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Recipes from Germany from Saxony to Bavaria

Gingerbread, Stollen, Black Forest cake: Germany is the land of holiday baking and Christmas markets. Our German recipes to make at home, explained step by step.

  • 9 recipes
  • 4 easy recipes
  • 4 specialties on the map
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A tour of Germany's flavors

From Saxony's Christmas markets to the forests of the southwest. Pick a stop on the map.

  1. DresdenChristmas StollenMentioned in Dresden as early as 1474; the city's Christmas market, the Striezelmarkt, takes its name from it.
  2. NurembergChristmas LebkuchenGingerbread has been made there since the Middle Ages; Nuremberg Lebkuchen are protected by a geographical indication.
  3. BavariaSweet PretzelsIn Bavaria, it's called Brezn: the pretzel is also the sign of bakeries across southern Germany.
  4. Black ForestTraditional Black Forest Cake with Chocolate and CherriesChocolate, cream, cherries, and kirsch, the cherry eau-de-vie of the Black Forest.

Cookies and cakes

Butter cookies, spiced cookies and celebration cakes, for an afternoon snack or a coffee break.

The German pantry

The ingredients that show up most in our German recipes.

Did you know?

  • Over 3,000 breads

    Germany's bread register lists more than 3,000 kinds, and its bread culture has been on the national intangible heritage list since 2014.

  • Christmas markets

    Dresden's Striezelmarkt is mentioned as early as 1434, making it one of the oldest in Germany.

  • Kaffee und Kuchen

    In the afternoon, especially on Sundays, people get together over coffee and a slice of cake.

All our German recipes

9 recipes, most loved first.

Your questions

What are the most famous German pastries?

Black Forest cake, Stollen and Lebkuchen, along with Bienenstich (“bee sting”), a cake filled with cream and topped with almonds.

What's the difference between Lebkuchen and gingerbread?

Lebkuchen are German gingerbread cookies, often softer, sometimes baked on a thin wafer (Oblate) and glazed with chocolate or sugar.

When should I make Stollen?

A few weeks before Christmas: well wrapped, it keeps for a long time and its flavors deepen over time.