Best Bee Sting Cake Bienenstich Ii Recipes

BEE STING CAKE

Steps:

• For filling, in a small heavy saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Whisk in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks. Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter until melted. Immediately transfer to a clean bowl; stir in vanilla. Cool 30 minutes. Press plastic wrap onto surface of filling; refrigerate until cold., Whisk custard gently. Fold in half the whipped cream. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate., While custard is chilling, make dough. In a large bowl, mix sugar, yeast, salt and 1 cup flour. In a small saucepan, heat milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Add eggs; beat on high 1 minute. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn dough onto a well floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , While dough is rising, make almond topping. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter, honey and sugar. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in almonds. Cool slightly and set aside. , Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll into a 9-in. circle. Transfer to greased 9-in. springform baking pan, pressing to evenly fill pan with dough. Spoon almond mixture over dough and gently spread to cover entire surface. Cover pan with a kitchen towel; let rise in a warm place until doubled, 25-30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake until topping is golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool 1 hour longer. , Remove cake from base of springform pan. Using a long serrated knife, cut cake horizontally in half; spread filling over cake. Replace top of cake. Serve immediately. Chill leftovers.

BIENENSTICH (BEE STING CAKE) II

Steps:

• Rich Yeast Dough:.
• In large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour and the yeast.
• Heat together milk, butter, sugar and salt just until warm (115-120 deg F), stirring occasionally to melt butter.
• Add to dry mixture in mixer bowl; add egg.
• Beat at low speed of electric mixer for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes at high speed.
• By hand, stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a stiff dough.
• Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease surface.
• Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 1-1/2 hours.
• Turn out on lightly floured surface.
• Divide in half and form each part into a ball.
• Note: Only one half will be used for this recipe. Use the second half for Zimt Nusskuchen (Cinnamon Nut Cake)recipe #137653 reccomended. Or freeze for another time.
• Almond Syrup:.
• While Rich Yeast Dough is rising for the first time, prepare Almond Syrup.
• In saucepan, melt the butter, add the sugar, the milk, and the lemon juice; bring to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat; stir in almonds and vanilla.
• Set aside to cool.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out one half of the dough into a 13 x 9 rectangle.
• Carefully lift dough onto a well-greased 13 x 9 x 2 pan.
• Spread the dough to fit the bottom of the pan.
• Spread the cooled syrup over the dough.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm area until almost double; about 1 hour.
• Bake in a 375 F oven for 15 - 20 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool on a rack.
• Vanilla Creme Filling:.
• In saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, and salt.
• Gradually add the milk.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens and bubbles, cook and stir 2-3 minutes more.
• Stir a moderate amount of hot mixture into beaten egg; return to hot mixture.
• Cook and stir just until mixture boils. Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Cover surface of pudding with waxed paper; cool.
• Cream butter.
• Remove the waxed paper from pudding and gradually beat cooled pudding into butter.
• Chill at least 30 minutes.
• Cut the bread into 3" squares or diamonds.
• Split each piece and fill with the vanilla cream.
• Note: Yeast equilavents are One package = 2 1/4 teaspoons = 1/4 ounce.