🇩🇪 Americans Trying EVERY Dessert from a local German Bakery!

#germany #germanfood #bakery
Today we are trying EVERY dessert from a local German Bakery! WHO IS EXCITED? As two Americans living in Germany now, we so look forward to experiencing the food, culture, amazing destinations, and exploring our first experiences with everyone here, as well as everyone back home. Also...who could be mad about getting to try delicious local cakes and desserts?! YUM!! Come along with us as we discover what our local bakery here in Germany!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed trying out desserts with us from a local bakery here in Germany! We would love to know what your FAVORITE dessert is, or must try desserts while we are here, so leave it in the comments! ***Also, just a quick note: We tried to get the names of each dessert at the shop, but most of the labels were either a generic name that didn't explain the flavor, or the desserts themselves were on a platter with something else that was labeled. If anyone knows specific dessert names for those we missed, we would love to know! Thank you for the thoughtful and fun comments, as always!

[@Patrick-on2ty]

you're blocking comments, very poor

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

@@Patrick-on2ty Hey there! I'm so sorry. We see the comment on our end but we did not block it. Not sure why it isn't showing up but we will try and fix it.

[@Patrick-on2ty]

@@CompassChronicleTravels I don't want to hurt you, but it is true. Knife and fork theme

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

@@Patrick-on2ty hahaha yes we do love to eat with both utensils 😆😆. Is it commonly just a fork here for such desserts?

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

@@Patrick-on2ty oh wow! We didn’t know that! That’s super interesting and something we need to be on the lookout for now. Maybe we should get some for our kitchen. That actually sounds really smart!!

[@thelordmaster3575]

An important point: you don't try desserts, which in Germany is a meal at the end of a dinner, but cakes and tarts. In Germany, "coffee (or tea or hot chocolate) and cake" is a separate small meal in the afternoon, especially on Sundays and public holidays. You come together with family and/or friends to enjoy the peace and the delicious sweet dishes, having some talks, playing games, walking in the nature afterwards.

[@winterlinde5395]

That’s what I wanted to say.

[@BirteK1975]

​@@winterlinde5395 Same here. That's not dessert for sure.

[@jinxjaws]

I came for the same...

[@franhunne8929]

You can get a cake as a dessert in Germany, too! It is not Pudding (custard) or Cremespeise (Mousse) or Kompott (stewed fruit) or Obstsalat (fruit salad) or Milchreis (rice pudding) or Grießbrei (semolina pudding) - but cake as dessert is not unknown here.

[@winterlinde5395]

@@franhunne8929 Hm… ok? Tiramisu is the closest to cake I have ever seen for dessert in Germany. Which part are you from?

[@bluebear6570]

We don´t eat cakes and pastries for dessert! We usually have coffee and cakes on weekends at around 3pm.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We love this so much! That is the greatest tradition ever! Interesting though that they aren't considered dessert. Can't wait to dig deeper into that. But one thing is for sure, they are delicious!

[@maxbarko8717]

These are not desserts. Nobody would eat a cake as dessert. This is a separate meal „Kaffee und Kuchen“. Maybe the Strudel might be an exception.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Oh interesting! We knew of Kaffee and Kuchen (which is the greatest idea ever and should be everywhere), but didn’t realize that what would be considered dessert would differ! Really want to look more into that now!

[@maxbarko8717]

@@CompassChronicleTravels A dessert is a smaller dish. Traditionally it was pudding, yoghurt, ice cream, rote Grütze (a berry mix). The German word is Nachtisch (after table).

[@paranoidflow1337]

Nobody is totally wrong ^^ We often have cake for dessert. No time for "Kaffee und Kuchen" during the week, but we love cake and it's a great dessert ❤️

[@mareiketje4899]

Pumpkin isn't considered a fruit but rather a vegetable here. In autumn, you would typically eat pumpkin soup, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin lasagna, Flammkuchen with pumpkin etc. Pumpkin pie is not a thing in Germany.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

oooo would LOVE to try the more savory versions of pumpkin items though! We will definitely do that. Maybe we can even do a video on that comparing pumpkin items that time of year to the states. We would have a lot of fun with that!

[@soraite9775]

As far as i can tell those cakes were: 1. Apfelkuchen - apple cake which exist in endless amount of versions 2. Nougatkranz - where americans got peanuts germans love their nougat 3. Schokoladenmuffin - german version 4. Quarkschnitte mit Früchten - again that little sweet and sour comes from the Quark which germans put in a lot of things 5. Bienenstich - definitely a german staple! 6. Frankfurter Kranz - another german classic with buttercreme raspberry gelee and Krokant. 7. Sacher Torte - originaly from Vienna from the Hotel Sacher, this does not look like a true Sacher Torte more like an attempt 8. Champangner Cremetorte - Cremetorten can have almost any kind of flavour, there are so many variations. 9. Mandelcremetorte - just like before just layered buiscit with some sort of creme and a flavor. the baker creativity is the limit. I guess it is almond flavor because of the almond on top, if it were hazlenut there would have been a hazlenut on top 10. Gedeckter Apfelkuchen - another of the many versions you will find 11. & 12. Obsttorte - again with torte there is not a certain way of doing it but cakes/biscuits with fruits on top usually seasonal fruits is very common. Since you dont like it very sweet and do like chololate a lot i'd suggest you look out for "Herrentorte" (gentlemens cake) which i think you would enjoy a lot. And for blueberry muffins: i loved and devoured them when i was in the US, sadly blueberries is not as big as in the US, i miss those.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so so much!! We are so thankful for these comments helping us with what the desserts are! We will make a point to look for the Herrentorte! I definitely do prefer the less sweet most of the time. And oh yes, Casey LOVES his blueberry muffins. That makes sense because we haven't seen a lot in the way of blueberry here. I've never baked them myself but may need to learn that recipe!

