Beat the egg whites until fluffy. Put the egg yolks, the corn
starch, the butter, the sugar and the milk together and whisk this
for 5 minutes with an electric mixer. Add the egg whites and
carefully fold them in. Put a very thin layer of this mixture into a
greased springform pan and put this in the oven at 220 degrees
Celsius for 3-4 minutes; the top side should be golden brown; keep
watching, it burns easily! Add another layer, bake again for 3
minutes. repeat the process until the batter has finished. Spread
the jam over the top layer and allow the cake to cool down for 4
hours.
Traditionally, the baumkuchen is baked around a
turning spit so the layers become vertical and look like year rings
of a tree - hence the name Baumkuchen (tree cake in German). Baumkuchen
made this way is a bit similar to
spiced layer cake from
Indonesia.
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Roll out the puff pastry and cut it in 5
rectangles. Bake the rectangles in the oven at 200 degrees
Celsius until they are golden brown.
Stir the egg yolks together with the sugar, the brandy and the flour. Bring the milk
to the boil with the vanilla sugar. Add the egg yolk mixture and heat it
slowly, while stirring, until it thickens and almost boils; don't let it
boil though. Allow the cream to cool down slightly. Cover one layer of
puff pastry with a quarter of the cream, add the next layer and so on;
finish with a layer of pastry. |
