German kuchen recipes

Fair warning... you can make up 6- 8 Kuchen with this recipe. That's a lot. Obviously the recipe is left over from days when you baked once a week, or for a LOT of hungry family members and friends. I made the dough without any changes, but then I cut the dough in half, cut the custard recipe in half, and just baked 3 Kuchen.

Kuchen, fresh from the oven. Yum! Once a year or so, when the air is cold and the snow is blowing, I bake a batch of my German Russian grandmother's kuchen. Kuchen, pronounced "kooga", is the food from Grandma's kitchen that I remember best. There was always kuchen at Grandma's house. She baked it at least once a week, and she made eight or ten at a time. Kuchen was usually dessert, but it could also be breakfast or an anytime snack with coffee or milk fresh from the cows. My grandparents…

A classic recipe for German Butterkuchen. A yeast cake with a fluffy consistency and a moist buttery teture. This cake taste just as good as you can get from a baker in Germany.

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Grandma's German Kuchen: If you are looking for a new dessert recipe to try, German Kuchen is a tasty pastry treat topped with custard and fruit. This recipe is the version my grandmother makes for us on special occasions and can be made with practically any type of fruit y…

German Butter Cake is made with a rich blend of milk, sugar, yeast, eggs, and flour. And of course plenty of butter! The result is a melt-in-your-mouth delicious light and airy cake, that's gooey and sweet. Butterkuchen Dessert | German Butter Cake | German Desserts #cheerfulcook #butterkuchen #buttercake #recipe #baking #German

Oma's Butterkuchen, aka Zuckerkuchen, is a traditional German Butter Cake (Sugar Cake) that's often served for afternoon coffee. Loved by all, easy to make and so delicious to eat!

Searching for some sweet German dessert recipes? From tasty cakes and cookies to delicious Krapfen and more, check out these yummy classics!

Dakota version of a popular German custard cake dessert. This recipe was adapted from an article by Jacqueline Dohn Mass describing a recipe from Carol Just, that was itself adapted from a recipe found in “Kochbuch Der Deutschen aus Russland,” a cookbook published in 1968 by the Rugby, ND, Heart of America Chapter of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS). My adaptation replaces the sugar with Splenda Blend, and the custard flour with cornstarch. I have also doubled the custard, for…

This German butter cake has a moist cake layer covered with a crispy almond layer and tastes just like it came straight from a German bakery.