[@MultiMichael72]

Now that was fun to watch! Although you've missed two of Germany's most popular cakes: Schwarzwälder Kirsch and Käsekuchen. Check them out some time, you might like them!

[@lulana9545]

... Ist K@sekuchen nicht einfach nur die adaptierte deutsche Version des amerikanischen Cheesecake .. .

[@lulana9545]

Also missing out on good old Buchweizentorte.

[@MultiMichael72]

@@lulana9545 Finde ich gar nicht. Also ein deutscher Käsekuchen und ein New York Cheesecake sind doch zwei völlig verschiedene Dinge, von der Konsistenz, von der Cremigkeit, vom Geschmack her. Beides sehr sehr lecker, aber sehr unterschiedlich.

[@TheAxel65]

@@lulana9545 Üblicherweise ist die Basis für Käsekuchen in Deutschland Quark - ein in den USA weitestgehend unbekanntes Milchprodukt 😉

[@kilsestoffel3690]

Käsekuchen ist auch in der Herstellung völlig anders. Bei der deutschen Variante wird der "Käse" mit gebacken, bei dem New York Cheesecake wird der (Frisch-) Käse ungebacken auf den Boden aufgebracht (ist der Boden nicht sowieso zerkrümelter Keks statt Teig?)

[@Frohds14]

0:43 at the silver plate are a common Apfelkuchen, a Chocolat Muffin and a Nougat Kranz, at the smaller paper plate are a Holländer-Kirsch-Schnitte (sometimes with Buttercreme und Sahne) and a Bienenstich (with Buttercreme), at the green cake plate are from right to left: Frankfurter Kranz (with Buttercreme), Schoko-Sahne (sometimes called a Sachertorte, but it isn't a Sachertorte, a Sachertorte is without Sahne), Champagnercreme-Torte/Weiße-Trüffel-Torte (no Buttercreme, it's Sahne whipped with a sip of champagne and gelatine, my mom uses a lemon-jello), Nusstorte (or Haselnuss-Torte), Apfel-Quark-Kuchen or Apfel-Käse-Kuchen, Pfirsich-Maracuja-/Tropical-Island-Torte, Beerentorte/Waldbeerentorte/Beerentraum. The names of many cakes are not officially regulated, but some are. I've used the names my mom uses. The real confectionery classics here are the Nusstorte, the Champagnertorte, the Schokoladentorte and the Frankfurter Kranz, they are the same in almost all confectioneries and pastry shops in Germany, for the others it depends on the confectioner what is in fashion at that time. And please: don't confuse bakery and confectionery. Both are different crafts in Germany. A confectioner is not a baker. In addition, for us this is not a dessert after lunch or dinner. It's a little celebration on special days and occassions, like birthdays or holidays, we don't eat Torte every day. We create a Kaffeetafel, we use special dishes, plates and cups, forks and spoons, (the cake fork has three prongs, the dessert fork has four). We don't eat it with knife and fork from a normal plate or a paper plate. "Nachmittagskaffee", "Kaffeetrinken", "Kaffee und Kuchen" is a meal in its own right, during the work week only with something sweet, on special days with creme cake. It's not a ritual like the Japanese tea ceremony, but also not the consumerism that you've showed here.

[@Saltkoenigin]

Kollege, du hast für diesen Moment gewartet , um sie für die Kaffe& Kuchen Tradition aufzuklären 😂👌

[@Frohds14]

@@Saltkoenigin Kollegin. Und dabei ess ich gar keine Torte, ich musste als Kind nur immer den Mixer halten, wenn meine Mutter Torten buk. Mir geht's weniger um die Gäste, die Dinge falsch interpretieren. Woher sollen sie es wissen. Sowas steht in keinem Reiseführer. Aber ich beobachte leider immer mehr, dass die Einheimischen keine Ahnung mehr haben. Wenn du also nun weißt, was der Unterschied zwischen einer Dessert- und einer Kuchengabel ist, hab ich meine Mission erfüllt. 😎😎

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

First of all, thank you SO much for the breakdown! That makes a lot of sense about the names too. We were quite confused when we started checking the labels we took photos of when we got home. We did hear about the special fork with the cutting side--which sounds absolutely genius! We will be looking for some of these for the kitchen! Thank you again for the info! We always appreciate it!

[@dagmarvarela2689]

Great description of Kaffee und Kuchen time. I totaly agree.

[@wenmat4197]

You are really great! Watching you as a German is a lot of fun! Have a great and exciting stay in Germany. So much cake at once, simply delicious. The one at minute 8:41 is called “Bienenstich” (that means Bee Sting)

[@geneviere199]

The first one is not apple strudel but seems to be a simple Apfelkuchen (apple cake) with a yeast dough. Apfelstrudel usually is an apple mix in a puff pastry - that you can eat warm with vanilla sauce or ice cream (you can get them frozen to bake them afterwards in the supermarket fridge, too - they usually are good!). There is different kinds of apple cakes in Germany. I always get "problems" with the word desert for cakes as we usually eat cake as a seperate meal with coffee in the afternoon - even if we sometimes eat it instead of bread, cereals etc. for breakfast or more seldom as a dessert. If my mom invites guests for her birthday just for dinner somewhen two or three hours later there will be cake time, too. In Germany we distinguish between Kuchen and Torte for "your" cake. Torte usually is with a cream filling - Kuchen everything else that consists of baked dough (and fruits).

