How to Bake a Traditional German Wedding Cake

If you are of German heritage or having a German-themed wedding, having a traditional German wedding cake is a nice touch. A traditional German wedding cake is a layered cake with golden rings when cut. This version also has rum glaze on the outside of the cake. Read on to learn more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Mixer
• Eight inch pan
• Ingredients as listed

1. Purchase the ingredients needed for the traditional German wedding cake. You'll need ten egg yolks, ten egg whites, 3/4 cup of butter, one cup of sugar, two teaspoons of lemon peel, one teaspoon of vanilla extract, one cup of flour, 1/2 cup of cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 4 cups of powdered sugar, four tablespoons of milk and two teaspoons of rum extract.
2. Beat the egg yolks in a small bowl with an electric mixer until it's thick. The process could take approximately eight to ten minutes.
3. Get a larger bowl and beat the butter and slowly add in 3/4 cup of sugar. Add in the vanilla, the lemon peel and the egg yolk.
4. Blend together the cornstarch, flour and salt in a large bowl. Mix in the butter and egg concoction.
5. Beat egg whites and steadily add 1/4 cup of sugar. Mix it into the batter.
6. Grease and flour an eight inch pan. Spread 1/3 cup of the batter onto the pan. Broil it until the top is turning brown while rotating it to ensure that it's browning evenly. Remove it and spread another 1/3 cup of batter on top. Broil again until it becomes the same level of brown as the previous layer. Repeat this process until you run out of batter.
7. Let the cake cool for 15 minutes, and then remove it from the pan. Proceed to let the cake cool completely.
8. Mix together the powdered sugar, milk and rum extract until it becomes the consistency of a glaze. Use this rum glaze to cover the cake after it has cooled.

Tips & Warnings

• This recipe is for a relatively small cake (16 servings). For a large wedding, multiply the recipe and make several cakes.

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