| QUARK | From the German word meaning "curd", an unsalted spreadable cheese used in baking and for puddings; |
| VANILLA | Extracted from the fruit pod of an orchid, used in baking and ice cream |
| YEAST | From "boil, froth, seethe", a word for foam on beer that came to mean barm, "gist", leaven or zyme used in baking and brewing; spume on seawater; or, any figurative leaven (5) |
| CUDGEL | Possibly derived from the German word "kugel", for ball, what is a short thin stick used as a weapon? (6) |
| BUTTER | Churned cream that is used in baking and as a spread (6) |
| SPITZ | Breed of dog whose name derives from the German word for 'pointed' (5) |
| COBALT | A magnetic, silvery-blue metal whose name is derived from the German word for 'goblin' (6) |
| LAGER | Which type of beer takes its name from the German word for 'storehouse'? (5) |
| OVEN | Something used in baking and roasting (4) |
| KINDERGARTEN | Also known as infant school, this is derived from the German words for 'children' and 'garden' |
| EDELWEISS | Alpine flower that takes its name from the German words for 'noble' and 'white' (9) |
| PEZ | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| GESTALT | Organized whole, from the German word for "form" |
| UBER | Rideshare service whose name comes from the German word for over |
| KRIEGSPIEL | German word meaning "war game" used to describe a variant of chess in which a player cannot see thei |
| BISCUIT | From the Old French for "twice-cooked" due to an original twofold process of baking and drying in a slow oven, a small unleavened cake, such as a cookie or a shortbread round (7) |
| PRIMULA | Plant genus including the cowslip; the world's first spreadable cheese with a long shelf life |
| ECCLESCAKE | The common market the French go to for baking and get this pastry (6,4) |
| UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| RICOTTA | Soft, unsalted Italian food used for cheesecake, cannelloni with spinach or baked with thyme for rustic bread (7) |