[@geneviere199]

You probably should get yourself a Tortenmesser to cut cakes and Kuchengabeln (cake knife and cake fork). Google for pictures with the German names. The Sachertorte you got does not really look like an original Sachertorte (you might google for that, too). It is an Austrian chocolate cake - there is a wikipedia article in English about it and its history, too.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

ahhhh Apfelkuchen...that makes sense!! The strudel we had recently out one evening was absolutely delicious! Good to know you can get delicious ones to bring home and heat up as well. Yeah, we didn't realize there was more of a separation between what we would consider dessert in the states, vs baked items meant to be seen more as a separate bite just for coffee. We did know of Kaffee and Küchen, just not that it was more nuanced. We kind of like that though!! Will definitely remember that now! The Torte should be easy to remember now as well since we are familiar with that term from baking. So much delicious stuff here! 😍

[@habi0187]

Just a correction the real Apfelstrudel from Austria and Bavaria is not using puff pastry instead a paper thin special Strudelteig is used. Puff pastry is a sign that the baker doesn't know how to make the real stuff.

[@geneviere199]

The apple cake (from the last three) is a "Gedeckter Apfelkuchen". As I told before - there is so many different cake varieties with apples. I am actually a fan of cakes with fruits - I do not like the dry variations without fruit so much and I am not a fan of e.g. cookies. What cake you could try? Now the time for strawberries and rhubarb starts - like for asperagus. So any cake with strawberries (be it a Kuchen or Torte - there is different variations) or a rhubarb cake (Rharbarberkuchen) should be on your list as it is just that time of the year! I know that rhubarb is not so common for all of the people but I actually love it. I will buy me some at the weekend and cook it soft (with some sweetener or sugar) and a bag of vanilla pudding powder and eat it with greek yoghurt in the next days. It is not everybodies taste but I love it. On a yeast dough with a cheese cake mixture (Quark and vanilla pudding powder) rhubarb makes a great cake.

[@geneviere199]

@@habi0187 You are right. But the one you buy often has some kind of puff pastry. I just wanted to point out that Strudel really is something different to the usual Kuchen or Torte.

[@rairei]

Yes, it is a "coffee and cake" afternoon stuff, but otherwise eat it whenever you want to have this yummy experience. Eat what you like to eat at this moment. You missed to drink something to it (coffee, tea, whatever you want), okay it was a big selection 🙂. For most I assume, a local bakery or better "Konditorei" is preparing it quite fresh. For bread and rolls they begin 2-4am in the morning to sell it fresh, cakes might be prepared (in parts) the afternoon before

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

That's great info to have on the time of day at the bakery! Thank you! Oh next time I will DEFINITELY include coffee. I LOVE coffee. Casey's not a coffee drinker but maybe we can find a good tea he enjoys. The cakes were delicious! Can't wait to try more. Maybe we can do a follow up Cafe and Küchen video specifically.

[@chezratte1357]

what you have first in this video is Apfelkuchen (apple cake), which is usually eaten cold, unless you bake it yourself and can't wait any longer because it smells so good. Yeah apfelstrudel is usually hot (or partly hot, since it is best with some vanilla ice cream).

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you! yessss we have LOVED the Apfelstrudel we have had here. It's soooo good warm with the ice cream!! I think it's both our preference.

[@connyklein5447]

When you say "like buttercreme, but lighter" it's because german buttercreme is made different from the US version. The german version contains milk, butter, vanilla extract, vanilla pudding powder, sugar and sometimes an eggyolk. Because of the vanilla pudding, you don't need so much butter, so the creme is not as fatty and appears lighter.

[@nitefact]

She looked confused in the bakery because you tried to buy "desserts". She solved her confusion, I guess, and sold you some cakes and tarts instead which are used for "coffee and cake" time.

[@kingofshit303]

You can regulate the sweetness very well with a black coffee. I drink coffee without sugar, when eating very sweet cakes. The donut thing is a Nougatring. I love them.

[@georgiosntanis4353]

i feel like you've started to become more confident and comfortable in your videos and i love to see that transformation!❤

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

awe thank you so much! We really appreciate that! It has been so fun getting to film together instead of solo and we do feel it's getting easier too 🤗💕

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

First of all, since when have people eaten cakes and pies with a knife??? In Europe, cakes and tarts are only eaten with a fork - that's proper etiquette.And don't confuse apple pie with apple strudel, because it's braided. In Germany the strudel is not heated for consumption. It's more like that when it comes fresh out of the oven it's just warm and whoever happens to get the first piece has the pleasure of a warm apple pie.

[@Blackrazor911]

You don't need to be afraid, throughout Germany only totally fresh products may be offered/sold. So you can enjoy a Mettbrötchen with a clear conscience.

[@ianetams2814]

Okay, Huns👏a: that's no frosting. It's whipped cream. b: that's no ' light butter cream '- that's whipped cream.. if really wanna evaluate. ..do so.

[@dagmarvarela2689]

I agree, but please don't use the offensive word "Huns".

[@wallerwolf6930]

A nice self-experiment, which, however, has a small flaw (experimental setup). I don't know anyone who eats cake and cake without coffee or tea, basically dry. As is often the case when eating. the combinations make the taste. That's why there are so-called coffee parties in Germany. So coffee with cake and other pastries. Mostly cared for by older people who can take the time to do it in the afternoon. A birthday party shouldn't be without cake either, but with the obligatory coffee, less often with tea. Cakes and tarts are less viewed as desserts or desserts, not even for in-between meals. Cakes, tarts and pastries are usually served some time after the main meal. At least that's how I know it in most families.

