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Lebkuchen

Throughout December we will be publishing two German Words Explained podcasts each week. The extra podcasts will appear on the 7th, 14th, 21st, 24th and 31st.

Lebkuchen is a form a cake associated with Christmas. It is baked using honey and a number of spices and is known throughout Germany by a variety of names such as Pfefferkuchen and Magenbrot.

There are filled and unfilled versions, some covered in chocolate. It tastes similar to gingerbread.

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This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 12:07 am and is filed under Christmas, Food & Drink. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Lebkuchen”

  1. German Words Explained » Blog Archive » Dominosteine Says:
    December 6th, 2008 at 11:28 pm

    [...] is eaten at Christmas time in Germany.  It is made up of a two or three layers, the base being Lebkuchen, the middle fruit jelly, and the top layer marzipan or persipan.  This is then covered in a thin [...]

  2. AllThingsGerman.net » Blog Archive » Dominosteine Says:
    December 6th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    [...] is eaten at Christmas time in Germany.  It is made up of a two or three layers, the base being Lebkuchen, the middle fruit jelly, and the top layer marzipan or persipan.  This is then covered in a thin [...]

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