Bienenstich (Bee Sting) Cake

[chocdoc]

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.

I've got yeast recipes too - but wanted to copy the one I have bought at the German store nearby and theirs is cake based. 

Also waiting with bated breath to hear the story when you have time.

[Georgie]

Oh wow, YUM!!

Instant vanilla pudding & custard powder aren't really things that I would buy, though, wonder if it would work thickening it up with egg & cornflour or something (so more like a custard, I guess!)

[chocdoc]

Oh wow, YUM!!

Instant vanilla pudding & custard powder aren't really things that I would buy, though, wonder if it would work thickening it up with egg & cornflour or something (so more like a custard, I guess!)

Looks like the custard powder doesn't really do any thickening - you really need the modified starch that is in the instant pudding or the Dr Oekter Whip it.  I'm going to play a bit more with cooking the custard powder to try and lose the uncooked cornstarch taste - my experiment today yielded butter - so I have work to do.  The instant custard powder (to which you add water) appears to contain modified starch so would probably thicken.

I also don't have instant vanilla mix in the house - I use the custard powder for a number of things to get an eggy taste without adding egg.  I see that it seems to have a bad rap on this board, but the Harry Horne's Custard pudding powder that I use contains cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, salt, flavour, arrowroot flour and colour.  Nothing unpronounceable.  Checked out the Bird's instant label last time I was at the store and it seems to have a few more things in it - but again, nothing I really have any great issues about used in small quantities, infrequently.

[cathy79]

Chocdoc, in Aus, the colouring used in custard powder is a colour that causes a lot of health problems for some people.  One of the first things a lot of Aussies get excited about is the ability to make brilliant custard without custard powder for this exact reason.  Hence there has been a few suggestions to try homemade custard. 

I'm looking forward to trying this, but have to have an excuse and people to share the beesting with.

[chocdoc]

What brand of custard powder do you use in Oz?  Is tartrazine the colouring agent or annatto?  While I understand there is a risk of allergy to annatto - I'm not seeing the same range of concerns as with tartrazine. 

[cathy79]

Foster Clark is a very common brand in Australia.  I don't have any custard powder so can't remember what is in it. 

This thread has some discussion re custard powder.
http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1605.0

[Tebasile]

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.

If you lose something, you have to find it again  . I'm on the 7th day of the MasterCleanse and dropped 3,4kg, so I can't have a piece, good for your husband  . I will let you know anyway, when I'm in your area...IKEA is waiting for me   

[chocdoc]

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.

If you lose something, you have to find it again  . I'm on the 7th day of the MasterCleanse and dropped 3,4kg, so I can't have a piece, good for your husband  . I will let you know anyway, when I'm in your area...IKEA is waiting for me   

Got as far as the Ikea parking lot today - saw all the cars and decided to postpone.

[Angela]

Am definitely trying this! I love beesting as do most of the women in my mother's group so I might surprise them and rock up with this Friday

[judydawn]

I'm sure you will impress them with it Angela and you need a few people to help you eat it.  3 relatives came to visit me just after I came out of hospital and they bought lunch.  There was a beesting for dessert and they left the leftovers for me to eat - it was a huge piece, probably half of it and there I was, trying to get through it on my own and knowing the calories I was consuming. I ended up throwing a huge chunk in the bin (doesn't stay fresh for long anyway) for the sake of my waistline.
Definitely something you have to share with a group of people so there are no left-overs.