Berliner with plum jam filling

A Berliner Pfannkuchen is a predominantly German pastry made from sweet yeast dough baked in fat, which has a marmalade or jam filling and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top. They are also sometimes available with a chocolate, champagne, mocha, advocaat or no filling at all. The filling is injected using a large syringe after baking. In English-speaking countries Berliner are usually known as doughnuts and are usually filled with jam. However, in South Australia Berliner is the more usual term. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1176x826, 828 KB)Image of a Berliner (pastry), GFDL, from German Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1176x826, 828 KB)Image of a Berliner (pastry), GFDL, from German Wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Pastry is the name given to various kinds of dough made from ingredients such as flour, butter and eggs, that are rolled out thinly and used as the base for baked goods. ... Marmalade is a sweet conserve made from fruit, sugar, and (usually) a gelling agent. ... Jam from berries Jam is a type of fruit preserve made by boiling fruit with sugar to make an unfiltered jelly. ... Icing (also frosting) is a sweet glaze made of sugar, butter, water, and egg whites or milk, often flavoured and cooked and used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies. ... Powdered sugar (in Britain, icing sugar) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioners sugar. ... Magnified view of refined sugar crystals. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... Champagne is often drunk as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... A mocha, in beverage form. ... Advocaat is a rich and creamy Dutch liqueur made from a blend of egg yolks, aromatic spirits, sugar, brandy, and vanilla. ... Doughnuts being glazed at a Krispy Kreme store in Sydney. ... Jam from berries Jam is a type of fruit preserve made by boiling fruit with sugar to make an unfiltered jelly. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...

The terminology used to refer to this pastry differs in various areas of Germany. While most areas call it Berliner, residents of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony know them as Pfannkuchen, which in the rest of Germany generally refers to pancakes. In parts of southern and central Germany as well as in much of Austria, they are called Krapfen; in Hesse they are referred to as Kreppel, or, in Palatinate, Fastnachtsküchelchen. In other areas of Austria, they are known as crullers; in Italy, the name is (maybe erroneously) Krafen. In Slovenia, it's krof. Berlin is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg (Sorbian/Lusatian: Brandisborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... Pancakes with strawberries A pancake is a batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle with oil or butter. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... A cruller is a type of doughnut. ...

Berliners are traditionally eaten to celebrate on New Year's Eve (Silvester) as well as the carnival holidays (Shrove Tuesday). A common practical joke is to secretly fill some Berliners with mustard instead of jam and serve them together with "regular" Berliners without telling anyone. New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Mustard being spread on bread. ...

See also

• John F. Kennedy's 1963 remark "Ich bin ein Berliner".
• Pączki
• Sufganiyah

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... Plaque commemorating Kennedys speech next to the front entrance of Rathaus Schöneberg Entry in Berlins Golden Book Kennedys notes: Ish bin ein Bearleener – kiwis Romanus sum – Lasd z nack Bearleen comen Part of the speech manuscript Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a citizen of Berlin... Pączki (pronounced: )] listen are traditional Polish doughnuts. ... A sufganiyah (Hebrew: סופגניה; plural, sufganiyot: סופגניות) is a ball-shaped doughnut that is first fried, then pierced and injected with jelly or custard, and then topped with powdered sugar. ...

External links

• Recipe: Get your own delicious Berliner!

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