Bee Sting - Bienenstich Cake

Step 1

Put the flour in a large bowl and creat an indention.

Step 2

Add the fresh (or dry) yeast into the indention, crumble it if it is a larger piece.

Step 3

Pour about half of the milk over the yeast and add a pinch of sugar to it. Let sit for about 10 minutes.

Step 4

When the yeast has started to foam, add the sugar, vanilla sugar, two eggs, 2 pinch of salt and the rest of the milk and start to knead a dough.

Step 5

After a short knead, add the butter and continue to knead until it is a nice and smooth dough.

Step 6

The dough should be soft but not sticky otherwise you need to add a little flour.

Step 7

Cover the bowl with a tea towel and set at a warm place to rise for about 1 hour.

Step 8

Melt the butter stick in a sauce pan.

Step 9

Add the sugar and vanilla sugar and stir.

Step 10

Add the almonds and bring to a boil while stirring constantly.

Step 11

Set aside and let cool.

Step 12

Cook the vanilla pudding acording to the package. If you use a cold pudding, whipp it up as stated on the package.

Step 13

Whipp the cream until it is firm - don't overdo it or it becomes butter!

Step 14

When the pudding has cooled, mix it with the whipped cream.

Step 15

The dough should have rised to about double if it's previous size. Remove it from the bowl and give it a short knead.

Step 16

Preheat the oven to 395°F.

Step 17

Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper, make it stick with some butter so it won't move.

Step 18

Place the dough on the baking sheet and with a roling pin start to roll it evenly on the entire surface (see video).

Step 19

With a fork, poke holes all over the dough.

Step 20

Spread the topping on the top.

Step 21

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. The top should turn a little golden.

Step 22

Let cool on a cooling rack.

Step 23

Cut the cake into quaters, then slice each quater in halfes.

Step 24

Spread a thick layer of the vanilla cream on the lower half of each quater, then place the upper half back on top.

Step 25

Your Bienenstich or Bee Sting is ready to eat! Have some coffee with it!