has their own preferred taste.
Cakes from the branch bakeries are often not very good. "Particles" ("Berliner", Danish pastry) are ok overall. But for a really good cake, you should go to a pastry shop, even if the piece of cake there quickly costs 2-3 euros. But it's worth it, especially if you're not a cake fan.
Unfortunately, the quality of the bakeries has declined overall.
Maybe I'm complaining at a high level, but since I used to be a pastry chef, I'm a bit prejudiced.
But that was another life and is another story.
Yummy 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋
You got a Kaese Sahne Torte
Thanks for sharing!
Love Bienenstich.
So tasty 😋