Why does cheesecake in Germany taste SO different (and better?) 🙈
As an indian in Germany living here since 5 yrs and I have to say… I think I’m officially obsessed with German cheesecake. Any other traditional cakes you want me to try?
It’s probably the ready access to quark in germany.
Potential-Dance388 on
Traditional German Cheese Cake use “Quark”, a diary product easy to get in Germany and a little bit diffrent as “Topfen” in Austria but not very popular somewhere else.
It’s because it is made of “Quark”, a soft cheese variant that does not exist outside of the German-speaking countries, and parts of Eastern Europe. Quark is not as sour as the soft cheese usually used in other parts of the world, and more creamy.
Panzermensch911 on
Quark. Magic ingredient.
shaunaknn on
I like strawberry cake, aka Erdbeerkuchen
SatisfactionEven508 on
Because we managed to engineer everything out of a cow that is humanly possible and we use different creations for different things.
We often don’t use cream cheese to make cheesecake, we use Quark. We also make it less sweet. The bottom of a german cheese cake is often non-existent or – according to Google translate – shortcrust pasty (as opposed to cookie crumbles with butter).
To me, an american cheesecake tastes like sweetened cream cheese that would be a great bread spread. German cheese cake tastes nothing like cream cheese usually.
guy_incognito_360 on
Because we traditionally use Quark instead of cream cheese, which is a different product. Though today many people also use american cheese cake recipes, which use cream cheese. The one in the pic looks more like american.
Also, the dough is usually different. Germany traditionally uses a normal cake dough, americans something more like cookie crumble dough.
Thirdly, our recipe is usually very simple. Mostly sugar and Quark. No lemon or other additional favors.
And finally, if you like cheese cake, you might enjoy an other version: Zupfkuchen. Very common and also very nice. Same principle, but with added chocolate dough.
RunZombieBabe on
Magerquark
Vannnnah on
German cheese cake is an actually baked cake with several ingredients, with quark being the biggest, and not cream cheese mixed with sugar on top of ready made cookie crumbs, which is the definition of cheese cake in many other countries.
What you should try if you haven’t already: Franzbrötchen, Bienenstich and Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
Daddy_Smurf30 on
It’s made with Quark, not cream cheese
burn_bright_captain on
You should try Zupfkuchen next. It’s also is a Quark based cake, like cheesecake but with chocolate.
FloStar3000 on
because German cheese cake is not “cheese cake”
pclabhardware on
Bienenstich, Frankfurter Kranz, Donauwelle, gedeckter Apfelkuchen are my other German cake favorites.
Search for a Konditorei near you – usually they have the widest selection of cakes.
Aware_Background_505 on
Because it is not a Cheesecake, it is Käsekuchen 🙂 It is another universe. Made not of cream cheese, but Quark. There are many sorts of Käsekuchen, but they are all great. If you go to Austria, you will find even more. But it is called there Topfenkuchen. My favorite one is with Mohn.
Silencer222 on
Bienenstich, best cake to ever exist
Havco on
Try Streuselkuchen with Apple, blueberry or Cherry, Sacher also good. Warm Apfelstrudel wot vanilla sauce is great but for me without raisin.
blazarious on
Cheesecake and Käsekuchen aren’t the same thing. You can get cheesecake here as well. I like them both.
Neutronst4r on
I bake a lot of cheesecake. The picture you posted looks like a cheesecake made with cream cheese and not “quark” like others suggested. This is also sometimes called “New York Style” and is not the traditional German kind.
It also looks like it is very well made using a water bath, while being baked. You can tell by the very even texture.
DerGuteReis on
Hans get ze Magerquark!
Spirited_Bear2760 on
German here:
Many of us, who had a really well made American cheese cake don’t go back to the dull German Käsekuchen.
I guess the grass is always greener on the other side. 😅
VanillaSilver_92 on
I am glad you like it!
If you want to try some other German classics, try:
Bienenstich
Donauwelle
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
trikster2 on
German cheesecake: Great for folks that don’t like cheese.
bimpo1985 on
Don’t know whether quark was mentioned already, but it’s because quark
ElectronicBenefit286 on
Lemon and quark
Living-Ask7828 on
Better than a NY cheesecake? I’ve never ever ever heard anyone say this. Perhaps you’ve never actually had a NY cheesecake? I find German Käsekuchen to be extremely bland. Quark simply has very little flavor.
