German Recipes

All the recipes on this page are either classic German recipes or inspired by the German kitchen. I’ve lived in beautiful Bavaria for many years, and love to cook and eat good German food.

Wurstsalat or Sausage salad title card.

German Sauerbraten recipe card.

Title card for Spitzbuben, showing cut out unbaked spitzbuben cookies on a tray and completed spitzbuben.

Nusszopf or German Braided Nut Bread title card.

German Strawberry Cake or Erdbeerkuchen is made from a heavenly combination of soft sponge cake, creamy vanilla custard, and fresh spring strawberries,

Fried Apple Rings Title Card.

Plum Cinnamon Streusel Cake

German Butter Cake or Butterkuchen Title Card

Authentic German Beef Rouladen title card.

Flammkuchen German Pizza

Real Bavarian Roast Pork

Peaches and Cream Cake

Speculaas Dutch Spice Cookies

Real Bavarian Pork Schnitzel Title Card

Authentic German Apple Strudel

Eierlikörtorte Advocaat Cake

The best oktoberfest recipes title card showing Oktoberfest roast Chicken and Bavarian pretzels.

Black Forest Cherry Cake

Homemade marzipan title card.

Spinach and Ricotta Dumplings

German Braised Red Cabbage title card.

German Christmas Stollen Title card showing two pictures of Stollen.

Asparagus with Sauce Hollandaise

Marillenknödel Apricot Dumplings Title Card.

Blueberry Streusel Cake Title Card.

Classic German Cheesecake käsekuchen with fresh fruit

A plate of Vanillekipferl or Vanilla crescent cookies surrounded by Christmas decorations, walnuts, clementines and a candle.

Easy German Apple Cake

Bee Sting Cake Title Card

German Cinnamon Star Cookies zimtsterne.

Obaztda is a delicious Bavarian Beer and Cheese Spread, perfect for picnics, the beer garden, or for lining your stomach before you start on that litre of beer - and it is super easy to make at home!

German Dominosteine Chocolates Title Card.

Bavarian Potato Salad

Zigeuner Schnitzel or Gypsy Schnitzel on a plate served with french fries and a glass of beer

German Potato Dumplings Title Card.

German Nut Corners Nussecken Title Card.

Eierlikör Linzer Cookies Title Card.

Quarkbällchen German Donut Holes title card.

Red Currant Crumble Cakes

German Käse-Sahne Torte on a cake stand.

Red Currant Crumble Cake

Buchteln German Sweet Dumplings filled with fresh cherries and served with vanilla sauce

German style Gingerbread hearts

Homemade Bavarian Pretzels Title Card.