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BRAUNSCHWEIGER ZUCKERKUCHEN

Prep Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1/8 l milk
  • 30 g fresh yeast
  • pinch of salt
  • 70 g sugar
  • 80 g butter
  • 400 g flour
  • 4 tbsp. vanilla sugar
  • 2 eggs

For the topping:

  • 125 g butter
  • 75 g almonds
  • 100 g white sugar

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl crumble yeast and mix with 5 tbsp. of the warm milk and one tbsp. of the white sugar. Let the yeast work for 5-10 minutes.
  2. in another bowl whisk together flour, vanilla sugar, the rest oft the sugar and salt. Then add the yeast mix, eggs, the rest of the milk and the butter. Knead until a smooth dough comes out. Now cover with a cotton dish towel and put it at a warm place and let the dough work again vor 60 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 180°C and prepare a baking tray by oiling it completely.

  4. Knead dough onto the prepared baking tray. For the topping cut the butter into 16 same sized cubes. Press butter cubes with same distant in dough. Sprinkle with sugar and almonds. Let it rise again for 20 minutes.
  5. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Best served right from the oven!