25 kuchen recipes

Traditional German sauerbraten with a four-day vinegar marinade, slow-braised rump roast, and a tangy gingersnap-and-sour-cream gravy. An old-world Sunday dinner worth the wait.

Apple coconut kuchen with a yellow-cake-and-coconut crust, sliced apples layered with cinnamon sugar, and a sour cream custard drizzle on top. German-style coffee cake done semi-homemade.

Kleina Kaffee Kuchen, German yeast-risen coffee cakes baked in muffin tins. A buttery, egg-rich dough with cream that rises into tender individual breakfast cakes.

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.

German grape torte with halved grapes folded into a whipped egg white and ground almond filling, baked in a buttery lemon-scented shortcrust shell. A traditional autumn Kuchen.

This bialy recipe stands on its own—a round yeast bun with a depressed middle filled with onions and poppy seeds. Sometimes known as Bialystok Kuchen.

Sweet yeast crust dough makes a tender, slightly sweet base for fruit tarts, kuchen, or kolache. Two rises, one egg-and-butter enriched dough, ready for any filling.

Fresh blueberry cake baked in a springform pan with a buttery batter shell, juicy berry center, and cinnamon crumb topping. A rustic German-style kuchen ready in 40 minutes.

Streuselkuchen: the classic German yeast-risen crumb cake topped with a buttery brown-sugar cinnamon streusel that bakes into a thick, craggy crust. The German bakery favorite for kaffee und kuchen.