Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte backen wie in der Kindheit

Why does Austrian German say “Schlagobers” instead of “Schlagsahne”?

Austria and Germany share a language, but they split on cooking vocabulary. Whipped cream is Schlagobers in Austria, Schlagsahne in most of Germany. The Austrian word is a transparent compound: schlagen (“to whip”) + Obers (an old Austrian word for “cream,” from ober, “upper, on top”). The split fits a wider Austrian food vocabulary that often goes its own way: Marille (apricot) instead of Aprikose, Paradeiser (tomato) instead of Tomate, Erdäpfel (potato) instead of Kartoffel.

In this clip, an Austrian baker makes a Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest cake) and tops it with Schlagobers and chocolate shavings. The word signals Austria in the second sentence.