Nusskuchen Food

NUT CAKE (NUSSEN KUCHEN)

Steps:

• If you like you can make the dough a day ahead.
• It is easier to work with.
• With a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour.
• You want it to look like coarse meal.
• Cut in cream cheese.
• Flour your hands.
• Pour in milk a little at a time.
• Gentlely with your hand, mix the dough to form a ball.
• Don't over work the dough.
• At this point wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 1-2 hr.
• best overnight.
• Filling: In a small bowl, beat 1 c.
• sugar into the yolks.
• Beat until light yellow and stiff.
• In a large bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
• Slowly fold the yolk mixture into the whites.
• Mix the flour and walnuts together and gentley add to mixture.
• Try not to stir out all you egg whites.
• You want air to be left to keep this moist and light.
• Spray very lightly a 9x13" pan.
• Roll out 1/2 the dough.
• Put it in the bottom of the pan.
• Pour in your walnut mixture.
• Roll out the other half to fit over the top and fit closely around sides.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 350* for 35-40 min.
• Until the top is a golden brown.
• When cooled cut into squares.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

ZIMT NUSSKUCHEN (CINNAMON NUT CAKE)

Steps:

• Rich Yeast Dough:.
• In large mixer bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour and the yeast.
• Heat together milk, butter, sugar and salt just until warm (115-120°F), stirring occasionally to melt butter.
• Add to dry mixture in mixer bowl; add egg.
• Beat at low speed of electric mixer for 30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes at high speed.
• By hand, stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a stiff dough.
• Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease surface.
• Cover; let rise in warm place until double, about 1-1/2 hours.
• Turn out on lightly floured surface.
• Divide in half and form each part into a ball.
• Note: Only one half will be used for this recipe. Use the second half for Bienenstich (Beesting Cake)recipe #137652 recommended. Or freeze for another time.
• Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface to a 12x12 square.
• Brush with the melted butter.
• Sprinkle on the sugar and cinnamon and then top with the almonds.
• Fold one side over to within 1/2 inch of opposite side.
• Press the edges together and place on a greased baking sheet.
• Cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm place until almost double.
• Bake at 375°F for 12 - 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool.
• Frost with the icing.
• Icing:.
• Cream together sugar & butter and then add the water. Keep stirring until it's completely combined and smooth. Spread over the cake.
• Note: Yeast equivalents are one package = 2 1/4 teaspoons = 1/4 ounce.

GERMAN COFFEE CAKE WITH NUTS AND CHOCOLATE ( NUSSKUCHEN )

Steps:

• Note: Time for cooling is not included.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180C). For best removal of cake: Thoroughly grease pan with melted butter. Put it in the fridge for 5 minutes. Remove, fill with 2 tablespoons flour, shake pan over the sink until evenly dusted with flour. Discard any loose flour. Keep dusted pan in fridge until filling.
• Mix flour with baking powder.
• Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt in a large clean bowl with clean beaters until stiff but not dry. Set aside.
• In another large bowl beat soft butter and sugar until creamy white and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beat until light in color and increased in volume, about 3 minutes.
• Put nuts and chocolate into bowl with the butter and egg yolks and mix a few seconds on low until just blended.
• Sift flour over mixture. Don't mix. Put 1 cup of egg white on flour.
• With a rubber spatula fold flour and the cup egg white into nut mixture, this will be rather stiff, but it does not need to be blended completely.
• Give rest of egg white on nut mixture and fold it in until completely blended. (If you try to mix in flour without egg white first and then fold in all of egg white at once, the flour mixture will be too firm to do this, therefore the two steps.).
• Fill batter evenly into pan.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 60-75 minutes. If it browns too much reduce heat by 15 degrees and cover loosely with parchment paper.
• Test doneness by inserting a wooden skewer into the middle of the cake. If only melted chocolate but no crumbs stick to it the cake is done. Remove from oven.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then carefully lay it on the side and let cake slip out of form. You may cut with a thin knife along the sides between cake and pan to make sure it will come out.
• Best eaten while still a little warm but will keep several days. Dust with a little powdered sugar before serving if you like. Cut into 1/2 inch slices. Serve with a dollop of sweetened whipped cream.
• Note: Using fresh unsalted butter, freshly ground nuts and a really good-quality chocolate are keys in making this cake really good. I usually make it with hazelnuts, and think this tastes slightly better than with walnuts :).

TYROLEAN NUT CAKE (TIROLER NUSSKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) generously with butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Turn pan so bread crumbs are evenly distributed. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat butter using an electric mixer on high speed for a few minutes until foamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sugar and vanilla sugar in batches. Beat batter for a few minutes until mixture is light and foamy. Mix in white wine.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Mix flour mixture into egg mixture quickly on low speed. Fold in hazelnuts and chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan and level with the back of a spoon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.