We still have our home in Germany. It is our anchor with the family where we can travel to with no suitcases. A familiar place we can come back to, kick off our shoes and luxuriate in the beautiful countryside. After all, Auf Wiedersehen doesn’t mean “goodbye”, it means “until we see each other again”.
 |
| Of course I waited until the last minute to take a picture of our local Kamps store. It was raining and the bakery was closed. |
 |
| Kamps at Düsseldorf airport the day I flew to NYC |
The Kamps version is a perfect streusel sugar bomb. Even I can’t finish one at one go. I usually eat half and then the rest later in the day or when I wake up in a jet lagged haze at 4am. I have made no secret of my streusel love and combined with sweet hard icing and soft moist cake, this people, is heaven in a pastry.
A streuseltaler starts with a yeast cake base, then is covered with a generous portion of large crumbs of streusel. After baking, it is then brushed with a glaze icing.
My version is not as perfect as the Kamp ones (perhaps I overdid it a tad on the streusel crumbs and the glaze amount) but it’s darn close and I am sure you will find them delicious.
I like the plain ones but there are other versions available, mostly with different jam flavors. I don’t like jam or anything else standing between me and my streusel. However since I was sharing with my family, I made both. It was also the perfect excuse to use up partially filled jars of jam in my fridge. The flavors I used were apricot, black currant and my MILs homemade rhubarb.
Auf Wiedersehen Germany! Looking forward to my next Kamps Streuselthaler jet lag breakfast when we do see each other again.
My NYC jet lag dinner special of cold noodles with sesame sauce, spare ribs and vegetable dumplings is waiting on the other side of the Atlantic.
Oh Chinese Szechuan food, how I’ve missed you.
Fickle, aren’t I?
 |
| Big fat streusel crumb |
12 comments
thank you so much for that recipe! I just spent a week in Germany for the first time, and went nuts over the streuseltaler, of course. Immediately came back and found your website, and made some yesterday. Fantastic! My wife was flabbergasted, and I gave some to our neighbors this morning. I made the "plain" ones, and a couple with apricot jam, and a couple with some leftover streusel from a Thanksgiving pie my wife had made (brown sugar, pecans, and brown butter) combined with the regular streusel. All incredible. I am directing all friends and relatives to your site to find out what I'm talking about.
I am fairly new to Germany and have been eyeing the Streuseltaler at Kamps for several weeks now. I'm glad to hear your recommendation and will definitely pick one up today. I am also excited to try this recipe when I have more people over to share it with. Great post!
I have first tasted them in Warnemunde Germany when i was working onboard ships and i have since connected them with "happiness" my then girlfriend and i shared these sweet delights and took turns buying them for each other..there were the nut topped one's and cheese butter combinations and fruit jams!!! now that i no longer ply the 7 seas i have searched these in the internet and you have found it!!! Good job!!! and many thanks!!! No decent self confessed sugar addicts and diabetics can resist these sugar high of all highs :)!!!! again thank you!!
I love finding sweet treats from different countries. I'll bet you'll miss all those lovely sugar bombs from Germany – but, don't worry, I'm sure NYC has it's share. Thanks for showing us the way of the streuseltaler 🙂
looks good, and creamy.
So thrilled to see Mr Man man is back and you are together again. Have a great time in NYC, a city I love to love. xo
Have a safe trip my dear! NYC is going to welcome you with open arms and tons of Chinese food. So long as you hand over some of these treats.
All the best in the Big Apple with Dr. B, Lora! Psst, I'll be in your neck of the woods in September. Cannot wait, it is so, so exciting 🙂 In the meantime I gotta make me some of that Streuseltaler.
Oooh you are so lucky to be moving to NYC! I have dreamed of it for ages and wanted husband to find a nice job there. To no avail. So I'll live there vicariously through you! But one thing I know is…jet lag. These are fabulous wowee treats! Gosh just decadently gorgeous! And like you, living and leaving a country we must learn to make ourselves the treats we've learned to love. Good luck with the move!
Yum! yum! yum! They look amazing. I can't wait to hear about your new adventures in New York.
You amaze me! Getting ready for this big move across the Atlantic and you are baking! What a lovely post and a great looking homemade streuseltaler! Those jams look pretty darn inviting too. Safe travels to you and Dr. B and enjoy that feed of Chinese when you arrive in NYC!
They look delicious! A sugar bomb,indeed!
Best of luck to you and Dr. B 🙂