RECIPES

We are excited to be sharing a recipe for a traditional German Gugelhupf cake.

Gugelhupf cake was traditionally served with coffee at breakfast or an afternoon tea and was often called the poor man’s cake.   Doing a little research on this cake, I found that it was common in Germany and Austria.  The cake is made in a Bundt or tube pan and there are countless variations of this recipe from marbled cakes to cakes containing fruits and nuts.

The recipe I’m sharing today is Grandma’s recipe. She lived in a simpler time, when the best form of entertainment was visiting with family and friends. She was always ready for company with a treat to share, or at least it seemed that way to me. I had always thought of this cake as a pound cake, but it is actually a sponge cake. I did not have a copy of the recipe, but was thrilled to be able to track down a copy from my Aunt.  She sent me a copy of her hand written recipe and I immediately recognized my Grandma’s handwriting. I had never made a cake from scratch before, and was a little intimidated to try it, but it was actually pretty easy to do.