Tree Cake – Baumkuchen

Step 1

Crumble the 100g marzipan into a mixing bowl, add the 30 ml rum (or water and rum extract) and mix until soft.

Step 2

Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.

Step 3

Add the yolks one by one to the marzipan while whisking.

Step 4

While whisking, add the butter, salt, and vanilla paste.

Step 5

In a different bowl, whisk the egg whites with the sugar until stiff but don't make them too stiff.

Step 6

Add some of the egg whites to the mix with the egg yolks, also some of the flour and starch, and carefuly mix with a large spoon.

Step 7

Repeat until the entire egg whites, flour, and starch are mixed into the yellow batter – keeping the fluffy texture of the batter.

Step 8

Turn on the broil function of your oven.

Step 9

Prepare a baking pan with a layer of parchment paper.

Step 10

Spread a thin layer of batter into the baking pan.

Step 11

Bake for a short time in the oven under the broil – careful, hot!

Step 12

Remove the baking pan when the top of the batter starts to change its color to a light brown. Usually after 1-2 minutes.

Step 13

Add another layer of batter and repeat the baking – layer adding – baking – layer adding … until the batter is all baked and the cake has a lot of layers.

Step 14

Let the cake cool.

Step 15

Melt some chocolate and heat some apricot jam.

Step 16

Brush the cooled cake with a layer of apricot jam all around. Let set for a bit.

Step 17

Cover the cake with the chocolate all around.

Step 18

Let the chocolate set.

Step 19

Cut and enjoy a heavenly slice of cake.

Step 20

If you bake for later:Freeze without the chocolate and glaze after thawing.