Making The Famous Baumkuchen (Tree Cake) At Café Rudolph – Bad König

We were invited into Café Rudolph in Bad König, in the heart of the Odenwald, to film how they make baumkuchen, the layered tree cake whose rings build up not over years but in a matter of minutes. It’s a slow, careful process, brushing on layer after layer of batter under a heat source until the cake takes its distinctive ringed shape. For us it’s tied to childhood, since we used to visit this same cafe for coffee and cake every Sunday.