[@connycatlady7429]

The one with the cherrys ist called Holländer Kirsch. The one with almonds is called Bienenstich. It has Cream in it. Th e one at timemark 11:03 ist called Frankfurter Kranz. Wit h Haselnuss outside an d cranberries inside. And has buttercream inside. Sachertorte ist from Austria. It is chocolat and apricot marmelade in. The lightbrown one should be mocca. It means with coffee. My favourite desert ist ice cream. All that pumkin stuff you van get in fall. That rasberry thing I could eat now. Looks good.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so so so much for this! We really appreciate it! Definitely didn't see those names when we picked them up. We have yet to try the ice cream here, but I think that in itself would be a fun adventure! Glad to hear about the pumpkin in the fall as well...really can't wait for that! And yes, a little bit of raspberry is always delicious in desserts :)

[@christiankastorf4836]

Those mighty cakes may be just a bit too much as a dessert. They are intended for coffee or tea in the afternoon. That is a part of typical German life, usually on Sundays or other holidays or all-day family gatherings, birthday parties or meetings with friends during the afternoon. Even if you are in town and take a tea- or coffee-break a slice of cake, or two, have to go with it.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Yes we LOVE that tradition here! Really interesting learning that what is had with that tradition is more specific though and not seen as desserts per say. They were delicious though! Next time we are bringing tea and coffee! 💕

[@jensmarksteiner3677]

Fact: Bakers only make bread, buns and simple cookies. Confectioner : make cakes, pies, ice cream. Sales clerks sell the goods in the store. These are 3 professions in the trade. That's why it always says bakery & confectioner.

[@septartes]

The two cakes after you had the chocolate cakes were so-called "Bienenstich", literarily translated it means a "bee sting".

[@PendelSteven]

Oh, if you are confused. In Dutch we combine nouns. Well, you do that in English and German as well speechwise, but we notate it like that. So in Dutch Sacher Torte is sachertorte, but if you put it as a title it's Sachertorte, obviously. So it's vlaai, but Appelvlaai, since Apfel Obsttorte is the title of a specific type of vlaai. Also, in general, you go to Germany for meat, beer, white wine. But not deserts. And arguably not sauce either (I'm not a curry gewürz fan). That's a bit of a 20th century view, but I said 'in general', ey :).

[@Torfmoos]

Missing the Coffee. Has a reason why we call it COFFEE and Cake. And with a nice cup of coffee the cake wouldn t be "dry". :) I like the way you thinking, first the dessert and than breakfast. jusat the way i m thinking.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Ahhhhh that’s a really good point!! You don’t have to ask me twice to add coffee to the mix 😆😆. We think your idea for dessert before breakfast sounds perfect! 👌🏼

[@Torfmoos]

@@CompassChronicleTravels if you eat yourself through the Bread section don t forget to butter them. It s like the Coffee and the Cake. Bread s made to butter it before you eat it.

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@CompassChronicleTravels you will love the " Kaffee und Kuchen " Tradition in Germany

[@lordofnumbers9317]

Tastes are different. This is perfectly normal. You don't need to apologize if you don't like something.

[@howierfs5471]

You do it right. Go through what your local bakery offers and find your favourite. Not like Makkes the same name could be slightly different taste from another bakery. For a coffee & cake in the afternoon I dont need sort of Torte, a Streußelkuchen, Bienenstich or small pieces is enough. Wait for the strawberry season and later the year for Pflaumenkuchen or Zwetschgenkuchen. Sort of fruitcakes are always good.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

There were so many good things from this bakery run! Hard to even decide! We LOVE strawberries though so we can't wait to see what sorts of desserts use them. We could do a whole video just on strawberry things. YUM! Can definitely see how many of these choices would be amazing with coffee!

[@rairei]

..and remind: I guess US is a nation of peanuts but main local nuts here are hazelnuts and walnuts. Tortes are often "labeled" on top e.g. with a cherry or nut or "champagne chocolate" or Sacher ...

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

hahahahaha the nation of peanuts 😂 love it! It's so true! We love hazelnuts and walnuts as well though! And oh that's a great thing to know! The little indicator on the top. Will try and commit that to memory. Thank you!

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Heya friends, I think it depends on where you grew up, for your taste. I personally HATE everything pumpkin for eating. It is a very american dish and it came over here only a few decades earlier. I partly grew up in a bakers household, as a school friend´s dad was a baker in our neighborhood. A lot of younger Germans love everything pumpkin. I am to old to change my taste. I love how you test our food and everything else. As a country in the middle of Europe, the influences on our culture was always there. All the peoples that marched through our country. You two Sweet people are great. Be safe. Elmar from Germany

[@SkandalRadar]

You should try "Baumkuchen", lit. "Tree Cake". For example a very good Baumkuchen is from Cron & Lanz in Göttingen. But every region probably has its own master of Baumkuchen.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so much! We have a list we are keeping of foods, locations, and general recommendations so we will definitely add it to that! 💕

[@taupegrillon5975]

first one was a simple and flat apple cake and no strudel/ second one was filled with "Marzipan" imo, made of almonds/ third German chocolate muffin / fourth was danish cream cake with cherry filling / fith "Bienenstich" (BEE STING) absolutely classic German cake / sixth "Frankfurter Kranz" dough filled with butter cream, absolutely classic an old fashioned/ seventh chocolate cake (fake) and NO original austrian "Sachertorte" / eight cream cake with little kick of champagne / ninth cream cake with light hazelnut flavour/ tenth classic apple cake with almonds and cinnamon inside / eleventh classic fruit cake with tropical fruits and twelfth classic fruit cake with raspberries.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so so so much! We have so appreciated everyone jumping in and helping us with this! Lots of yummy things here and we are looking forward to trying even more!

[@ileana8360]

Herzschmerz! As a German I got heartache: where is the coffee? With regard to nuts: German cakes are with walnut, hazelnut or almonds, sometimes coco. Any other like peanut or peacan you will only find in "american" items llike muffins etc. same goes for banana flavoured things. Bienenstich (the one with the glaced almonds on top) is the most difficult cake to be eaten in Germany, but it is so delicious that I cannot resist. But I only eat it at home, so I can enjoy wiithout having to care about my appearance and sometime even eating it with my fingers after cutting it with a really, really sharp knife into small pieces. You missed the Schwarzwälder-Kirschtorte. That is the most famous one. But please ask around to find a good one and not a cheap imitation. Sachertorte is Austrian and really does not live up to it´s hype. Rather an austrian Linzertorte (more a cake tho) Buttercream: in Germany used as filling in torte not as much for icing. Here we use whipped cream usually. P.S. : after all this writingI still did not get other the missin coffee

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

You're sooo right about the Bienenstich...!

