Gugelhupf

Viennese Yeast-Risen Coffeecake

Preparation info
  • Makes one 16.5 cm tube cake,

    6-8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Nick Malgieri's Bread

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2012

  • About

Though Gugelhupf is made in various forms all over the German-speaking and nearby Slavic world, it has reached its highest form in Vienna, where there are many variations on the basic slightly sweet and butter-enriched cake. The recipe here is strictly a Germgugelhupf. Germ in German means yeast. Other versions may be marbled with chocolate, chocolate glazed, or leavened with baking powder, and there is even an imperial version called Kaiser’s Gugelhupf. For a 2.9-3.8 l