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German cookery for the English kitchen

1906

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Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Crumble the yeast into the lukewarm milk, mix well, pour into the centre of the flour in a basin, add the beaten-up eggs, the butter (melted) and sugar, and mix and knead well, beating with the rolling-pin till the paste no longer sticks to the latter. Stand in a covered pan in a warm place to rise. When well risen, cover with it — ^about \ inch thick, or less — a well-buttered sheet of tin and let it rise a little longer before covering with fruit, etc., to make Obst-, Butter-, Streussel- or Kase- kuchen. 102 Geback : Tarten und Kucken. Stpensaelkiioheii. Prepare the dough as in preceding recipe '^ Blech- kuchen," brush it over with a beaten-up ^%% and tablespoonful of creamed butter, and sprinkle thickly and equally with the following mixture, then baking as quickly as possible. 8 oz. flour. 6 oz. butter (melted). 4 oz. sugar. 1 teaspoonful cinnamonStpensaelkiioheii. 2 oz. grated almonds or vanilla (if desired). Mix the flour and sugar well. Melt the butter and add| mixing so that little lumps are formed ; this is best done by rubbing between the palms of the hands. Butterkuohen. Prepare the dough as in recipe '* Blechkuchen." Let it rise well after being spread on the tin, press the surface in a little and put \ lb. butter in little lumps all over it. Strew with \ lb. castor sugarButterkuohen and bake a good brown in a quick oven. Pflaomenkachen. Prepare the dough as in recipe ** Blechkuchen." Let it rise to about \ inch or more on the sheet of tin, then brush over with 3 oz. butter (melted) and sprinkle with the same quantity of grated roll or dry breadcrumbs. Take 5 lbs. of plums, stone them, cut into quarters lengthwise and place them closely side by side on the dough. Bake i to | hour, and sprinkle thickly with sugarPflaomenkachen immediately on taking out of the oven. Kirschkuohen. (Cherry Cake.) Prepare as Pflaumenkuchen, allowing 2 lbs. of stoned cherriesKirschkuohen, which should first have some of their juice pressed out of them. 'la Cakes. 203 K&sekachen. (Cheese Cake.) 4 lbs. white milk cheese. 3 oz. butter. 4 oz. sugar. 2 eggs. 4 oz. currants. A few bitter almondsK&sekachen. Prepare the dough according to recipe " Blechkuchen," and arrange on a buttered tin with shallow turned-up edge. Allow to rise to twice its height, then mix all the above ingredients well and spread over the risen dough. Bake in a quick oven. JLpfelkuohen. — I. (Apple Cake.) Prepare as Pilaumenkuchen, allowing 3 lbs. apples, cut into slices. Apfelkuohen. Apfelkuohen I— IL (Apple Cake.) i lb. flour. i oz. yeast. \ teaspoonful castor sugar. Cinnamon. 3 oz. butter. \ gill lukewarm milk. A little cream. I egg:- Apples or other fruit. Put ^ pound of flour in a basin, make a hole in the middle and pour in 3 ounces butter (melted), a little cream, ^ ounce yeast, and J teaspoonful castor sugar ; mix with the yeast \ gill lukewarm milk and 1 beaten- up ^gg. Strain this into the middle of the flour, mix and knead all well together, cover the basin over and put it away to rise till it is twice its original size. Then take the dough, roll it out thinly, and lay it on buttered tins or plates, spreading all over it melted butter, a good sprinkling of castor sugar and powdered 204 Gebdck : Torten und Kucken. cinnamon ; cover thickly with apples peeled, cored, and cut into thick slices. Bake in a quick oven. Other kinds of fruit may be used thus. Apfelknohen mit Bl&tterteig. (Apple Cake with Puff Paste.) TausencUahrkuohen