The Real 'Langenburger Wibele'

"The one who knows them and loves them, will demand them forever!"

The Real Langenburger Wibele are popular sweeties for young and old since over 200 years.  They are made from sponge cake, the vanilla sugar is manufactured by the Bauer family. These sweeties are alike the ‚Russian Bread‘, but without cocoa. They are baked light brown, enjoy an overnight rest before being put on the baking tray in pairs. With a length of 22mm and a width of 12mm they look like tiny shoe soles.

1763 the Wibele were baked for the first time in Langenburg by Jakob Christian Carl Wibel, court confectioner of earl (since 1764: prince) Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Due to the patience you need for the Wibele production, this sweetie was called ‚Geduldszeltle‘ first.
 

After 1800 this sweetie was named Wibele after his creator. According to other sources the name came into being already during Wibel’s lifetime, when prince Karl Ludwig zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg insisted of being supplied only from ‘Wibele’ after being faced with the poor quality of other suppliers.
 

1911 the name has been protected by the owner at that time by the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin.
 

Today throughout Germany only the Langenburger Café Bauer is allowed to produce the „Real Wibele“. Court confectioner Wibel later sold the business company and the recipe to the Bauer family.

Wibele without the addition „Real“ are produced elsewhere, too.

Ingredients:
Egg white, powdered sugar, flour and vanilla sugar made by the Bauer family themselves.

Manufacturer:
Café Bauer, owner Andrea Meidlinger, Hauptstraße 28, 74595 Langenburg