[@bibliopolist]

The one banana flavoured thing you get in many bakeries is actually, well, a banana, covered in dark chocolate ("Schokobanane"). It's quite delicious.

[@ileana8360]

@@bibliopolist Up until the Schoko-Fondue started to be a thing.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

hahaha I missed the coffee too! Casey isn't a coffee drinker but I think next time we will keep the coffee and find him a tea! We will definitely try a Schwarzwälder-Kirschtorte next time we do a follow up as this is a specific one that keeps popping up. We definitely don't mind eating yummy things again! And we will ask around about a location to get it as well. The Bienenstich we are a fan of! So yummy--totally worth the mess!

[@mimamo]

That was fun to watch, lol, but you missed two of the most famous German cakes: Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cake) and Baumkuchen (Tree Cake). :)

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so much! We are going to add Tree cake to our list as we still haven't tried that yet! We did get to try Black Forest cake recently on our mini trip to the black forest and it was really nice! We are both suckers for delicious sweet treats so I'm sure we will try more soon 😄

[@matthewrandom4523]

08:13 That's "Bienenstich" - "bee sting cake". My favourite cake!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you! We REALLY liked that one. We definitely finished the job off camera 😂

[@PendelSteven]

Good title, since of course not everything is "German", since a lot it shared between countries in Europe. Not a desert, but, I mean, they've got their Sauerkraut, we have our zuurkool, it's exactly the same. I think the apfelstrüdel is specifically apfelstrüdelvlaai, forgive me not using capitals, since we also known that in Dutch, without a capital, since our nouns are written normal like in every other language :). And while we typically don't have that on vlaai, (flan) we definately know it. Especially if you're from the south-east (or lived there / worked there etc).

[@jan-peterbrodersen3302]

Regarding bread you can get every day another type the whole year without eating once the same. With cake it is no different you only have to change bakeries/regions in between.

[@darajeeling]

sachertorte does not have chocolate filling. no clue who put that name on that one. Sacher would not be pleased. Sacher is actually really dark chocolate with some jam, matzipan and a dark chocolate frosting. Now I want cake XD

[@tante2383]

16:40,its Marzipantorte mit Nuss

[@michaelgrabner8977]

That is definitively no apple strudel that´s an apple cake...By the way "apple strudel/Apfelstrudel" is originally an Austrian/Viennese treat and the best tasting ones you´ll get in Vienna/Austria. And a Strudel can´t be offered in an triangular shape simply because that´s an physical impossibility... Simply explained - a whole Strudel is a long and oval dough thing with a filling inside and the offered pieces are then cut off slices of that "oval thing" and therefore the cut off pieces can´t have a triangular shape but only square-shaped when viewed from above and oval shaped viewed from the front. A "Strudel" (when that term is used in context with food) - what ever kind of - no matter if with a sweet filling or a savory filling - is always "something rolled in dough". The filling is put lengthwise on one side of the large outspreaded very thin flaky pastry dough (a professional handmade Strudel dough is that thin that you can read a written sheet of paper lying beneath) and the dough gets then rolled around the filling so you get some layers of very thin and crunchy flaky pastry dough around the filling .... But there are also some kinds made with shortcrust pastry dough as well - especially in Germany - but those have then no several layers of thin dough because a shortcrust dough is thick already.. it´s basically just "a one layer coat around the filling" and therefore "technically" not a Strudel but just so to say "a Strudel-pretender" because when you just look at it from the outside it looks like one, so it is also called Strudel although it isn´t one... The term "Strudel" as a standalone term means literally "vortex/whirl/swirl" basically expressing "a rolling movement" which you do with the dough in order to roll in the filling in that large outspreaded dough which then after the rolling - because of the several layers of dough - looks like "a swirl of thin dough around the filling" which actually causes the name "Strudel" and that´s why just "one layer of shortcrust dough is no Strudel "technically" And a Sachertorte is originally Austrian and not German as well - a Viennese chocolate cake in particular with few very thin layers of apricot jam...the prototype was invented by the Viennese Franz Sacher as he was an confectioner apprentice at the "Imperial Court Bakery Demel" and the recipe got then improved by his son Eduard Sacher who also was a confectioner for the Imperial Court Bakery Demel and many years later Eduard founded the Hotel Sacher in Vienna...and that original recipe for the cake is a secret actually - And this "alleged one" you got doesn´t even look like a Sachertorte in the slightest at all. ..although it looks "yummy" Actually the Original is worldwide only available in 2 places in Vienna = Hotel Sacher + Imperial Court Bakery Demel..although they are slightly different (=different numbers of apricot layers and a different looking trademark seal)...has to do with a trademark law suit which lasted for decades fought between the - at that time - new owners of the Hotel and the Demels in the 1930ties till 1960ties until an agreement out of court was put in place ..the problem to get a verdict was that the cake was originally invented for Demel therefore rightious Demel´s property although Sacher was the inventor so he sold it then in his Hotel as well which was absolutely no issue for both for all the decades of co-existance, it became then an issue for the new owners of the Hotel who wanted the cake exclusively just for the Hotel.... So one is now called "Original Sachertorte" available in the Hotel...the other is called "Original Eduard Sachertorte" available by Demel...and those Viennese people who are knowing the background of the story are considering Demel´s Sachertorte as the true Original....By the way a Sachertorte is a bit dry that´s why it is traditionally eaten with lots of whipped cream aside and a cup of coffee, that belongs together.

