Sig's German Oven Potato Cake. Raised Potato Cake Made Using Mashed Potatoes (Source: ©paulistano/Depositphotos.com). The traditional German potato cake recipes come from an elderly Pennsylvania German housewife who once lived in Bucks County a century ago. A lady who knew how to bake and was willing to share her.

In particular these German potato pancakes bring back memories of going to my Oma and Opa's house. My brother and I would play cards at kitchen table with my Opa. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in skillet over medium low heat. You can have Sig's German Oven Potato Cake using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sig's German Oven Potato Cake

You need 800 grams of good flavourful mashing potato, of choice.
You need 1 pinch of salt or salt substitute.
Prepare 1 pinch of ground black pepper.
It's 1 pinch of ground nutmeg.
You need 175 grams of plain flour.
It's 1 tbsp of butter for greasing of spring form 26cm diameter.
It's 12 slice of bacon of choice (I use vegetarian for myself).
It's 3 of small onions or large shallots.
You need 30 grams of butter or margarine.
Prepare 200 grams of gouda and/or edam cheese, or you can use any other cheese that melts well.
It's 150 grams of sour cream.
It's 3 of small eggs.

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Sig's German Oven Potato Cake step by step

Preheat the oven to 200C°.
Boil potatoes in skin in salted water for 20 minutes. Pour away the boiling water.Rinse under cold water and cool slightly. Carefully peel the potatoes..
Leave the potatoes to cool further, then break them down into a mash, without adding anything.I use a potato ricer ot a blender for this..
Mix the flour with the mashed up potatoes and make this into a dough of sorts. Season it with salt, pepper and nutmeg..
Grease a 26 cm diameter spring form with the tablesppon of butter Then press the dough into the form creating a good edge..
Keep a slice of bacon for each person aside, chop up the rest.Chop the onions finely. Saute both, then drain them on kitchen towel and sprinkle over the base of the potato in the spring form on the rest of butter..
Grate or chop up the cheese of choice, you can use more than one variety..Mix with eggs and soured cream. I use a blender for this..
Pour the cheese mixture over the bacon and onion pieces.
Put the cake into your preheated oven. Bake in oven at 200 C° gas 3 for about 50 to 60 minutes, When it gets towards the end of cooking time cover the potato cake with foil so that it does not go to brown..
Fry the rest of the bacon garnish the top of the cake with it to your liking. Serve hot or at room temperature, on its own or next to grilled lamb or other meats and salad.

Oven Baked Potato French Fries (from Frozen). Traditional German Potato Pancakes are never made from mashed potatoes. They are made with raw potatoes and some other ingredients which make them different. Golden, crispy fried German potato pancakes are a real treat and something Germans miss when they move away. Eating freshly made potato pancakes with applesauce at local outdoor weekly markets, Christmas markets, or during Karneval or Fasching are wonderful ways Germans normally indulge in.