Yberfall on
Quark
Tasty_Pride_4370 on
Schwarzwälder Kirsch 👍
Dila_Ila16 on
I was in Germany, originally from Mauritius (I’m back to Mauritius again as I didn’t get a job/work visa after my studies). And I must say my favorite was and still is Bienenstich. Then the strawberry cakes! Maybe had cheesecakes once or twice and those too were good, but, I was obsessed with the strawberry cake and the Bienenstich!!
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YES TRUE 💖💖💖
It’s probably the ready access to quark in germany.
Traditional German Cheese Cake use “Quark”, a diary product easy to get in Germany and a little bit diffrent as “Topfen” in Austria but not very popular somewhere else.
Maybe it’s the [quark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(dairy_product))? It’s commonly used in central and eastern European cuisine, but rare in other places.
Try “Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte” or “Bienenstich”
It’s because it is made of “Quark”, a soft cheese variant that does not exist outside of the German-speaking countries, and parts of Eastern Europe. Quark is not as sour as the soft cheese usually used in other parts of the world, and more creamy.
Quark. Magic ingredient.
I like strawberry cake, aka Erdbeerkuchen
Because we managed to engineer everything out of a cow that is humanly possible and we use different creations for different things.
We often don’t use cream cheese to make cheesecake, we use Quark. We also make it less sweet. The bottom of a german cheese cake is often non-existent or – according to Google translate – shortcrust pasty (as opposed to cookie crumbles with butter).
To me, an american cheesecake tastes like sweetened cream cheese that would be a great bread spread. German cheese cake tastes nothing like cream cheese usually.
Because we traditionally use Quark instead of cream cheese, which is a different product. Though today many people also use american cheese cake recipes, which use cream cheese. The one in the pic looks more like american.
Also, the dough is usually different. Germany traditionally uses a normal cake dough, americans something more like cookie crumble dough.
Thirdly, our recipe is usually very simple. Mostly sugar and Quark. No lemon or other additional favors.
And finally, if you like cheese cake, you might enjoy an other version: Zupfkuchen. Very common and also very nice. Same principle, but with added chocolate dough.
Magerquark
German cheese cake is an actually baked cake with several ingredients, with quark being the biggest, and not cream cheese mixed with sugar on top of ready made cookie crumbs, which is the definition of cheese cake in many other countries.
What you should try if you haven’t already: Franzbrötchen, Bienenstich and Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
It’s made with Quark, not cream cheese
You should try Zupfkuchen next. It’s also is a Quark based cake, like cheesecake but with chocolate.
because German cheese cake is not “cheese cake”
Bienenstich, Frankfurter Kranz, Donauwelle, gedeckter Apfelkuchen are my other German cake favorites.
Search for a Konditorei near you – usually they have the widest selection of cakes.
Because it is not a Cheesecake, it is Käsekuchen 🙂 It is another universe. Made not of cream cheese, but Quark. There are many sorts of Käsekuchen, but they are all great. If you go to Austria, you will find even more. But it is called there Topfenkuchen. My favorite one is with Mohn.
Bienenstich, best cake to ever exist
Try Streuselkuchen with Apple, blueberry or Cherry, Sacher also good. Warm Apfelstrudel wot vanilla sauce is great but for me without raisin.
Cheesecake and Käsekuchen aren’t the same thing. You can get cheesecake here as well. I like them both.
I bake a lot of cheesecake. The picture you posted looks like a cheesecake made with cream cheese and not “quark” like others suggested. This is also sometimes called “New York Style” and is not the traditional German kind.
It also looks like it is very well made using a water bath, while being baked. You can tell by the very even texture.
Hans get ze Magerquark!
German here:
Many of us, who had a really well made American cheese cake don’t go back to the dull German Käsekuchen.
I guess the grass is always greener on the other side. 😅
I am glad you like it!
If you want to try some other German classics, try:
Bienenstich
Donauwelle
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
German cheesecake: Great for folks that don’t like cheese.
Don’t know whether quark was mentioned already, but it’s because quark
Lemon and quark
Better than a NY cheesecake? I’ve never ever ever heard anyone say this. Perhaps you’ve never actually had a NY cheesecake? I find German Käsekuchen to be extremely bland. Quark simply has very little flavor.
Quark
Schwarzwälder Kirsch 👍
I was in Germany, originally from Mauritius (I’m back to Mauritius again as I didn’t get a job/work visa after my studies). And I must say my favorite was and still is Bienenstich. Then the strawberry cakes! Maybe had cheesecakes once or twice and those too were good, but, I was obsessed with the strawberry cake and the Bienenstich!!