Cakes are several different types of savory or sweet desserts, pastries, and gateaux. Most cakes have eggs and flour as common ingredients while also, but not always, including some form of sweetener and fat. In Germany, it is a common tradition to invite friends over to one's house or to a cafe between noon and evening to drink coffee and eat cakes. They are used for different occasions like wedding, birthday parties, graduation parties, etc. There are different varieties of cakes like A pie-like pastry, with a thick, "cakey" crust and a sweet custard based or chopped fruit topping. A type of fruit cake or a cheese cake-like pastry, with a yeast, raised crust, sometimes filled with fruit (cherry is most popular), and a creamy filling made from the German cheese Quark and also A layered pastry, made over a spit while brushing on layers of batter.