162 german cake recipes

German yeast cake with rows of sliced apples topped with buttery streusel and slivered almonds for a not-too-sweet coffee cake perfect for brunch or afternoon tea.

Chocolate chip butter cake made with creamed butter, separated eggs, cake flour, and coarsely grated German sweet chocolate folded in and sprinkled on top. Light, tender, and rich.

Mohn kuchen: a traditional German poppy seed cake with a pressed shortbread base, creamy cooked poppy seed filling, and buttery streusel top. Dense, nutty, old-world dessert.

Omie's apple torte loaded with chopped apples and nuts in a buttery cinnamon batter. A dense, rustic German-style apple cake that's more fruit than cake in every bite.

Layered apple kuchen: a tall German-Jewish bundt cake with three batter layers and two ribbons of cinnamon-sugar apples baked in between. The honey cake's apple-loving cousin.

A decadent chocolate chocolate chip pound cake is made with chocolate morsels and German sweet chocolate. Buttery, chocolaty and super moist.

German chocolate cake mix topped with a melted Snickers and butter glaze and a sprinkle of flaked coconut. A four-ingredient potluck cake that comes together start to finish in under an hour.

German hazelnut cakes (Haselnusstörtchen) with ground hazelnuts, separated eggs for lift, and a rum-glazed top finished with a whole hazelnut. Classic Konditorei treat.

Lemon glaze made with egg white, powdered sugar, fresh lemon zest, and lemon juice. A smooth, glossy icing for cookies, cakes, and German-style baked goods.

German apple cake with tender yeast dough topped with cinnamon apples and buttery streusel crumble for a not-too-sweet dessert that's perfect with coffee.

Sour cream cranberry kuchen with a crunchy brown sugar almond topping baked in a springform pan. Tart cranberries meet tender, buttery cake in this German-inspired holiday treat.

Rehruecken (saddle of venison cake) bakes a German chocolate-cinnamon sponge in a ribbed loaf mold, splits and fills with currant jelly, then glazes with chocolate and studs with slivered almonds.

Schwarzwalder kirschtorte (Black Forest cake): a three-layer German chocolate-almond sponge soaked in kirsch, filled with whipped cream and sour cherries. The classic Schwarzwald showpiece.

German apple kuchen with a buttery crumb topping that shatters under your fork. Sweet-tart apple slices nestle into tender cake, all crowned with cinnamon-spiced streusel.

Onion cake with bacon, sour cream, and eggs baked on a crescent roll crust. A savory German-inspired appetizer cut into bite-sized squares and served warm.

Chocolate pound cake made with melted German chocolate, butter, and a hint of almond extract. Dense, rich, and baked in a Bundt pan with no frosting needed.