Butter cake with caramelized almonds

Name: Butter cake with caramelized almonds (Butterkuchen mit Karamellisierten Mandeln)
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup lukewarm milk; 40 g/1½ oz fresh yeast; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp vanilla extract; pinch of salt; 2 eggs; 500 g/1¼ lb/5 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 100 g/3½ oz/7 tbsp butter; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups flaked (sliced) almonds; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster sugar; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/scant ½ cup single (light) cream

Butterkuchen mit Karamellisierten Mandeln

Preparation info

Makes about
16
pieces

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Germany

By Mirko Trenkner

Published 2009

About

This cake is especially popular in the northern part of Germany. It doesn’t contain any fruit and you’re likely to have most of the ingredients in the store cupboard, so it is the perfect cake to make for unexpected visitors.

Ingredients

250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup lukewarm milk
40

Europe
Germany
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Pour the milk into a mixing bowl and whisk in the crumbled yeast, sugar, vanilla extract, salt and eggs. Gradually beat in the flour and the butter. Knead the dough for 3-4 minutes, until it leaves the sides of the bowl clean. Dust the dough with flour, cover it and put it in a warm place for 30 minutes or until doubled in volume.