Baumkuchen German cake at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the ingredients for making German baumkuchen.

2. Step 2:

   

   We separate the whites from the yolks. We put the container with proteins in the refrigerator, it should be cooled.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put soft butter, half a cup of sugar and vanilla in a whipping container. We begin to beat, adding egg yolks in several steps.

4. Step 4:

   

   In the resulting mass, we begin to introduce bulk ingredients sifted through a sieve: corn starch, flour and baking powder. Carefully knead all the ingredients, the dough should be quite dense.

5. Step 5:

   

   Take the proteins out of the refrigerator, add a pinch of salt and start whipping them into a strong white foam, adding the rest of the granulated sugar in the process of whipping.

6. Step 6:

   

   We carefully begin to introduce the protein mass into the dough, well, but at the same time we mix it carefully. The finished dough is set aside for 15 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   At this time, it is necessary to prepare a baking dish for cakes. We put baking paper in a latka or baking sheet. I recommend greasing the paper with vegetable oil. You can also use special baking mats, from which the cakes will be easily removed. We are also preparing another tube, on which we will wind up the finished cakes. You can use a roll of food wrap or a rolling pin wrapped with baking paper.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put a small amount of dough into the prepared mold and distribute it evenly over the entire surface. Put the first cake to bake in a preheated 220oC oven.

10. Step 9:

    

    We take the finished cake out of the mold, lubricate it with jam with quick movements using a pastry brush, install the prepared tube and tightly wrap the cake around it.

11. Step 10:

    

    So we bake all the cakes and wrap them one on top of the other around the tube, like a roll. We wrap the finished roll tightly with baking paper and install the tube on two pedestals so that the roll does not touch the table and does not deform. In this form, the roll should cool completely.

12. Step 11:

    

    Preparing the glaze. In a steam bath, we heat the bitter chocolate and add milk, mix.

13. Step 12:

    

    We remove the cooled baumkuhen pie from the rolling pin, cut it into two parts and install it so that the slice is visible. We lubricate the sides with melted chocolate, imitating the bark of a tree. We remove the Baumkuchen for 1 hour in the refrigerator to freeze the glaze.