ORiGiN OF GERMAN APPLE CAKE??!
Answers: i need to know the entire origin of the apple cake in germany
Apple cake in Germany is just like an Apple Pie here in US.
If you mean Apple Strudel...this is originally from Austria...since they also speak german, they used the name Strudel which means whirlpool.
Apple Strudel
Strudels are made by topping a paper thin dough with the desired filling and rolling the whole into a spiral to enclose the filling. The pastry is then baked and sliced into serving pieces.
To many people, apple strudel is the most famous of all strudels and well as the most famous of all Austrian pastries; it has always been closely associated with Vienna in particular. However, it is generally accepted that the dessert did not originate in Austria at all. The Hungarians, who call their strudel retes, first adopted the incredibly thin strudel dough from the Turkish pastry baklava. The Hungarians filled the dough with apples, nuts, raisins, and whatever cake or bread crumbs were at hand. History differs on exactly how this Hungarian strudel arrived in Vienna, but the general theory is this: With the departure of the Ottoman invaders (the Ottoman Empire at its height included Vienna), the now unemployed Turkish and Hungarian cooks took their skills and specialties (and certainly strudel was among them) to the kitchens of the Viennese aristocrats in the new Austro-Hungarian empire.
Strudel is a German word that literally translates to "whirlpool," "eddy," or "vortex"-in this case, a swirling mass of pastry dough and filling. Although apple is by far the most well known variety, the number of different strudel fillings is almost limitless and includes both sweet and savory fare. The savory varieties are especially popular among eastern Europeans and in fact were a staple food for the majority at one time in places such as Hungary, Turkey and Greece.
The paper-thin strudel dough is stretched rather than rolled to achieve its almost transparent composition. Strudel dough has been described as being "so thin that you must look twice to see it," or as a German colleague of mine says, "You should be able to read a newspaper through the dough!"
To successfully produce a properly stretched strudel dough requires time, patience, and a large workspace. For these reasons many people purchase the dough already prepared. If strudel dough is not available, phyllo dough makes a fine substitute.
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“And God said unto thee, let there be light and thy shalt have thy appleth strudel.”
Oscar Wilde on Apple strudel
An apple strudel is a baked good, originally used as a form of currency during the Renaissance.
The first strudel was made by a baker named Haans Von Gugenheimer (1308-2006) as a method of payment to his landlords, The Hanson Brothers. Frustrated by using pebbles and small children as money, Haans (nicknamed Johnny-Two-By-Four in his early years) consulted with Gary Busey and together concocted the first mixture of sweet dough. Due to unfortunate events, Gary Busey was attacked by a pack of wild snow mice and had to resign from his position as Chief Dough Maker. To this day, Gary Busey is not credited for making the Apple Strudel.
Haans, disheartened at the loss of his friend, payed tribute to Ol' Dirty Harry--as he liked to call him--by lodging whole apples into the dough and pouring mountains of sugar on top. Experts say that when he gave his landlord his new baked discovery, the landlord took one bite of it and died of cardiac arrest.
The Apple Strudel Massacre was an event that occured on Monday, March 5, 1770 that helped spark the American Revolution. Tensions caused by military forces and stool pidgeons in Boston increased as soldiers fired into a crowd of peasants and Metallica fans. John Adams said that on the night of the massacre, When Yankee Doodle went to town, just to ride a pony, he stuck a feather in his hat and said, "Oh Lord, where are the Apple Strudels?!"
In all the commotion, Captain Preston's order of "Don't Fire" was likely misinterpreted, and as the parties closed, the soldiers did fire. In this action, five Americans, three donkeys, and Tupac Shakur--an African-American and traditionally the first-known casualty of the American Revolution--died. Six more were injured. The event was illustrated by an engraver named Paul Revere who lived nearby
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Apfelstrudel ("Apple strudel") is a traditional pastry of Austria and a popular dish in many countries that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire. It is the most widely known kind of strudel.