Fair cake
The custom for fair fair cake or fair cake to bake is handed down in Germany in many regions and is maintained today. The recipes for the cakes vary greatly from region to region, but they are usually traditional sheet cakes .
In the Upper Palatinate , Kirchweihkuchen is known as Kirberkuchen , which is traditionally baked for Kirber in autumn. Cherry cake is a flat, round cake with the diameter of a large plate. The so-called Schmiere , a sweet cream, covers the relatively thin bottom . According to the two different types of cream possible, one with quark and lemon peel or orange peel of white color and the other with saffron , rum and raisins , a distinction is made between white and yellow cherry cake. According to the name, this cake is made for the parish fair, in smaller villages often in such a way that the individual families prepare the cakes with a lot of diligence and diligence, but bring them to a shared bread oven for baking.