In the eastern German state of Sachsen-Anhalt there is a very distinctive dessert called a Baumkuchen. It looks like a small piece of tree stump. When you cut it horizontally, it has a beautiful and unique pattern of annual rings inside. It's easy to imagine where the name comes from.

The ingredients of the cake are similar to those of a regular cake, but they are flour, eggs, semolina, sugar and vanilla, cinnamon, rum, lemon powder and cloves. The reason why this cake is so expensive is that the process of making it is extremely tedious. A special baking device is used to make the cake, which is an iron bar that rests on the fire and rotates continuously. Underneath the bar is a burning flame. The baker prepares the cake and slowly pours it onto the iron bar to form a thin crust. Only after the crust is baked can a second layer of cake mix be poured. It takes a very long time to make a cake with one layer after another. Finally, the outer layer of the cake is topped with a chocolate sauce, and the cake is ready when it has cooled. There are several types of chocolate sauces, including brown cream chocolate, white white chocolate, and dark brown vanilla chocolate, but there are also cakes that are made with a straight white sugar sauce. The real handmade cake has irregular edges, and the thickness of the cake is not uniform. This is the most delicious type of cake, and you can only get a chance to taste it at certain cake stores (konditorei). Very few people make the year round cake by hand nowadays, the mass production of modern machines has replaced manual labor. Only some old-fashioned cake makers still make their own cakes, and their business is of course very good. The cake has a unique image and a fluffy, sweet texture, which is a real treat with a cup of rich coffee.

A brief introduction, I hope to help you.