Classic German Baking by Luisa Weiss: 9781607748250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books (2024)

“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 appreciationto the sometimes complicated recipes. It’s just the right sensibility, and it makes for a cookbook that’snot 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“InClassic 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

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

SCHWARZWÄLDER KIRSCHTORTE 123
Black Forest Cake

MOHNTORTE 126
Flourless Poppy-Seed Torte

SACHERTORTE 128
Glazed Chocolate Torte

NUSSTORTE VON HAMMERSTEIN 132
Glazed Hazelnut Torte

LINZERTORTE 134
Spiced Almond Jam Tart

TRÄUBELESTORTE 136
Redcurrant Meringue Torte

PFLAUMENSTRUDEL 138
Plum Strudel

APFELSTRUDEL 141
Apple Strudel

TOPFENSTRUDEL 145

SAVORIES 148

SÜDDEUTSCHE LAUCHTORTE 150
Creamy Leek Tart

PETERLINGSKUCHEN 151
Swabian Parsley Cake

ZWIEBELKUCHEN 152
Savory Onion Cake

GRÜNER KUCHEN 154
Savory Green Onion and Bacon Cake

SALZEKUCHEN 156
Hessian Potato Cake

HERZHAFTER KÄSEKUCHEN 158
Savory Cheesecake

KARTOFFELSTRUDEL 161
Potato Strudel

KRAUTSTRUDEL 163
Cabbage Strudel

KARTOFFEL-KÄSE DINNEDE 166
Swabian Potato-Cheese Flat Bread

SPECK-WALNUSS GUGELHUPF 168
Bacon-Walnut Gugelhupf

BREADS AND ROLLS 170

BRÖTCHEN 172
Classic Breakfast Rolls

MOHNHÖRNCHEN 175
Poppy-Seed Crescent Rolls

SEELEN 177
Swabian Spelt Caraway Rolls

HEISSWECKEN 179
Raisin-Spice Buns

ROGGENBRÖTCHEN 182
Rye Rolls

ROSINENBRÖTCHEN 184
Whole Wheat Raisin Buns

KÄSE-KÜMMEL-BRÖTCHEN 186
Caraway-Cheese Rye Rolls

QUARKBRÖTCHEN 188
Sweet Quark Rolls

QUARK-OSTERHASEN 190
Soft Quark Bunny Rolls

SCHWARZWÄLDER KARTOFFELBRÖTCHEN 192
Potato Rolls with Bacon and Caraway

BREZELN 194
Soft Pretzels

FRANZBRÖTCHEN 197
Cinnamon-Sugar Buns

ROSINENSCHNECKEN 202
Raisin-Frangipane Spiral Buns

BREMER KÜRBISBROT 204
Roasted Squash Bread

AACHENER POSCHWECK 206
Easter Bread with Raisins and Sugar Cubes

SCHWEIZER ZOPF 209
Swiss Braid

ROSINENZOPF 213
Sweet Raisin Bread

CHRISTMAS FAVORITES 216

LEBKUCHEN 218
Old-Fashioned German Gingerbread

ELISENLEBKUCHEN 220
Glazed Flourless Nuremberg Lebkuchen

HONIGLEBKUCHEN 222
Honeyed Lebkuchen Squares with Caramelized Almonds

LEBKUCHEN-POWIDLTATSCHKERLN 224
Plum-Filled Gingerbread Pockets

BIBERLE 226
Gingerbread Almond Nuggets

PFEFFERNÜSSE 228
Iced Spice Cookies

BASLER LECKERLI 229
Swiss Spice Squares

SPRINGERLE 231
Swabian Anise Cookies

SPEKULATIUS 234
Almond Spice Cookies

BETHMÄNNCHEN 236
Almond Domes

ZEDERNBROT 237
Lemon-Almond Crescent Cookies

NUSSSTANGEN 238
Hazelnut-Almond Batons

ZIMTSTERNE 241
Cinnamon-Almond Meringue Stars

MAKRONENSCHNITTEN 242
Walnut Macaroon Slices with Jam

BASLER BRUNSLI 243
Swiss Almond-Chocolate Cookies

HASELNUSS-HIMBEER MAKRONEN 244
Hazelnut-Raspberry Macaroons

WEIHNACHTSPLÄTZCHEN 246
Simple Christmas Cookies

VANILLEKIPFERL 248
Melting Vanilla-Almond Crescents

GEFÜLLTE ORANGENTALER 249
Candied Orange Sandwich Cookies

FRÜCHTEBROT 250
Austrian Fruit Bread

CHRISTBROT 252
Sweet Christmas Bread

QUARKSTOLLEN 256
Quark-Almond Sweet Bread

STOLLENKONFEKT 257
Bite-Size Stollen

BAUMKUCHEN 259
Chocolate-Glazed Tree Cake

BASICS 262

QUARK 264
Sour Fresh Cheese

MARZIPANROHMASSE 264
Almond Paste

PFLAUMENMUS 265
Spiced Plum Butter

LEBKUCHENGEWÜRZ 265
Lebkuchen Spice Mix

STREUSEL 266
Basic Streusel

MANDELSTREUSEL 266
Almond Streusel

VANILLEZUCKER 267
Vanilla Sugar

SCHLAGSAHNE 267
Lightly Sweetened Whipped Cream