The German people's love for coffee and cake explained | Germany In A Nutshell

When it comes to classic cakes from Germany, most people immediately think of the iconic Black Forest cake. But did you know that Germany has a rich tradition of "coffee & cake" culture that dates back centuries? So, what other delectable cakes do Germans indulge in, and how are these sugar-laden treats made healthier without sacrificing flavor?
In our newest episode of "Germany In A Nutshell," Euromaxx reporter Hannah Hummel takes you on a mouth-watering journey through Germany's diverse cake culture.
#Cake #Cakes #blackforestcake
00:00 Grab a Fork!
00:19 Traditional German Cakes - The 101
02:08 Very Brief History of Coffee and Cake
02:41 German Cake-Related Vocab
03:21 Deep Dive: Vegan Café in Berlin
Special thanks to:
Morena Hajer from Frau Behrens Torten
Kaffeehaus Sowohl Als Auch
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CREDITS
Report: Hannah Hummel, Shaheen Welling
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Edit: Neven Hillebrands
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[@jassidoe]

You are right, grandma's cake is the best :D my grandma used to make the best Frankfurter Kranz I've ever had and probably ever will. The whole village ordered her cake when there was a special occasion in their family. So delicious 🥰

[@Medley3000]

In my family, it was my mother's orange cake. She sometimes baked three pieces at the same time. More was not possible in the oven. 🥧 😊

[@fermintenava5911]

One of my favourite cakes is bee sting with cream, or strawberry fruit cake and eggnog cake. Also gotta love moss cream cake - it's dark cocoa dough with cream, sprinkled with coffee-powder that takes on a nice green colour after a while.

[@chuck1728]

Hannah Hummel has an amazing accent, both English and German. To me it is like singing!

[@omarhamid3638]

Yummy! 😋😋😋 This looks amazing. I love the coffee and cake culture in Germany and even had a Black Forest inspired ice cream sundae in Berlin 😍 It was amazing. Can’t wait to go back and those cakes in the video, cheesecake etc. all looked fantastic. I’d definitely try the Frankfurter Kranz next ☺️👏👍

[@cocoaorange1]

Very informative video. Especially the history of the dessert fork.

[@dweuromaxx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@timm9631]

My absolute favorite cake/torte of all time is Schwarzwälderkirschtorte. Soooo lecker!

[@yurakennardokusnar5792]

My favourite one is and always will be Streuselkuchen nom nom nom

[@TracyD2]

I want them all!

[@BigC8675]

Not a cake but my great grandmother made Springerle cookies.

[@pkorobase]

Nice video. You could have layed the famous german pop song "Aber bitte mit Sahne" under it by Udo Juergens. 😄

[@paulsj9245]

A valuable intro to "Kaffee und Kuchen" - sometimes dreaded because aunts and grandmas had their very special talk subjects... My favourite cake is Prummetaat - ohne Zucker! (tarte des prunes - o Napoleon ("French period" in the Rhineland))

[@sarahmann4753]

Prummetaat ist auch einfach herrlich. Freue mich immer wenn es endlich wieder soweit ist 😋

[@Jan96106]

Ohne Zucker? Is that because the prunes are so sweet?

[@paulsj9245]

@@Jan96106 Nope ;) Usually, people sprinkle sugar on top, but without that, I find it deliciously sour (but the dough is a sweet base)!

[@johndee759]

Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

[@svenhunsanger8353]

My Grandma always had "Streuselkuchen"🤩😍

[@Jaxxex]

Schneewittchenkuchen/Donauwelle is by far the best

[@Crisslybaer]

True

[@sabineworner5202]

Bienenstich, Schokosahne, Erdbeersahne.....🍰🍰🍰

[@salvatorebernardo2776]

Living in Germany since 3 years and at first I was bamboozled on the idea that a "normal lunch" would be soup and cake. But then it grew on me this tradition

[@holger_p]

I'm bamboozled with your statement. Cause "soup and cake" might be the American or French version, having cake as desert. The german tradition is, to separate this into two meals. Cake is no desert in any way , unless they try to mimic american tradition.

