Bienenstich
bee sting cake
Bienenstich or bee sting cake is a german dessert made of a sweet yeast dough with a baked-on topping of caramelized almonds and filled with a vanilla custard, buttercream or cream.one source for the origin of bienenstich cites a legend of german bakers from the 15th century who lobbed beehives at raiders from a neighboring village, successfully repelling them, and celebrated later by baking a version of this cake named after their efforts.the basis is a sweet yeast dough, which is rolled out finger-thick on a baking tray. on it, before baking, a roasting mass of boiled sugar or honey, fat, cream and sliced almonds is applied. the mass is applied relatively hot, otherwise it will not be s...
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