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.
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Instructions
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Blend together the cornstarch, flour and salt in a large bowl. Mix in the butter and egg concoction.
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Beat egg whites and steadily add 1/4 cup of sugar. Mix it into the batter.
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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.
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Let the cake cool for 15 minutes, and then remove it from the pan. Proceed to let the cake cool completely.
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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.
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Tips & Warnings
This recipe is for a relatively small cake (16 servings). For a large wedding, multiply the recipe and make several cakes.