[@christianedoeur9394]

@holger - don't quite agree with you there - soup and cake in Southern Germany is indeed one whole - simple and delicious - (lunchtime) meal, e.g. potato soup and plum tart, potato soup and Apple fritters, etc. Gets eaten together. Can't speak for the Northern German eating traditons...... I am 74 years now (German), and my grandmother cooked it a lot, delicious- but yes, it might sound strange to a newcomer in Germany, on the other hand, in the North they have their 'sweet' soups, maybe adapted from the sweet main courses from Sweden??? 😂😅

[@holger_p]

@@christianedoeur9394 I was talking about deserts (two courses), not sweet meals. That's more something like Kompott or Pudding. And the extra afternoon cake meal. In contradiction, since the other nations don't have the afternoon meal, their only chance to have cake is desert time. So they have it only after lunch or dinner, which for Germans is still an exception, even if you have examples. I have heared, a bakery in Germany is producing the cakes for Germany bigger than for France, cause Germans have bigger servings (cause it's a meal 4 hours after lunch), and for French it's a small desert.

[@christianedoeur9394]

@Holger - I believe you misunderstood me completely?.... the meal I indicated is a main meal, consisting of soup, accompanying a sweet dish. I.e. the plum tart - at the same time..... which is a bit unusual......

[@johndee759]

Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

[@DJone4one]

my Favourite is the butter cake. My sister in Law make every Christmas Time for me the best butter cake. ahhhh

[@johnpluta1768]

I'm from Pennsylvania in the south-central region. I've always like to learn about culinary customs including in Germany

[@codgamer]

I love this channel! and I think I will love life in Germany, I love cake, bread and football.

[@antigonemcdermott4514]

In my experience, eating candy or cookies isn't as popular in Germany as it is for example in the USA. Because people don't eat that many sweets throughout the week, eating cake and coffee on Sundays is regarded as a special treat/tradition for enjoyment of the weekend. I regard Berlin as the best place in Germany to enjoy cake and coffee culture, all regional specialties can be found in the city. My favourite is Krunzkuchen with Marzipan almond paste and raisins; my other favourites are Mohnkuchen & Beinstich. I recommend all of them, particularly from a Naturkost or KaDeWa.

[@holger_p]

Yes, it's less snacking around, but more sitting down as a meal and social event.

[@alianalia]

I don‘t know Rachel but I think Hannah is very nice reporter

[@dweuromaxx]

We agree! :)

[@julianosvonskingrad7009]

My coworkers always wonder why I dont drink coffee in the morning but always around 16 o'clock (often with a piece of cake, if I manage to get one). Well, I grew up on the farm of my uncle. And coffee and cake, usually around 4 p.m., is something very, very common on the farms and ranches in Schleswig-Holstein. I simply grew up with it.

[@scottleespence752]

It is not necessarily a German cake, but I love my mother's Carrot Cake recipe😋

[@gmarquardt1]

Mein allerliebster deutscher Kuchen ist der, den ich gerade esse!

[@johnofdebar4071]

I love creamy stuff and Schwarzwälder and Bienenstich are understandably on the top of my list. However, my favorite German desert is an exception from this rule and that is Streuselkuchen. I've never found something similar in other countries on the continent, I would classify this as the most typical German desert, and again, it so happens to be my favorite.

[@dweuromaxx]

Thanks for sharing!

[@liqiz1755]

Nice.

[@pawelibertines88]

what is the name of the backery/patisserie you have visited in the beginning?

[@andresocchiuzzi3823]

Apfel strudel!!😛😛😛

[@jeffsiegwart]

With that much cake laying around, Germans can have cake and eat it too.

[@alkoyyy]

That's probably why I never understood that expression!

[@HerraTulitikku]

I would like to see a story about Berliner-Kreppel-Krapfen-Pfannkuchen.

[@Bellasie1]

Great idea!

[@coolalvin2]

Coffee and Cake after lunch was a lot when I was growing up,

[@holger_p]

You have to skip this "after lunch" idea. It's "in the afternoon". 3 hours after lunch. When you start to feel little hungry again.

[@GabrielDalMaso]

Cake and coffee is also big in southern Brazil because of the large German/Austrian communities that moved there in the 19th century.

