Ruehrkuchen (stirred cake)

6 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
250gramsButter (1 cup plus 2 Tbsp)
250gramsSugar (1 cup plus 2 Tbsp)
Lemon
3To 4 eggs
A bit of rum
Salt
500gramsFlour (4 1/2 cups less 1 Tbsp)
1packBaking powder*
litreMilk (1/2 cup plus 1/2 Tbsp)
Buttercream:
1packVanilla powder**
100gramsSugar (1/2 cup less 1 Tbsp)
½litreMilk (2 cups plus 2 Tbsp)

Directions

Cream the butter. Stir in pudding, a spoonful at a time. Cut cake twice [horizontally]. Fill with the buttercream, and also spread buttercream on top.

((*Note: Baking powder - and for that matter, vanilla sugar - is sold in small packages in Germany. The average cake uses one package. K.B.))

((**Note: Probably a package of pudding mix, as the later instructions refer to pudding. K.B.))

Source: Handwritten German recipe obtained by Pat Stockett Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 8/92