Kuchen

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Kuchen. Kuchen definition is any of various coffee cakes made from sweet yeast dough. These freeze very well and can be stacked two to a package with waxed paper between. The sugar might possibly be replaced by honey or even in cakes directed to diabetic people or people on a. All that said the prototypical kuchen is a fairly large sweet pastry similar to the english cake.

The german word for cake is used in other languages as the name for several different types of savory or sweet desserts pastries and gateaux most kuchen have eggs flour and sugar as common ingredients while also but not always including some fat. This is a german coffee cake that was handed down from my grandmother. Kuchen definition a yeast raised coffeecake often containing fruit. Any of various cakes especially a coffeecake containing fruit.

N a breadlike cake containing apple nuts and sugar originating in germany n. And while most kuchen have pieces cut from them the northern german schmalzkuchen are bite sized. Similarly most kuchen are made of flour but reibekuchen are made of potatoes.