Nusskuchen Recipes

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 :).

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.

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.