A Peek Into My Easter

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Easter is such a wonderful holiday, especially when you're celebrating in Germany. I mean, we have Good Friday, the day before Easter, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday — it's practically a whole week of festivities!

Since this will be my last Easter post of the year, I thought it would be the perfect time for a little Easter weekend recap, complete with some fun and adorable traditions.

On Good Friday or as we call it in Germany, Karfreitag — I spent the day at my in-laws' house. In true fashion, my mother-in-law hosted a traditional, chic lunch featuring (of course) fish no meat allowed on Good Friday! Upon arrival, we were greeted with Limoncello Spritzes, a delicious twist on the classic Aperol Spritz (with—you guessed it—Limoncello instead). It was to die for.

Limoncell Spritz

We started with antipasti (pictured below) and fresh bread — because if you're in Germany, bread is always, always present. My mother-in-law even decorated the bread with little mozzarella bunnies that were almost too cute to eat!

Easter themed antipasti

Afterward, we had our traditional Easter egg hunt. And before you say I'm too old for an Easter egg hunt — you're wrong.This was an elegant Easter egg hunt, featuring the finest chocolates from Rausch (a Berlin favorite), lavender sugar cubes from Vienna that you can drop into champagne for a purple-hued, Sissi-worthy sip, and the most decadent Viennese chocolate eggs. Naturally, the hunt was done with a glass of Limoncello Spritz in hand — so yes, very age-appropriate!

Easter egg hunt featuring the famous Rausch eggs

Lavender sweets that make you feel like Sissi

Lunch featured fried cod prepared by my father-in-law, a refreshing salad, and a classic German potato salad. For dessert, we had strong espresso (because, Europe) and a traditional cake shaped like a lamb, known here as the Osterlamm Kuchen — a German Easter tradition I absolutely love!

Good Friday Luch

Osterlamm Kuchen

We ended Good Friday by baking the Wilhelm Family Easter Cake — although its real name is Frankfurter Kranz (I'll add some photos below!). It’s a beautiful, layered cake, where the sponge is sliced into layers using a string (yes, a string!) and filled with two types of frosting. It's topped with crunchy almonds and mini Lindt chocolate eggs, but you're not allowed to eat it until Easter Sunday! (Torture, I know.)

The making of the Wilhelm Family Easter cake

The process of cutting the layers of the cake

Final layer being cut

The yummy filling being added

The final product the famous Wilhelm Family Easter cake!

On Easter Sunday, we drove to Naumburg to visit my boyfriend’s Oma (Grandma). She lives in the cutest little village in Saxony that feels like stepping back in time — so traditional, calm, and absolutely charming. We went to a cozy restaurant for Easter lunch and, following tradition, had lamb. (I feel like lamb is a must-have for Easter, no matter what country you're in!)

Later, we organized an Easter egg hunt for little Fynnie Fynn (my boyfriend’s adorable nephew) in the garden of Oma’s apartment building. We ended the day with — you guessed it — coffee and the famous Wilhelm Family Easter Cake!

My Easter basket from my boyfriend included running fuel & pate thats what I call an adult basket!

But wait, there's more. This is Germany, after all which means Easter Monday is also a holiday.

We kicked off Easter Monday morning with yet another tradition: Studenteneier — boiled eggs cut in half, with the yolks scooped out, mixed with vinegar, oil, mustard, salt, and pepper, then placed back into the eggs. Think of it as a German-style deviled egg, and it is delicious.

Later, we went back to my in-laws’ house, where we had another beautiful meal of lamb, followed by (of course) leftover cake. Because if there’s anything you should know about me by now... it’s that I will always make room for cake.