I have not baked anything from this book yet but I am quite looking forward to it. I ordered both this book, which is a 2010 publication, and the 2003 edition as I wasn't sure what the difference was. They are almost identical,but the 2010 seem to have been adapted for international use and otherwise (some recipes improved/omitted, changed quantities etc), so I kept this and sent back the 2003 edition.
A recipe per page with a photo for each recipe, which is very helpful, beautiful looking cakes. Evident translation from German, awkward at times but harmless. However in some recipes I noticed it is quite unclear what the instructions are. I hope to be able to get past this when baking!
A very nice collection of beautiful cakes made a bit differently to the way I am used to and some new fresh cake ideas, which makes it even more interesting and exactly what I had been looking for.
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The book is organised by the type of pastry: Sponge, All in one sponge, shortcrust pastry, yeast dough, fatless sponge, quark & oil dough, choux pastry, strudel & puff pastry, meringue confections, deep fried pastry, cold tortes, Christmas and bread & rolls.
Recipes include: (google to see the pictures of the cakes with German names)
Frankfurt Crown, Sachertorte, Apple Cake Very Delicate, Mole Cake "Maulwurtftorte" (light choc sponge which is hollowed in the centre to be filled with bananas, cherries and cream and then covered with the crumbs of the hollowed out bit), Lemon Quark Cream Torte, Gooseberry Meringue, Lemon Cake, Layered Cake "Baumkuchen" (not the typical layer cake you'd expect), Cheesecake with Mixed Fruit, "Donauwellen" - Danuabe Waves Cake, Egg Liqueur Cake, Nut Twists, many tyoes of biscuits, Covered Apple Cake, Plum Cake with a Double Base, Cider Cake Slices, Redcurrant Merringue Cake, Linzer Torte, Freisian Crumble Tart, Choc Cheesecake "Russischer Zupfkuchen", Silesian Poppyseed Tart "Schelesische Mohntorte", Engadine Walnut Tart, Sophisticated Kugelhopf Cake, Apple Turnovers, Plaited Brioch Loaf, Thuringian Crumble Cake "Streuselkuchen Aus Thuringer", Almomd Coated Yeast Cake,Eirschecke Egg Custard Cake, Onion Slices, Black Forest Gateau, Cappucino Cream Torte, Butter Cream Torte, Mandarin Quark Slices, Yoghurt Slices, Cheese & Ham Croissants, Flockentorte - Layered Choux Pastry Cake, Viennese Apple Strudel, Topfenstrudel Quark Strudel,Dutch Cherry Cake, Fried Egg Nests (apricot on puff pastry),Berliners doughnuts, Eberswalder Piped Pastries, Almonds Nuggets, Quick Craem Cheese Cake, Whipped cream cheesecake with nougat, Lime Sqaures, Kalter Hund / Cold Dog Pudding, Vanilla Crescents, Cinnamon Stars,German xmas cookies, choc hazelnut bars, Gingerbread House Cake (looks good for kids), Honey Cake, Christmas Stollen, Sunflower SEED rOLLS, Sweet Poppy& Sesame Seed Croissants, Rye Bread with Pumpkin Seed, Plaited spelt loaf with pumpkin seed, White bread, Carrot bread,