[@dagmarvarela2689]

Great explanation of the history! Thanks

[@dagmarszemeitzke]

9:01 Here you try Bienenstich. On the top are almonds and honey.

[@AnnWright-jb2dw]

The pastry one with whipped filling looks like it is similar to a St Honore gateau (without the decorative profiteroles on top) in France. Puff or choux pastry with a custardy cream like filling. They all look very good. Interesting video, thanks from Australia.

[@jensen7875]

If cake is dessert i always would prefer "Schwarzwälder-Kirsch-Torte" - I love it!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We got to try some when we went through the Black Forest and it was very good! 😋

[@teotik8071]

This was a very interesting and comprehensive analysis of popular German cakes. 😂 Loved it.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

thank you so much! We sure didn't mind trying them lol YUM!!

[@PendelSteven]

About six minutes in, I'm pretty sure these two qualify as what you would call a layer cake. I'm pretty sure at 7:38 is what we call bakkersroom in Dutch: baker's cream. It's what goes in the puddingbroodjes here. That is sort of the everything-is-bigger-in-Germany version of that. Confusingly in English both cake & taart are cake. You even called flan cake. 11:30 Ah, Sachertorte from Austria, specifically Wien - which you know by its Italian name: Vienna. 13:30 is a version of Champagnecake, originally from France. And the last two? Are both flan. What we call vlaai. Which I love as well.

[@rogerlynch5279]

From the German point of view very well done - GUT GEMACHT !!!

[@bettinab1702]

at 8:40 minute you ate something very traditional called „Bienenstich“. „Biene“ = bee b/c of the honey in the cake, greetings to you

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Greetings! Thank you so much! We really enjoyed the Bienenstich. It didn't last long after we filmed the video haha!

[@maluell738]

Tea or coffee to go with all those cakes would really be lovely. We do prefer to drink coffee with our cake.😊

[@elipa3]

Hot Apfelstrudel with vanilla ice - Heaven on earth.

[@arnodobler1096]

That's true, but I prefer the Munich one to the Tyrolean apple strudel

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

agreed!!!! We had one out here recently and definitely went to heaven while eating it!

[@hmvollbanane1259]

Those are more Kaffee und Kuchen (Coffee and cake, our pendant to the English tea time) items and eaten as their own meal with coffee in the afternoon (with friends and family, either at home or at a café)

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Yes! We didn’t realize there was a specific difference between what was had at the Kaffee and Kuchen time. Very interesting (and delicious!) We hope that the title makes it easy for people to find though! We love sharing with everyone. We will definitely file that away though and make a point to talk about that in a future video 🤗💕

[@winterlinde5395]

Favorite desert: ice cream Favorite Torte: Buchweizen Torte Favourite Kuchen: Käsekuchen

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

on a scale from 1(bad) to 10 (good),the supermarket gets a 5,the local bakery gets a 9,mom made it a 10,grandma made it a 11

[@winterschmied4583]

The cake you had at 10:08 (Frankfurter Kranz) is in my family the traditional birthday cake for my father. It was made every year by my mother but now my daughter make it from the same recipe and the baking pan my mother used. Many families have these traditional recipes that are often as complex and opulent as the cakes you had on your plates.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Oh wow how special is that! Love that traditional recipes are shared in families and that the craft and art of baking is so celebrated in that way! I love to bake so maybe I can learn some of our favorites as we find them!

[@winterschmied4583]

@@CompassChronicleTravels Oh, if you like to bake you're in the right place for the Christmas season. Here in Europe you'll find hundreds of thousands more or less traditional recipes for homemade seasonal cakes, cookies and other baked and cooked things. You'll have to live only a couple of hundred years to only scratch the surface of trying to bake them all.😂😂

[@dasmaurerle4347]

Sacher Torte is the ballistic missile to the diabetic nirvana after the meal.

[@sleepy8741]

😂

[@nordicbynature2775]

This!😂

[@elipa3]

Lol.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

hahahahaha. LOVE IT!

[@sabinemandutz3277]

Wait for the christmas cookies ... they're delicious

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

ohhhh we imagine! We both love the spices used around the holidays so we are going to be eating our way through videos at that time of year I think lol

[@jensmarksteiner3677]

You don't eat cake with a knife and fork. There are small cake forks for this. It's about edikett and eating culture. They are almost identical in Europe.

[@Steven91637]

Fun to watch

[@janenseling4295]

Wow. Desserts for days. ☕ Time for coffee. 😊

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Haha! I like how you think! Time for coffee, indeed!

[@Bioshyn]

Nuts are almost always hazelnut or almond.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Warum wohl? Das Zeug wächst bei uns überall wie Unkraut und ich habe noch nie im Ausland bessere Haselnüsse gegessen, als unsere hier in Deutschland...

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

thank you! That makes sense as we have seen quite a bit of almond and hazelnut products. We love them both so definitely happy about that!

[@dagmarvarela2689]

Hier in middle America sind Hazelnuesse erst vor kurzem bekannt. Gottseidank. @@melchiorvonsternberg844

[@septartes]

Your first cake was not a Strudel, but just apple cake (Apfelkuchen). So, you're supposed to eat it cold.

[@margamcnabb]

Sorry #5 is bee sting cake. In fall you need to try pflumenkucken or plum cake...amazing

[@rinne4896]

keep it up. you are great.!!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

thank you so much! We really appreciate the encouragement 🙏🤗

[@geneviere199]

Additionally - things you might not like from one bakery might taste great from another. And homemade - especially with "Torte" - just is something differently.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

oh definitely! A great point! We will try more things and re-try others while we are here. There is so much amazing food in Germany that we want to check out and we are blown away with the quality and flavor compared to the states.

