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Berliner

It's actually a kind of German bun. It is a classic in which dough balls, specially prepared with real recipes, are cooked with the right technique, without absorbing oil, and then filled with pleasing flavors such as jam, marmalade, and chocolate, and served with powdered sugar sprinkled on top. So what does Gurmania do differently?

Gurmania Berliner starts production as a result of long R&D studies carried out by European chefs to replicate the original taste. Chocolate sauces are made from the best chocolates, and delicious marmalades without glucose syrup and additives are prepared using the freshest natural fruits. Meticulously produced in our Beykoz factory, Berliners are offered for sale fresh at our branch stores only on the day they are produced.

the flavors of this land with recipes from far away!

Berliner

We open our doors everyday with the excitement of welcoming hundreds of gourmets
because for us, each of our customers is a gourmet and every service is meant for gourmets!

Soft Butter Dough

No eyeballing the ingredient measurements, it’s done the proper way: the chef’s way

Natural Turkish Butter

More delicious than the original with real butter

Fresh Fruit Marmalades

Fresh, carefully selected natural marmalade of our own production from fruits

No Additives, No Preservatives

Amazingly tasty, sufficiently healthy

Original Recipe Real Taste

Original recipes from Germany, Austria and Sweden

What Is Berliner?

Berliner is often thought of as a famous dessert of Berlin because of its name, but when you ask someone in Berlin, they may not even understand what you mean. This is because this dessert is known by different names in various regions of Germany and Austria. For example, in Berlin it is called “Pfankuchen,” while in Austria it is called Krapfen or Kräppel.

How Does It Differ From A Donut?

Although it is often compared to Donut, it has differences with the American Donut in terms of structure and recipe. But in the southern parts of Germany, Berliner is known as "Donut." You can also come across names such as “Berlin,” “Bale,” or “Puffel” in bakeries. In the UK, it is sold labeled as a “Jelly Donut,” while in France you have to look for the name “Boule de Berlin” on the menu.

Who Discovered It?

According to hearsay, a talented baker who served as a sharpshooter in the 18th century entered the royal palace as the private baker of the Prussian ruler Frederick the Great in order to stand out in his own profession. The baker, who had spent his last years at the front, took his inspiration from the battlefields and decided to make a cake in the shape of a cannonball.

Invention Out of Desparation

But since he couldn’t find an oven to make the cake, he had no choice but to fry the dough. He then sprinkled powdered sugar on the fried dough balls and served them. Since the baker was originally from Berlin, the name of the dessert came to be “Berliner.”

Viennese Baker

In another rumor, it is told that Cäcilie Krapf, a Viennese baker living in Bavaria, Austria, made an improvement to the chilli balls she sold in her shop in the 1960s and put fruit marmalade inside.

The Influence of the Romani People

Actually, it is possible to find the roots of Berliner in the Romani food culture. The Romanis, who consumed a lot of dough balls, which were the main ingredient, consumed the balls after frying them in oil and coating them with honey. Of course, the dessert that enters many cuisines today can be prepared in various ways. For example, a similar one is called "Bomboloni" in Italy. Who knows, maybe they were influenced by our pişi...