GERMAN BIENEN STICH (BEE STING CAKE)

Steps:

• Dough:.
• Make sure cottage cheese is well drained then push the cottage cheese through a sieve (or in blender).
• Blend in oil, sugar and salt (If mixture is in a blender turn it into a bowl.).
• Mix in 1 cup flour, baking powder, and add milk.
• Knead remaining flour into dough add a little more if necessary.
• Grease a 20cm (8-9") springform pan and spread evenly with dough.
• Topping:.
• Melt butter, add sugar and stir until it dissolves.
• Add vanilla and milk, stir in almonds.
• Let topping cool.
• Spread on top of dough.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 200 deg C or 400 deg F.
• Cool cake.
• Filling:.
• Blend custard powder, 1/4 cup of the milk and sugar, stirring until custard powder is dissolved.
• Boil the remainder of the milk (3/4 cup), add to custard milk mixture stirring until thickened.
• Cream butter and add the custard bit by bit.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let chill in fridge.
• Assembly:.
• Cut the cooled cake horizontally (to make 2 layers).
• Spread chilled custard cream on bottom half of cake (cut side up).
• Replace the top layer, almonds on top.