[@geneviere199]

@@CompassChronicleTravels Especially what you get from the US supermarkets often really is too artificial. You might not see that so much if you aren't used it differently. I have the feeling that the most here in Germany did not get in into all of this too much, even if you can make cake with cake mixes, sauces with powder etc. Or atleast not in the percentage of the people that do in the US. I think that in the recent years a lot people even got back on the track to cook again from scratch and use as less processed food as possible.

[@tante2383]

Yes, Apfelstrudel need to be warm with ice cream. 😊

[@minajordan5359]

The fruit in Frankfurter Kranz ist Preiselbeeren traditionally, most of the kind of "historic" German cakes that use jam will use either apricot, orange or Preiselbeere (I don't know the English word for it) And the Sacher torte is traditionally made with apricot jam as well instead of cream filling, and if it's dry then it's also not traditional, because is should be soaked with rum.

[@margamcnabb]

#4 is beininstich, bee sting cake in English. My favorite.

[@minajordan5359]

Something amazing is German baked cheesecake, and as a German confectioner my favourites are Prinzregententorte, Agnes Bernauer Torte and Baumkuchentorte.

[@septartes]

Sachertorte is from Vienna (Austria). The one you had might not be the original one.

[@synthplayer1563]

Der Nusskranz hat Nougat Füllung. Ich denke das grosse "messy thing" ist Bienenstich. Sehr schwierig zu essen🙂. Das andere ist ein Kirsch Blätterteig-Stück.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Vielen Dank! Auf jeden Fall chaotisch, aber lecker! 😋 Träume immer noch davon! 😍

[@janoshcarpenter6004]

Sachertorte is originated in Vienna, Austria, not in Germany, but it is really popular here for a good reason ;-) cool video

[@martinkasper197]

You should tried these on Kaffee und Kuchen or Kaffeeklatsch - which means a bunch of women talking about the newest gossip while eating cake and drinking coffee...

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

hahaha amazing! The Kaffee and Kuchen hour is such a nice thing. We will have to find some favorite spots to go during that hour :)

[@MegaBorusse1900]

You should try german style Cheesecake, made with Quark. And Spaghetti Eis,a german classic.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Yes! We have been debating doing an entire video just on cheesecake 😋. And yes!! We have been wanting to try the spaghetti Eis and completely forgot! So glad you said that!

[@nicole_russia]

The cake at 8:22 is a "Bienenstich (bee sting) "🥰 #proundtobegerman

[@septartes]

The "nutty" cake probably was walnut torte.

[@winterlinde5395]

If you like the bitter stuff: now is the time for you to try Spargel. The white asparagus!! Fresh from the farmers market or a booth next to the street 😊

[@ginafromcologne9281]

Very nice video! The cake with the heavy filling and glazed almonds was a Bienenstich, one of my favorites. It's easier to eat if you get smaller size and just put it on the side, so you can cut it easily with your fork.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so much!! Yes, we LOVED that one too! We are going to try and get our hands on the special fork for next time! 🤗

[@ginafromcologne9281]

@@CompassChronicleTravels Enjoy! :)

[@dannyf359]

We Germans not eat cake without a cup of coffee not creamer Kranz called frankfurter kranz

[@sytax1]

just to inform you . germany helds the biggest pumpkin festival in the world . and for some of the cakes you tried you need to have whipped cream with it. mostly for the apple onee. just a small remarker for german cake. if its loaded with fruit and have a dry dough as ground a whipped cream should be served as well. oh, and you should inform yourself about pumpkin spice and real pumkin

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

the biggest pumpkin festival in the world?? 😱😱😱 Oh boy, we will definitely have to look for that!! Sounds incredible! ahhhh and whipped cream makes sense so we will try it that way next time. We have actually cooked with real pumpkin before both for some pumpkin breads and cakes (we garden a little bit and actually went through a pumpkin class last year)! It's always so much better fresh!!

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

ill go with everything on the green plate :)

[@franziska_nocturna]

Lübecker Nusstorte and Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte seem to be tragically missing from your selection 😅

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Da fehlt noch erheblich mehr! Streuselkuchen zum Beispiel. Mit und ohne Kirschen im Teig. Die Liste ist schier endlos. Ganz besonders dann, wenn es zu Zwischendingen kommt, wie Granatsplitter und Nougattaler...

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

We will definitely have to do another video with more cakes and sweets with coffee! We grabbed what was at a local bakery but we see there are many more and we'd love to try them ALL! Worked out well because that leaves us room for another tasting haha!

[@mzak5204]

I know this is off topic but I saw mixed European and US wall sockets in the background. Do you guys stay at a hotel or is this something you had custom added to your house?

[@dagmarvarela2689]

I was just watching your cake tasting segment and I had fun seeing once again how Americans rather expect to taste a slight difference on American pastry.. First of all I need to tell you that there is no such thing as pumpking pie (there is no pie period). Whenever we have visitors from Europe and we want to freak them out I have them eat a piece of pumpkin pie and drink root beer (not together). Those are totally odd tastes for them and obviously an aquired taste. German cakes are not "moist and fluffy". They are substantial which you call "dry" and the "icing" is not made with powered sugar but is buttercream. You're right about the nuts being hazelnuts. You really need to havve a sip of coffee between tastings. Cakes are not warmed up nor is butter put on top since most are made with great amounts of unsalted butter.The cake with fruit on top which you called jello is pure raspberry juice made from fresh raspberries just slightly firmed up with something akin to corn starch. The cakes called "Torte" (pronounced "tortah") are layer cakes. Please always use a fork (& knife only if needed) but never your fingers ;-) a cake fork traditionally is smaller and has 3 tines .

[@mariepaul-bc9nu]

Really enjoyed your dessert tasting video! I'm really a chocolate loving person but the last dessert really did look good. And what about spritz cookies on your favorite dessert list?🤔 Looking forward to your next video.😊

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

haha oh Spritz cookies definitely make our short list! And we will definitely have to do a follow up with more sweets from here because there are just too many delicious ones out there not to try them!

