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【No. 0094】Baumkuchen

Mar 22, 2015 20:26
Today, I ate a slice of Baumkuchen that is my junior's souvenir.

Baumkuchen is a cake that originated in Germany, balm means a tree, and kuchen means a cake.

Also, Baumkuchen has two etymologies.

One is that it had been baked while entwining soft doughs and a stick of oak trees.

The other is that a cross-section of this cake looks like tree rings.

Baumkuchen is very famous as a German cake in Japan, and we often use Baumkuchen as a gift of wedding etc.

However, I heard Baumkuchen is not very famous in Germany.

Someday, I'd like to eat Baumkuchen that are sold in Dusseldorf, Germany.
今日は、後輩がおみやげにくれたバームクーヘンを食べました。

バームクーヘンはドイツ発祥のケーキで、バームは木を、クーヘンはお菓子を意味します。

また、この名前には2つの語源説があります。

一つは、柔らかく練った生地を樫の木の棒に絡ませて焼いたから、というものです。

もう一つは、このお菓子の切り口が木の年輪のように見えるから、というものです。

バウムクーヘンは日本ではドイツの菓子としてとてもメジャーであり、よく結婚式などの贈り物などとして使われますが、本場のドイツではあまり有名ではないようです。

一度、ドイツのデュッセルドルフで売られているバームクーヘンを食べてみたいです。

Corrections (2)

No. 1 thethinker83
  • Today, I ate a slice of Baumkuchen that is my junior's souvenir.
  • Today, I ate a slice of Baumkuchen that is my junior gave as a gift 's souvenir.

    This clarifies the sentence a bit. (The Japanese version helped a lot here.)

  • Baumkuchen is a cake that originated in Germany, balm means a tree, and kuchen means a cake.
  • Baumkuchen is a cake that originated in Germany, balm baum means a tree, and kuchen means a cake.
  • Also, Baumkuchen has two etymologies.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • One is that it had been baked while entwining soft doughs and a stick of oak trees.
  • One is that it had been baked while entwining soft doughs and onto a stick of pole from an oak trees.

    "Sticks" from trees are considered to be rather small--thin and not very long. I've seen the traditional method of making Baumkuchen and the poles were rather large.

  • The other is that a cross-section of this cake looks like tree rings.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Baumkuchen is very famous as a German cake in Japan, and we often use Baumkuchen as a gift of wedding etc.
  • Baumkuchen is very famous as a German cake in Japan, and we often use Baumkuchen as a gift of wedding gift etc.
  • However, I heard Baumkuchen is not very famous in Germany.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Someday, I'd like to eat Baumkuchen that are sold in Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

Another well written entry!
I tried Baumkuchen for the first time last month. It was made in Japan and I bought it at a supermarket that specializes in Asian foods. It was very good. :)

Toru
Thank you so much for your corrections and helpful comments! :)

> I tried Baumkuchen for the first time last month. It was made in Japan and I bought it at a supermarket that specializes in Asian foods. It was very good. :)
That's great! Since we think tree rings bring us good fortune (tree rings imply long life), we may be making so many Baumkuchen, haha. However, I heard there are big differences between German Baumkuchen and Japanese Baumkuchen. I want to eat real Baumkuchen someday.
No. 2 Timmy
  • Baumkuchen is a cake that originated in Germany, balm means a tree, and kuchen means a cake.
  • Baumkuchen is a cake that originated in Germany, Baum means "tree", and Kuchen means "cake".
  • Baumkuchen is very famous as a German cake in Japan, and we often use Baumkuchen as a gift of wedding etc.
  • Baumkuchen is very famous as a German cake in Japan, and we often use Baumkuchen as a wedding gift etc.

Yummy!

Toru
Thank you very much for correcting my post!
Yeah, it was yummy! :)
Timmy
You are welcome!

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