{"id":16217,"date":"2013-09-29T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T12:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinnamonandcoriander.com\/traditional-german-cheesecake-with-poppy-seeds\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T05:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:57:23","slug":"traditional-german-cheesecake-with-poppy-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonandcoriander.com\/en\/traditional-german-cheesecake-with-poppy-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional German Cheesecake with Poppy Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Try this traditional recipe for German Cheesecake with Poppy Seeds and Quark! The best authentic German Cheesecake recipe perfect for a cozy afternoon! Easy to make!<\/em> Jump to Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n

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German Cheesecake with Poppy Seeds – the best German Cheesecake recipe<\/h2>\n

\u00a0Poppy seeds and cheesecake are a match made in heaven, so you wouldn\u2019t want to miss out on this German cheesecake recipe!<\/p>\n

What makes German Cheesecake so good?<\/h2>\n

Less fat<\/h3>\n

European cheesecake and especially German K\u00e4sekuchen is loved and cherished throughout the world! In Germany and most European countries cheesecakes are fundamentally different from American and New York Style cheesecakes.<\/p>\n

Where the American-style cheesecake usually consists of a cookie crumble base and mainly of cream cheese and lots of sugar, the European variation uses Quark, a type of low-fat curd cheese and less sugar.<\/p>\n

So generally speaking, German cheesecakes are quite a bit lighter than American cheesecake, as Quark\u2019s fat content is lower than full-fat cream cheese.<\/p>\n

But don’t get me wrong While this cake might not be loaded with sugar and cream cheese, this German Poppyseed Cheesecake is not exactly health food either. It’s still a treat.<\/p>\n

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Made from scratch<\/h3>\n

Another difference is the cheesecake base! As mentioned above American cheesecake uses a cookie crumble base. German cheesecake bases are made from scratch using a simple shortcrust pastry instead of Graham crackers or Digestive cookies. German cheesecake also has quite a bit of shortcrust pastry running up the sides.<\/p>\n

Less sugar<\/h3>\n

I personally really like both variations, but am a little more in love with with German-style cheesecake (K\u00e4sekuchen\u00a0<\/em>in German) as I grew up with my granny’s cheesecake!<\/p>\n

One of the great things about K\u00e4sekuchen Cheesecake<\/em> is that there are lots and lots of different versions depending on the region. Many type of cheese filling (e.g. melted butter vs oil, sour cream vs heavy cream, vanilla vs lemon, or rum in the filling.) to the kind of ingredients that you can add to change things up (poppy seeds, raisins, sour cherries, mandarin oranges, apricot, etc).<\/p>\n

This poppy seed cheesecake is super-easy to make and you shouldn\u2019t be scared away by the amount of poppy seeds needed! Or the rum raisins :-). Though you can leave the rum raisins out!<\/p>\n

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What is quark and do I need it for making German cheesecake?<\/h2>\n

Quark is a German cheese curd and has a mild creamy taste without the sour tang of yogurt. It is soft\u00a0un-aged\u00a0cheese\u00a0and is not the\u00a0same\u00a0thing as\u00a0cream cheese\u00a0or cottage\u00a0cheese. Compared to cream cheese it usually has a much lower fat content and has no salt added. You can find it in most American and Canadian grocery stores.<\/p>\n

The best sources are German delis, European bakeries, and natural food stores and co-ops, but it can also be bought online. Aldi also sells is. And hey, it’s easy to make it at home using this quark recipe<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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