I am of absolutely no help, but I wanted to say sauerkraut to be funny.
I think hamburgers originated in Germany and the Christmas tree.
Sorry I'm not more help, but I wanted to give you a
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This is a recipe my German friend gave me. I watched her make it but have yet to make it myself. They measure ingredients by weight so you'll need a scale.
Apple Cake
200 grams butter
350 grams all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
150 grams sugar
1 package vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (can buy vanilla sugar at germandeli.com)
60 grams chopped hazelnuts (can buy a pack "Krokant" at germandeli.com)
6 medium sized apples, chopped
50 grams sugar
juice of one lemon
1 teaspoon lemon zest (or from package)
Melt butter in microwave.
Combine next 4 ingredients.
Cut apples into small pieces, cover with lemon juice from 1 lemon, add lemon zest and the 50 gras sugar. Set aside.
When butter has cooled, combine with flour mixture.
Spray springform pan with cooking oil spray.
Pour 2/3 flour mixture into pan. Add apple mixture. Combine hazelnuts with remaining flour mixture. Pour over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
I Googled "traditional German desserts" and this link is the first one that looked good:
http://www.homemade-dessert-recipes.com/german-dessert-recipes.html
Nice to see what people think is german 
Appel strudel is from Austria. German chocolate cake, the one which is mentioned here a lot, I´ve never seen over here and Hamburgers are from the US and the Christmas Tree is a long story for itself.
There is a big difference between the northern and southern part of Germany especially in desserts.
Typically northern is red fruit jelly with milk or vanilla sauce (very easy to do and great in summer) or a so called breadpudding.
The most known southern Dessert is creme bavaroise.
So to make something special for her, would be easier, after knowing where she is from.
Yes, German chocolate cake is named after a guy whose last name was German. This website looks like it may have some possibilities (though it does contain German chocolate cake, too.) http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/6579/recipes/c2.html
Or here's one that sounds super easy: http://www.the-voyage.com/kids_new/?location_id=15
My next door neighbors are from East Germany. If you're really stuck, I could certainly ask them for suggestions.
I have made these before. I then freeze the leftovers and I have a lunch to grab from the freezer to pop in the microwave. There are recipes on allrecipes.com and on cyber-kitchen.com. The recipe from cyber kitchen was the one that I used and it originally came from a Mennonite cookbook. I used a ground beef/sausage combination for this and did not add the liquid smoke. The cyber kitchen recipe also is very close to a recipe in one of my German cookbooks.
Bierrocks
Dough: 2 cups warm water
2 pkg dry yeast
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 t. salt
1 egg
1/4 cup margaring
6-6 1/2 cups of flour
Meat mixture: 1 1/2 lb beef
1/2 cup onion
Remaining ingredients:
3 cups finely cut cabbage
1 1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. pepper
dash of Tabasco sauce
minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, smoke flavoring (optional)
Chill dough for several hours and prepare as for roll dough.
Brown beef and onion in a skillet and add remaining ingredients. Cover skillet and continue cooking over low heat, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender. Do not add liquid. Cool slightly.
Roll out dough into thin sheets. Cut into 5-inch squares. Place 2 T. meat mixture on each square, pinch edges together, and place pinched side down on greased cookie sheet.
Let rise 15 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
Ok, here is my german cake Frankfurter Kranz (Frankfurt Crown Cake) and a link to the recipe:
http://www.geocities.com/NapaV.....pes/97.txt
Thank you so much Tuggy for all of your help!!!!!!!
I have a recipe for Apfel Kuchen (or I think that's how you spell it anyways) it's a thick sweet pastry filled with apples, raisins, cinnamon, etc... It's made in a springform pan.
We lived in Germany for several years and our German nanny gave the recipe to my mom. It was one of our favorite desserts growing up.
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