Berlin, May 24 -- Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick as Bayern Munich ended their wait for the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) with a 3-0 win over VfB Stuttgart in the final here.

Stuttgart, chasing another cup triumph, began with greater bite and kept Bayern pinned back for much of the opening half on Saturday. Deniz Undav headed straight at Jonas Urbig inside two minutes, before Angelo Stiller missed from distance after a loose Bayern pass.

Maximilian Mittelstadt twice threatened from the left, first striking the side-netting and then forcing Urbig to turn a low drive around the post. Bayern, with Urbig starting in place ofManuel Neuer, struggled for fluency despite long spells of possession.

Kane headed over in Bayern's clearest early o...