Pulnitz gingerbread

Pulnitz gingerbread was born in the town of Pulnitz in Oberlausitz in 1558. On the first weekend of November every year, people always line up in the Pulnitz gingerbread market just to taste this special food. In the Museum Pfefferkuchen in Haus des Gastes, visitors can experience the traditional baking process at any time, and even bake gingerbread by themselves.

Lubeck almond candy

At Niederegger Marzipan-Salon in Lubeck, you can learn more about the origin of almond candy in the East hundreds of years ago and its long history of becoming famous in this Hanseatic city. Although Lubeck people didn't invent almond candy, it was their improvement and pursuit that made this dessert more perfect and accepted by the world.

Gaerthe Heim Chocolate Workshop

Chocolate with various flavors and shapes is an eye-opener: ginger, pepper, orange honey, Canadian cranberry, whiskey or green tea. Don't forget to try the "Brückentrüffel" (Truffle Chocolate Bridge), because Gaerthe Heim Chocolate Factory was built in the most famous landmark building in Erfurt -Kr? Merbrücke (Kramer Bridge).

Franken Snowball

Franken Snowball is also called Storchennester. People used to carefully cook this round pastry made of dough only on special festivals. Now, Franken snowballs are sold in the bakery around Rothenberg Obder Tauber all year round. It is said that Xiaobian also introduced this when introducing Rottenberg, which is so sweet!

Frankfurt Cake Circle

Frankfurt Cake Circle refers to a ring-shaped multi-layer butter cake, including a soft cake bottom, a Viennese cake layer or a sponge cake layer, which embodies the glory of the crowned city of Frankfurt. Its appearance is like a round crown, the almond sugar sprinkled on the cake echoes the noble golden color, and the red cherry used for ornament represents the ruby that adorns the crown. This kind of cake was first mentioned in 1735. To this day, it is still one of the indispensable desserts in every Frankfurt cafe.

Christmas Preserved Cake

Dresden Christmas Preserved Cake: For hundreds of years, bakers and candy stores in Dresden have been committed to protecting the cake baking tradition here. Although the basic raw materials for making Dresden preserved fruit cakes were clearly stipulated hundreds of years ago, nearly 13 bakeries and candy stores in Dresden still have their own secret recipes. Dresden Christmas cake is made only in Dresden and its surrounding areas. People can tell whether the Christmas preserved cake they bought is authentic by the quality mark.

pretzels

In Germany, bread and pretzels make up all the baked goods. The birth of pretzels is accompanied by countless legends. According to one of the stories, pretzels in the Schwaben area appeared in Bad Urach (Badurach) on the edge of the Schwaben Mountains 5 years ago. In the Duke's manor there, a baker lost the favor of the Duke and waited for the death penalty. The duke gave him one last chance to make a snack before the sun rose for the third time. In the end, this painstaking work that saved the baker's life was Brezel pretzel. For more interesting stories, you can go to the Museum der Brotkultur in Ulm.

Stump Cake

This kind of cake looks like a stump, hence its name. The real stump cake comes from the old market in Salzwedel (Salz Vedel) and is the most famous local specialty. This kind of cake has a baking history of more than 2 years. When eating, it is usually not divided into small pieces like ordinary round cakes, but the cakes are cut into small crescent shapes. In this way, we can see the ring structure in the cake more clearly.