Octoberfest Treats
From Recipe Challenge by Rebecca Collins and Katie Lail
October 27, 2025 · 37 min · Episode 21
About this episode
Rebecca and Katie challenge themselves to create traditional Octoberfest treats and share their experiences.
It's the end of October and Halloween is coming up fast. Hopefully you've made the most of the season with visits to orchards, pumpkin patches and, yes, Octoberfests! This month we challenged ourselves to create some traditional Octoberfest treats: German Apfelkuchen and Austrian kaiserschmarrn (shredded pancake). Find out which treat made us raise up our beer steins and say, "Prost!" Links for the episode: The worldwide cocoa crisis German Apfelkuchen from International Desserts Blog Austrian Torn Fluffy Pancake from Smitten Kitchen Our Instagram, @recipechallengepod E-mail us: recipechallengepod@gmail.com For more amazing food content on Instagram: @frostedfeatures Next up: our holiday episode featuring food gifts!
People in this episode
Hosts: Rebecca Collins, Katie Lail
Topics covered
- Octoberfest
- German cuisine
- Austrian cuisine
- Halloween treats
- baking
- food challenge
Keywords
- Octoberfest
- German Apfelkuchen
- Austrian kaiserschmarrn
- Halloween
- baking
- food challenge
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: German Apfelkuchen, Austrian kaiserschmarrn
Places: Germany, Austria
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