Love

[@giseiitb]

halfway through the video and I realize it was bad idea to watch this video while Ramadan fasting 🤤

[@bijaysitaula7006]

My favorite is Rich Chocolate Vegan cake.

[@cocoaorange1]

I made a yummy vegan chocolate cake recently. Back in the day, they were calked"Depression" cakes.

[@andrzejek6136]

🎂 guten Appetit

[@kscptv]

Hannah, 16 Uhr für Kaffee und Kuchen in the Buchholz Familie. 😅😊😂 Apfelkuchen, Marmorkuchen, und Gugelhupf sehr lecker 😋

[@kevmar2567]

I would die and go to heaven if I tried any of these.

[@daniel98003]

Where is Rachel?

[@dweuromaxx]

We know you love Rachel, but we do have other (lovely) reporters 😁

[@kawsarkhan3428]

@@dweuromaxx We love other (lovely) reporters, but they are not Rachel. Where is Rachel?

[@cogitoergosum9129]

​@@dweuromaxx where is Rachel?

[@GeneRauXxX]

Ahhhhh, I miss you Rachel.

[@catherinemunster9621]

I miss Rachel! Please bring her back.

[@BillyTempleton-th5is]

Take me in your next cakeventure please!

[@user-yu4hf2by7t]

❤

[@holger_p]

Once I had a big discussion with Canadians, who did not expect me to categorize an apple pie as cake. We could find common ground on Strudel. But it's an underestimated false friend, to translate Kuchen with cake or vice versa. And what the french call a tarte, is a pie in English, but not Torte in German. Only common thing: it's round. Now what about Blechkuchen ? People are lost.

[@justmeonthebeach]

Yeah... Germany really got the best cakes 🍰😋

[@ritukhadka2847]

how can we get birthday cake?

[@Han_Ngoc_Quang]

Good cakes

[@silkyh]

Käsekuchen und Käsesahne für mich 😁

[@shailasingh5684]

Wow luv Germany and German language and my plum cake.si.ply luv to go to Germany.

[@yoganector6859]

😍☕️🍰

[@SoCalFreelance]

🍰😍😋🤤

[@zokon53]

Frau Behrens!

[@markusberndkrause2858]

All cakes especially with cherries or apples.

[@pixydixy6838]

Hannah Hummel, as a man I fell in love with you !!

[@frogmouth]

Streusel or Apfelkuchen

[@daddy4043]

Enid / Florence lights 💡

[@dand_a_n]

🎧 Kaffee und Kuchen

[@c0d3_m0nk3y]

3:22 If you think there is too much sugar in German cakes, don't try American cakes ;)

[@joseph40ninjas88]

Serious YUM🥮

[@BSGSV]

I need to move to Germany.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Käsesahne 🥰

[@erikflemming9421]

Very Good German 👍👍👍

[@Tommusix]

Oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh

[@andrelopez2514]

the vegan place looks so tasty :Q____________

[@amrimi8371]

You forgot Dresdner Stollen.

[@daddy4043]

Inter (midnapore) new colours awaited after mono noted

[@jaideep1404]

Plum cake

[@bharath19b]

Bajji and tea

[@axelk4921]

Selbst gemachter Baumkuchen von meiner OMA in der DDR.....! Leider nur 2 mal im Jahr wenn meine Oma ein Visum in den Westen zum Besuch bekam, weil meine Verwandten im " Grenzsperrbezirk" lebten wo noch nicht mal "Normale" DDR Bürger hinfahren durften

[@andreyiwanov8534]

Tall elk 54

[@bentekk3876]

Donauwelle ftw

[@A_blvck]

Mandel Bienenstich Torte

[@chrisolson3240]

Tomorrow is German Pancake with strawberries and cream at Pancake house owned by a German family. I will see if they have any German Cake, you've made have a sweet tooth!

[@is50]

thank you for the information, but please don't let the reporter overacting like that

[@Hansaman58]

My favorite German cake is Black Forest Cherry Cake but my favorite cake of all time is “German “ Chocolate cake which is not German and was invented in Texas.

