Classic German Baking: The Very Best Recipes for Traditional Favorites, from Pfeffernüsse to Streuselkuchen

ISBN-13: 9781607748250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 288 str.

Luisa Weiss

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From her cheerful Berlin kitchen, Weiss shares more than 100 rigorously researched and tested recipes, gathered from expert bakers, friends, family, and time-honored sources throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

German baking has influenced baking traditions around the world for generations and is a source of great nostalgia for those of German and Central European heritage. Yet the very best recipes for Germany's cookies, cakes, tortes, and breads, passed down through generations, have never before been collected and perfected for contemporary American home bakers. Enter Luisa Weiss, the Berlin-based creator of the adored Wednesday Chef blog and self-taught ambassador of the German baking canon.

Whether you're in the mood for the simple yet emblematic Streuselkuchen, crisp and flaky Strudel, or classic breakfast Brotchen, every recipe you're looking for is here, along with detailed advice to ensure success plus delightful storytelling about the origins, meaning, and rituals behind the recipes. Paired with more than 100 photographs of Berlin and delectable baked goods, such as Elisenlebkuchen, Marmorierter Mohnkuchen, and Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte, this book will encourage home bakers of all skill levels to delve into the charm of Germany's rich baking tradition.

Classic German Baking is an authoritative collection of recipes that provides delicious inspiration for any time of day, whether it's for a special breakfast, a celebration with friends and family, or just a regular afternoon coffee-and-cake break, an important part of everyday German life.

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If you re fascinated by German baking, by the recipes for kuchen, cakes, tortes, cookies, and yeasted sweets passed down through generations, then you ll be as joyful as I am that Luisa Weiss has given us this beautifully written and photographed book. Here, at last, is our portal to learning more about the long tradition of German baking, which has influenced bakers around the world, and to recreating such wonders at home. Classic German Baking is a sweet adventure.
Dorie Greenspan, author of Dorie s Cookies and the New York Times best-selling Baking Chez Moi

I ve waited a long time for another book by Luisa Weiss. In demystifying German baking she has done all cooks a great service. An inspiring and delicious labour of love.
Diana Henry, The Daily Telegraph

"Even if you don t have the stamina for homemade apple strudel or Black Forest cake, this Berlin-born food blogger will win you over with her sandy almond sugar cookies."
The New York Times

Luisa Weiss takes classic German recipes and transforms them into extraordinarily modern takes. This is a book that even a novice can be inspired by.
Mindy Segal, author of Cookie Love

I value few things more than classic recipes that honor tradition, are presented with heart, and are so well tested that you know you can trust them. This impressive volume by the wonderful Luisa Weiss is filled with these sorts of recipes. I can almost taste the apricot jam and smell the almond paste just by reading Classic German Baking.
Julia Turshen, author of Small Victories

From stunning layered cakes to fruit-forward tarts and spiced holiday cookies, Luisa Weiss opens up the world of German baking to bakers around the world. My dream is to be in her kitchen, stretching strudel, twisting pretzels and layering chocolate tortes alongside her. Classic German Baking takes me right there.
David Lebovitz, author of My Paris Kitchen

"This overdue guide is a happy marriage of European craft and American sensibilities."
Bonnie S. Benwick, The Washington Post

"As an expat American, Weiss has a sense of discovery that permeates her book, giving a sense of wonder and appreciation to the sometimes complicated recipes. It s just the right sensibility, and it makes for a cookbook that s not only useful and instructive but charming."
Amy Scattergood, The Los Angeles Times

"Berlin-born food writer Weiss (My Berlin Kitchen) collects masterpieces of time-tested recipes to create this traditional classic that, like her lebkuchen (old-fashioned German gingerbread), is bound to stand the test of time and taste. [...] Collected from various places and people whether it s a cookbook or from her German assistant this cookbook presents a beautiful piece of German tradition."
Publishers Weekly 

"In Classic German Baking, author and former cookbook editor Luisa Weiss surpassed those expectations with an engaging, precise, and pitch-perfect collection of more than 100 recipes that deserve to be better known in the U.S."
Lisa Rojany, NY Journal of Books

