Pastries

A quick sweet crisp cake from the sheet.

Raisin square or raisin bread is a fine sweet yeast pastry with raisins. Here is a raisin bread without baking dish and without eggs.

These "doves" are a Lenten dish that was served especially on Good Friday. They are rolls filled with jam and baked in a sweet egg-milk mixture in the oven.

Eierschecke is a sweet classic from Saxony in 3 layers. History and recipe.

A lard pastry similar to the Berlin pancakes. A distinctive feature is the special shape of the pastry.

The original traditional pastry can now be found as a very popular butter plait on the breakfast table.

Onion tart is a hearty dish that is also served as a snack.

Probably the best-known pastry in Germany is also the bakers' guild symbol. In the twinkling of an eye, professionals turn a yeast dough crust into an artful intertwining - the pretzel.

Here you can get the onion tart freshly prepared. Addresses restaurant and snack bar.

This pastry is deceptive with its appearance: Meissner Fummel are hollow dumplings and therefore very fragile. They are made of a sweet wafer dough.

Leipziger Lerchen are a sweet shortcrust pastry filled with marzipan, reminiscent of the old form of pies that were actually filled with songbirds. Every Leipzig baker has his own family recipe here and the appearance also varies.

Simply build a gingerbread house yourself. Here are recipes for tasty gingerbread, a guaranteed white and firm frosting, and building instructions. There are no limits for the fanatasy.

ADVERTISEMENT Very popular in the east of Germany are these wafers. A wafer biscuit filled with a vanilla-flavoured cream and decorated with the silhouette of the Frauenkirche in Dresden.

ADVERTISEMENT These cow patties are edible, sweet and delicious and lovingly handmade in a Harz cafe. They can be confidently taken as a small gift to an invitation.

.:.With recipe.:. One of the Easter surprises is the search for (filled) Easter eggs. But there can also be a surprise at the table. Instead of powdered sugar and traditional color decorations, maybe serve up some pop art design? Thanks to ready-made colorful glaze, this is also very easy to implement.

ADVERTISEMENT The Bremen coffee bread is a typical speciality. Together with coffee is a good souvenir for an invitation to coffee. Currently not available

ADVERTISEMENT Original Dresden Christmas stollen: this must not be missing from the Saxony presents. The recipe and the region are regulated. But there are numerous Stollen bakeries in Dresden. We can definitely recommend this stollen. Currently not available

Curry sticks are the creation of a bakery in Essen. In the oven comes a white bread dough that is seasoned with colorful pieces of pepper, fried onions, oregano and curry. On top, it’s sprinkled with a generous amount of sesame seeds. This hearty bread is baked as a white breadstick and as a roll. Ideal for grilling, with salad or as a hearty breakfast. Who likes it smaller: Curry roll Curry sticks baked in the oven. NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA Bakery & Confectionery JohannisbauerHolsterhauser Str. 12145147 Essen

Struwen are a very old Easter pastry in the Münsterland on Good Friday. It's a kind of yeast pancake with raisins. Peppers.

Homemade cream puffs can be filled as desired, for example with a raspberry cream, caramel cream or a simple chocolate mixture.

How about an Easter crown cake made of mini cream puffs? An egg can be placed and the crown cake can also be filled sweet or hearty.

Lemon peel, candied orange peel and rock candy are added to Aachen Easter bread. The bread is spicy and sweet at the same time.

Typical choux pastries are cream puffs or eclairs. Since the dough is neutral, it can be filled sweet or hearty. Simple basic recipe.

These mini cream puffs are ideal as snacks on the buffet for brunch and parties. Anchovy butter, spicy tomato filling & herbal cream cheese.

ADVERTISEMENT A finely filled sweet pastry. Named after the Schnoor district of Bremen.

Klaben is a sweet raisin bread from Bremen. Similar to a Christmas stollen.

ADVERTISEMENT Juicy, aromatic, tasty: this classic Christmas cake from a small bakery is a delicious gift.

The Träubleskuchen is a classic of Franconian cuisine. Currants are called Träuble in Franconia.

The Bremer Mops are a sweet pastry specialty from the Bremen region. Crunchy, spicy and with an almond on top

Bentheimer Moppen are traditional, sweet spice biscuits made from butter shortcrust pastry with caraway seeds. They owe their name to the county of Bentheim in Lower Saxony.