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.

Eierlikör Linzer Cookies Title Card.
Peaches and Cream Cake
Fried Apple Rings Title Card.
The best oktoberfest recipes title card showing Oktoberfest roast Chicken and Bavarian pretzels.
Bavarian Potato Salad
German Strawberry Cake or Erdbeerkuchen is made from a heavenly combination of soft sponge cake, creamy vanilla custard, and fresh spring strawberries,
Bee Sting Cake Title Card
Real Bavarian Pork Schnitzel Title Card
Homemade Bavarian Pretzels Title Card.
Asparagus with Sauce Hollandaise
Speculaas Dutch Spice Cookies
Flammkuchen German Pizza
A plate of Vanillekipferl or Vanilla crescent cookies surrounded by Christmas decorations, walnuts, clementines and a candle.
Classic German Cheesecake käsekuchen with fresh fruit
Plum Cinnamon Streusel Cake
Red Currant Crumble Cakes
Buchteln German Sweet Dumplings filled with fresh cherries and served with vanilla sauce
Easy German Apple Cake
Spinach and Ricotta Dumplings
German Butter Cake or Butterkuchen Title Card
Marillenknödel Apricot Dumplings Title Card.
German Käse-Sahne Torte on a cake stand.
German Cinnamon Star Cookies zimtsterne.
Homemade marzipan title card.
Authentic German Beef Rouladen title card.
German Christmas Stollen Title card showing two pictures of Stollen.
German Sauerbraten recipe card.
Title card for Spitzbuben, showing cut out unbaked spitzbuben cookies on a tray and completed spitzbuben.
Black Forest Cherry Cake
Red Currant Crumble Cake
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!
Zigeuner Schnitzel or Gypsy Schnitzel on a plate served with french fries and a glass of beer
German Braised Red Cabbage title card.
Authentic German Apple Strudel
Real Bavarian Roast Pork
German Nut Plait Nusszopf Nußzopf
German style Gingerbread hearts
Wurstsalat or Sausage salad title card.
German Potato Dumplings Title Card.
German Nut Corners Nussecken Title Card.
Quarkbällchen German Donut Holes title card.
Eierlikörtorte Advocaat Cake
Blueberry Streusel Cake Title Card.
German Dominosteine Chocolates Title Card.