[@thibodeaustyle]

Oh my!!! So many desserts!!!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

soooo many sweets! I need to bring the stretch pants next time though 😂

[@kayatwood5183]

Is was fun. It is great trying new things. Favorite dessert is hard. It depends on my mood. But cheesecake is definitely at the top.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you, Kay! Favorite dessert IS hard! Cheesecake is definitely yum! We may do a whole video on that at some point as cheesecake here is supposed to be a bit different (but equally delicious) here!

[@hidden5920]

I am german and tbh i rarely eat cakes. But i like it less sweet and more fruity :) the one cake that is so hard to cut, because of the whipped cream filling is called "bienenstich". Translated into "bee sting" (dont know why) thats my favourite :) or just plain fruit cakes with the "gello coating" :) . Apfelstrudel is mostly heated or slightly warm. thats how you eat it. But i prefere it cold :D keep going on your german food and travel journey :D

[@dietrichengel2149]

If you heat a cake we call it Pizza. 😊

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

oh wow! Hadn't heard that one yet! 💕

[@Alithia451]

´fave desserts: Käsekuchen, Bienenstich, Kaiserschmarr'n

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

ooo definitely adding to our list! I think we possibly tried the Bienenstich here and if so, it was yummy! Can't wait to try the cheesecake here as we hear it's a bit different and we do love cheesecake!

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@CompassChronicleTravels Well... There are significant differences, especially when it comes to cheesecake. We go through the variants, sometimes according to the height. First there is the sheet cheesecake. It's called that because it's baked on a whole baking sheet. The cake itself is barely higher than the edges of the baking sheet and is usually filled with a few raisins. An ideal, relatively simple cake that goes perfectly with coffee, which is why it was customary in my family to serve this cake for breakfast on Sunday mornings as well. Baking tray cakes come in all sorts of variations, such as apple pie, crumble cake, plum cake... And whipped cream is also welcome. Next, is the slightly taller cheesecake, just like you had on your tray. It comes in different heights, from fairly flat to as high as a cake. Mandarins are also often incorporated into the cheese filling. But in contrast to the square baking tray cakes, this cheesecake is always baked on a round tray. And then comes the premier class with the cheese and cream cake. It is always as high as a cake, but has this very fluffy cake dough and is considerably creamier in terms of the consistency of the filling. And of course there are always regional and bakery-specific differences. Craftsmanship, of corse...

[@winterlinde5395]

She thought you will have your extended family over. For Kaffee und Kuchen.

[@dershihaya2263]

you should try a classic cheesecake

[@guinessdraught2758]

lots of stuff to test. I prefer dry cakes like sand, marble or nuts, or a sponge cake topped with fruit, pineapple, cherries, peaches or blueberries and of course a strong coffee. Best regards

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Definitely lots to test! And we are happy to take on that responsibility 😆😆. Next time, I’m bringing coffee!

[@Alithia451]

´Have you ever had Leberkässemmel with sweet mustard, Weißwürste, Obazd`n, and Fleischpflanzerl,?

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

I don't think we have! Should we put it on our list of things to try as well?

[@Alithia451]

@@CompassChronicleTravels only in Munich. ;)

[@dasmaurerle4347]

When it comes to Applecake, i wouldn't want to be the judge. Every fkn country on the planet knows how to make a delicious cake with apples, besides North Korea maybe...

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

haha it seems Apple is very popular in desserts here. I tell you we had an Apple Strudel at a restaurant that sent us straight to heaven. It was SO GOOD!!

[@kittykutze8515]

It's a shame you didn't try the classic "Käsekuchen", the german cheesecake. I think it's the most popular cake in germany

[@Marcus-zb7ov]

For future video ideas.. - trying traditional german dishes -trying vegan options from supermarkets -eating/drinking at a german Biergarten -trying more candy from germany -listen to german music and your impressions

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Thank you so much! We LOVE getting suggestions! We have definitely been wanting to get to a Biergarten soon as that is something we haven't done yet. The weather is starting to get nicer and nicer as well so I think the time is coming soon :)

[@m_amen]

i don't see any "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte". A totaly must have try! And its strawberry time.. where is the strawberry cake with Sahne? last one: Apfeltasche!

[@anna-ranja4573]

Ich vermisse Rharbarber-Baiser- Kuchen oder auch Stachelbeerkuchen. Es ist jetzt die Saison.

[@m_amen]

@@anna-ranja4573 ööööhm... mag ich beides nicht 🙂🙃 muss man auch mögen.. aber wer mag keinen Schwarzwälder Kirsch od. Erdbeer Kuchen ?

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Oh we LOVE strawberries so cue video part 2! haha. We will definitely add these to the list. We need to look for Strawberry things while in season and also get out for Spargel right away here!

[@georgwilliams]

Hallo ,ein schönes Video aber viel Hüftgold.liebe Grüße George ❤

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Hallo George! Vielen Dank und schön, dass Sie hier sind!

[@Marcus-zb7ov]

Cake for days

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

absolutely! 😋

[@peterdonecker6924]

Chocolate-suicide😂 that mass of cake and tartes would feed a Family of 10😂 Keep your couriosity, I like your videos❤

[@peterdonecker6924]

As I live nearby, I would really enjoy to meet you both in person and invite you to a trip to the lovely Taunus area, as there is so much to discover.

[@martinquinn9007]

Cakes look nice but kasee your in Germany take the cap off

[@BigAndTall666]

No hats indoors, exactly, it's insulting!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

haha thank you! he loves his hats! 😂 Trying to remember to take them off indoors. It's so common in the states that it's just going to take a minute to make a habit but he's on it! 😉