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CONTENTS 


COOKIES 12 

BUTTERKEKSE 14 
Simplest Butter Cookies 

HEIDESAND 15 
Sandy Almond Sugar Cookies 

SCHWARZ-WEISS GEBÄCK 16 
Checkerboard Cookies 

BLITZKUCHEN 19 
Almond-Sugar Cookies 

MANDELHÖRNCHEN 20 
Chocolate-Dipped Almond Crescents 

KNERKEN 22 
Cardamom Snap Cookies 

ZIMTBREZELN 23 
Cinnamon Pretzels 

WALNUSS-ZWIEBACK 25 
Twice-Baked Walnut Crisps 

RUSSISCH BROT 26 
Cocoa-Meringue Alphabet Cookies 

LÖFFELBISKUIT 27 
Ladyfingers 

NUSSECKEN 28 
Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookie Bars 

EISENBAHNSCHNITTEN 31 
Almond Cream Jam Bars 

PRASSELKUCHEN MIT BLÄTTERTEIG 33 
Saxonian Glazed Streusel Slices 

SCHWÄBISCHER PRASSELKUCHEN 34 
Swabian Streusel-Jam Slices 

AMERIKANER 36 
Lemon-Glazed Cakelets 

CAKES 38 

ANISBROT 40 
Aniseed Sponge Cake 

NUSSKUCHEN 42 
Toasted Hazelnut Loaf Cake 

VERSUNKENER APFELKUCHEN 43 
Sunken Apple Cake 

APFEL-MARZIPAN-KUCHEN 44 
Apple-Almond Cake 

GEDECKTER APFELKUCHEN 46 
Glazed Apple Cake 

KÄSEKUCHEN 48 
Classic Quark Cheesecake 

KÄSEKUCHEN OHNE BODEN 50 
Crustless Quark Cheesecake 

QUARKKUCHEN MIT MANDARINEN 52 
Mandarin Orange Cheesecake 

RUSSISCHER ZUPFKUCHEN 54 
Chocolate Quark Cheesecake 

LOTTCHEN S KIRSCHKUCHEN 57 
Sunken Lemon-Cherry Cake 

DUNKLER KIRSCHKUCHEN 58 
Spiced Chocolate-Cherry Cake 

KIRSCHSTREUSELKUCHEN 61 
Sour Cherry Streusel Cake 

ERDBEER-SAHNE BISKUITROLLE 63 
Strawberry Cream Roll 

ZITRONENBISKUITROLLE 66 
Lemon Cream Roll 

MARILLENFLECK 69 
Austrian Apricot Sheet Cake 

RHABARBERKUCHEN 70 
Simple Rhubarb Cake 

MARMORKUCHEN 72 
Marble Cake 

MARMORIERTER MOHNKUCHEN 74 
Marbleized Poppy-Seed Cake 

YEASTED CAKES 78 

ZUCKERKUCHEN 81 
Sugar Cake 

BUTTERKUCHEN 82 
Butter-Almond Cake 

STREUSELKUCHEN 84 
Yeasted Streusel Cake 

APFELKUCHEN 86 
Yeasted Apple Cake 

PFLAUMENSTREUSELKUCHEN 88 
Yeasted Plum Cake with Streusel 

BIENENSTICH 90 
Honey-Almond Caramel Cake 

MOHNSTREUSELKUCHEN 93 
Poppy-Seed Streusel Cake 

GUGELHUPF 95 
Yeasted Cake with Rum-Soaked Raisins 

SCHOKOLADEN-GUGELHUPF 97 
Chocolate-Stuffed Yeasted Cake 

SCHLESISCHE MOHNROLLE 99 
Silesian Poppy-Seed Roll 

ROSENKUCHEN 102 
Spiced Cocoa Pinwheel Cake 

KRANZKUCHEN 104 
Braided Almond-Cream Wreath 

NUSSZOPF 107 
Glazed Nut Braid 

MOHNZOPF 109 
Poppy-Seed Braid 

TORTES AND STRUDELS 112 

RÜBLITORTE 114 
Carrot-Nut Torte 

HANNCHEN-JENSEN-TORTE 117 
Meringue Cream Cake 

HEIDJERTORTE 119 
Lingonberry Buckwheat Cream Torte 

FRIESENTORTE 122 
Plum Cream Torte 

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LUISA WEISS is a Berlin-born, American-Italian food writer who grew up eating warm Streuselschnecken on her way to school and believes dark winter days are best enjoyed whilst sharing Lebkuchen and Zimtsterne with family and friends. Luisa is the creator of the blog The Wednesday Chef and author of the lauded memoir, My Berlin Kitchen. Her work has been featured on Design*Sponge and National Public Radio and in Food&Wine, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and Harper s Bazaar Germany, among many others. She lives in Berlin with her husband and son.