[@yahyaky9854]

Coffee came originally from Arabia then moved to ottman and then the Ottmann passed it to European through Austria. What you call it as Turkish coffee is basically Arabic Coffee. and the German cake still far away from the French one.

[@user-nz3yw6yk6y]

I wish the presenter would say the name of the cake in German and then what it is on English. It loses something in the translation for this cultural tradition.

[@flashdemon]

I thought germans drank beer only

[@seribaek402]

I like this reporter. What's wrong with her?

[@bipinshahi9830]

I am a vegan ma'am and i have heard they use eggs to make cakes, Thank you!

[@thomasschumacher5362]

I've heard they use vegans for absolutely nothing deeming them unfit for any use

[@HelloOnepiece]

Have nothing against vegan cakes, but I am sure exchanging butter with coconut milk or oil wont make is less unhealthy for the consumer,

[@thomasschumacher5362]

It's not about health it's all about feeling morally superior

[@yourlocalraven489]

I don’t like vegans. They don’t even have a proper diet-

[@user-uh6yl8rs5h]

Alive head 12

[@johndee759]

Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

[@bidiasmarc1394]

You have german grandparents that means ur not fully a foreigner. Sie haben deutsche verwandte

[@holger_p]

No, this just explains why a foreigner has special sources of knowledge or a special interest for a topic. I deny to consider Donald Trump or Queen Elisbath as German. They have a relation, that's it.

[@johndee759]

Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

[@ardiris2715]

Is meatloaf a cake? (:

[@speedflash9504]

I love german bread but their cakes are not refined!!!

[@thomasschumacher5362]

You really have no idea

[@holger_p]

That's the attribute of "home cooking", and having it daily. Take 5 ingredients, produce something in 20minutes + baking time. Of course french patisserie is "more refined" but for no purpose and nobody is doing it at home. The worst are the americans, if they talk about cake, they don't care about baking at all. It's a nightmare of sugar, called Fondant decorated by crazy people - but not bakers.

[@speedflash9504]

@@thomasschumacher5362 Buddy you should travel the world a bit more and stop staying at your mummys home!!!

[@johndee759]

Oh no! Cake in Germany has be served upright. Sonst gibt’s sieben Jahre schle …

[@MariAmmaSar]

Sugar is POISON. Thus says the Lord your God Lord Shiva. Om Namaha.

[@marcromain64]

"All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison" said our good Doctor Paracelsus. Wohl bekomm's!

[@holger_p]

Addiction comes from the combination of fat + sugar. It's easy to separate, especially in German cakes. Either you make a dough without fat, like brioche, or you reduce the sugar and take fruits only. The only combination are crumbs, but they are used in small quantities, just for the crunch and the caramel taste.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Zwingt Dich ja keiner Kuchen zu essen.

[@sarahmichael270244]

just because they are vegan, doesn't mean, that they are more healthy! They have much sugar and fat etc inside.

[@RockmanX3]

uhm you told something wrong. its not a ritual here in germany, a sunday can be complete without it and its not always on 03:40 pm because here in germany we eat cake and pie when we want to and its NOT a tradition. and Cake is "Torte" in german and Pie is "kuchen" in german. so syou should research better before saying something is fact.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Eh?

[@hellolulu-ee2yy]

I think germans should stick only to cars ✨

[@sisuguillam5109]

You okay?

[@sarasalam6571]

The cakes here are not good. Definitely not like Austrian or French pastries which are yum!

[@sisuguillam5109]

You mean cakea in places that share a lot of baking traditions with Germany? What?

[@markaudley-thewles5920]

Hellishly annoying woman 😮

[@dweuromaxx]

Sorry about that Mark

[@Nizarh139]

Think, så well educated society like Germany and they react like other uneducated society. German society is så aggressive not really tolerated people. If you doubt, try speaking English in front of a German.

[@burkardhanis]

schade, vegan ist nicht sehr gut....luete sind omnivore ich mag Herrentorte!

[@bastian6625]

🙄🤦‍♂

[@NguyenKhanh-12]

Subscribed this channel to see my crush, Hannah

[@oliverschmidt1988]

Where is Rachel ?

[@andreyiwanov8534]

Tall elk 54