Friday 11 April 2014

FOOD FRIDAY - BLITZKUCHEN


“He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.” - Henry David Thoreau

When I was in Germany some time ago, I was in a city called Ulm, doing some work at the University Hospital there. One of the doctors I was working with had a charming wife who loved to cook. One of her specialties was this cake, which I loved to eat when she made it. I was given the recipe when I left Ulm and whenever we make it at home, I remember my time there.


BLITZKUCHEN (Lightning Cake)

Ingredients -For the base
200 mL cream
200 g sugar
4 whole eggs
400 g self raising flour
For the topping
125 g molten butter
200 g sugar
2 tablespoonfuls of milk
1 teaspoonful of vanillin sugar
200 g blanched toasted almond flakes

Method

Mix the cream, sugar and eggs together and beat until smooth. Add the flour and mix thoroughly. Spread thinly on a flat baking tray for 10 minutes in an oven heated to 200˚C. While it is cooking, mix the topping: Add the sugar to the molten butter and mix well, adding the milk, vanillin and almond flakes. Spread the topping over the half-cooked base and bake for another 10 minutes.

This post is part of the Food Friday meme,

and also part of the Food Trip Friday meme.

2 comments:

  1. One of the most important aspects of overseas travel, I think, is seeing how people cook and eat. Going to a restaurant is always a delight, but restaurant food may not tell you about Ulm, for example, as well as the spouse of a person you met in a conference there. She is the Real Thing.

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  2. This looks wonderful, I must try out the recipe. A friend of mine is trying to give up sugar in her foods completely. I keep telling her that earting sugar in moderation is fine. What do you think?

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