German desserts aren't all that common outside of their native region, so many people haven't sampled any — and those who have usually only know the most common options.

The German gingerbread is often found in the shape of a heart, and decorated with cute pet names or words of encouragement. However, lebkuchen also comes in cookie form, either glazed with sugar ...

In Germany, desserts tend to be made with a lot less sugar than here in the U.S., which allows the delicious, natural sweetness of fruit to really come through.

Kudakwashe Makoni, 44, a chef from Harare, Zimbabwe, insisted that his nation’s cows lend a distinctly rich flavor to the cake’s cream. “Nobody does a Black Forest like Zimbabwe,” he said.

Black forest cakes are frothy dream dessert that's the star dessert around Germany, where it's known as a Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. 3 / 10. Tiramisu, Italy.

GERMAN. Stollen is more like a bread than a cake, with a core of dried fruits, sometimes nuts, or a thick, sweetened paste of ground almonds called marzipan.

Germany is the unquestioned world leader in renewable energy. By mid-2011, the European nation generated over 20 percent of its electricity from wind and solar power alone, and had created over ...