Bienenstich (Bee Sting) Cake

[chocdoc]

Got around to making the Bienenstich cake last night.  Very pleased with the results, but there will be some tweaking next iteration.  Mostly involving the filling - I forgot to add the sugar until I'd spread half the filling on the cake and found the custard powder a bit raw tasting.  Next time I'd cook it a bit. 


Cake:
2   eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1   tsp. vanilla
1   cup flour
1   tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup  milk
1   tbsp. butter

Preheat oven to 350º F. 

Prepare an 8 by 8 inch pan with parchment in two 8 inch strips overlapping the sides of the pan. 

Beat the eggs until light and fluffy at speed 5, add sugar though the lid and continue to beat until nice and thick.  Stir in vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt until just mixed for about 20 seconds at speed 2.  Heat milk in microwave until steaming but not boiling, add butter, when butter is melted add into remaining batter at speed 2 or 3 until just mixed in.  Pour into prepared pan, bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Topping:

1/4 cup brown sugar
2   tablespoons butter - melted
1/3 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup slivered or flaked almonds
3   tablespoons whipping cream

Mix all topping ingredients together, when cake come out of oven, spread as evenly as possible over the top of the cake.  Put back into oven with broiler on - watch carefully - remove from oven when topping bubbles and is nicely browned. 

Filling:
2   cups whipping cream
1   package cream stabilizer (such as Dr Okter) - or 2 tbsp instant vanilla           
    pudding powder
1   tbsp custard powder
2   tbsp icing sugar. 
1   tsp vanilla

Insert butterfly in bowl, add all ingredients.  Mix together at speed 4  until fluffy and starts to firm up. 

Let cake cool.  When cool cut in half with serrated knife, removing top half carefully onto a baking sheet.  Spread cream in thick layer over bottom half of cake, return top half carefully.  I put the cake back into the 8 by 8 pan, and placed in the freezer for a couple of hours to make cutting easier.  Store in fridge.

[Tebasile]

Too bad, I was in St. Jakobs and not in your area today  Chocdoc. I don't bake this dangerous staff anymore and my poor husband has to buy himself a piece almost every week for 4$ a piece 

[chocdoc]

Too bad, I was in St. Jakobs and not in your area today  Chocdoc. I don't bake this dangerous staff anymore and my poor husband has to buy himself a piece almost every week for 4$ a piece 

There is about 3/4 of the cake left - I tasted it, but I'm still working on losing weight - so it's up to hubby and rug rat to finish it off - feel free to drop around a snag a piece.

[judydawn]

I can't believe we now have a recipe for bee sting - I absolutely love it. Thanks so much for coming up with this one chocdoc.

[chocdoc]

Discovered an interesting trick for adding the sugar and dry ingredients - just used my stainless canning funnel through the hole in the lid - much less spillage.

[achookwoman]

Yummmmmmmm, thanks Chocdoc.   Where did you say you lived.

[chocdoc]

Yummmmmmmm, thanks Chocdoc.   Where did you say you lived.

Canada - about 40 km from Tebasile.

[achookwoman]

Tempted to get on the next plane.   Is it cold there?   It's very hot here today and this crazy woman has been baking bread.

[quirkycooking]

YUUMMM!!!  Wish I could have cream - don't think it would be quite the same with cashew cream 

[cathy79]

I'd love to try this with custard in the middle instead of cream.  Jo, can you make dairy free custard?

[cookie1]

I love Beesting and all the recipes I have ever tried were disappointing. This looks amazing chocdoc, thank you.

[Thermomixer]

Thanks chocdoc - I made a bienenstich (with yeast) for one of the cooking competitions and then thought -"Who in the right mind will do all the steps?"  so scrapped the recipe - should still put it together - but this is great indeed.

Have a funny story that I should tell some time about the cream stabilizer and a German vet student who was staying with us many years ago - for another time.

[cathy79]

Have a funny story that I should tell some time about the cream stabilizer and a German vet student who was staying with us many years ago - for another time.

You can't say that and not tell the story, that's just not fair.

[Thermomixer]

When I have time - promise.

[chocdoc]

Tempted to get on the next plane.   Is it cold there?   It's very hot here today and this crazy woman has been baking bread.

Minus 14 C yesterday.