The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged EditionMeier, Lina
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The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Meier, Lina
Cooking, German
Remarks: You may mix into the cheese ½ cup of currants.
No. 20—CURRANT CAKE.
Yeast dough like No. 8
Currants
Sugar
Frosting like No. 16
The preparation and baking are just the same as given under No. 17,
Cherry Cake.
No. 21—POPPY SEED CAKE.
Yeast dough like No. 8
2 lbs. of poppy seed
3 juicy pears
¼ lb. of sugar
3 eggs
⅛ lb. of butter
Preparation: The dough is prepared according to No. 8 and spread out
in buttered pans about ¼ inch thick, then set to rise in a warm place.
The poppy seed is scalded and the water drained off. The pears are
peeled and grated into the poppy seed, sugar and eggs are mixed in.
Spread the poppy seed mixture thick on the dough, sprinkle melted
butter on and bake ¾ hour.
No. 22—HUCKLEBERRY CAKE.
Yeast dough like No. 8
Huckleberries
Sugar
Frosting according to No. 16
Preparation: The dough is prepared as given under No. 8, spread out in
buttered pans about ¼ inch thick, then set to rise in a warm place.
The berries are strewn on thick and sprinkled with sugar. Bake it and
if you wish, spread the frosting on according to No. 16.
No. 23—ONION CAKE.
Yeast dough like No. 8
6 peeled onions
2 sweet-sour apples
¼ lb. of sugar
¼ lb. of butter
Preparation: The dough is prepared as given under No. 8, spread out in
buttered pans about ¼ inch thick and set to rise in a warm place. The
onions are peeled, sliced and stewed a little in ⅛ lb. of butter, to
which the peeled and finely chopped apples are added. Strew sugar on
the dough and spread on the onions mixed with apples ¼ inch thick,
sprinkle with sugar, then with the melted butter and bake to a nice
golden color.
Remarks: The apples may be omitted.
No. 24—COFFEE CAKE WITH EGG CREAM.
Yeast dough like No. 8
½ lb. of butter
11 eggs
¾ lb. of sugar
Preparation: The dough is prepared as given under No. 8, rolled out to
¼ inch thickness and put into buttered pans to rise in a warm place.
Melt the butter and stir with the eggs to a thick cream. This cream is
spread thickly on the dough and the cake baked quickly in a hot oven.
When the cake is done, put on quite a little butter and sprinkle with
plenty of sugar.
Baking Powder Cakes.
No. 25—COFFEE CAKE WITH ALMOND FROSTING.
½ cup of butter
1½ cups of sugar
1 cup of milk
3 cups of flour
4 eggs
Juice and rind of 1 lemon
2 heaping tsps. of baking powder
For the Frosting.
1 cup of almonds
¼ cup of melted butter
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp. of cinnamon
Preparation: Cream the butter, stir in sugar, lemon juice and rind,
gradually mix in yolks of eggs, milk and flour. Lastly add the baking
powder and the beaten whites of eggs. Spread this batter out 1 inch
thick into buttered pans, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and blanched
almonds cut into narrow strips, sprinkle butter over and bake to a
nice color.
No. 26—COFFEE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING.
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