Braunschweiger Kuchen (German)

The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bre... · Beaty-Pownall, S · 1904
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The "Queen" cookery books. No.11. bread, cakes, and biscuits
Time
Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
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Ingredients (12)
Dough
Additions to dough
Topping
Instructions (10)
  1. Make a good dough with the flour, butter, egg yolks, cream, brewer's yeast, salt, and sugar.
  2. Work the dough well as stated above.
  3. Set the dough to rise.
  4. Work in the sultanas and currants.
  5. Spread the dough on a buttered paper in a layer of the thickness of half to three-quarters of an inch.
  6. Cover it with a cloth, and set it to rise till more than double its original thickness.
  7. Prick it all over with a pointed piece of wood.
  8. Brush it with egg.
  9. Sprinkle the cake thickly with chopped almonds and a little sugar.
  10. Bake slowly for half an hour.
Original Text · last edited 4 days ago
Braunschweiger Kuchen (German).—Make a good dough with about 1lb. of fine, dry, sifted flour, ½lb. of fresh butter, the yolks of four eggs, three-quarters of a pint of cream, four tablespoonfuls of fresh brewer's yeast, a pinch of salt, and a tablespoonful of sugar; work it well as stated above, set it to rise, then work into it about 4oz. of sultanas and currants respectively. Spread the dough on a buttered paper in a layer of the thickness of half to three-quarters of an inch; cover it with a cloth, and set it to rise till more than double its original thickness; prick it all over with a pointed piece of wood, brush it with egg, sprinkle the cake thickly with chopped almonds and a little sugar, and bake slowly for half an hour.
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