German Fruit Cake With Glaze

Stollen is a traditional german christmas cake also known as weihnachtsstollen weihnachten means christmas or christstollen.

German fruit cake with glaze.

These german tarts showcase seasonal ripe fruit. Refrigerate the cake for at least 1 hour and make sure the glaze has set before serving. In some versions bits of marzipan or a few drops of rum are added to enhance the taste. For thick glaze 2 tbsp cornstarch or 4 tbsp ultra gel.

Add crumbled yeast and mix thoroughly. Place this mixture in the refrigerator until it starts to thicken. You always can use the juice of the fruit that you use for the cake eg sour cherries from the jar always have some liquid. Add 1 cup flour and stir until smooth.

It s a thin shell to fill any way you like and will serve 6. In germany you can buy tortenguss or cake glaze which you simply mix with water. You can serve the fruit cake without the glaze but it makes the cake more moist preserves the fruit and makes the cake look like it came out of a fancy bakery. One of my favorite toppings is fresh whole strawberries with a red currant or.

You may need to heat this mixture slightly but do not bring it to a boil or the gelatin loses the ability to set. It can be made with agar or gelatin and sometimes cornstarch. We usually glaze our strawberry fruit tarts with dr. It is a delicious fruit cake consisting of dried or candied fruits raisins nuts cardamom and cinnamon.

The glaze will pick up the flavor and slight color of the fruit. You can also use canned fruit but ripe fresh fruit works best in the recipe. This glaze works well for fruit in a tart pie fruit pizza cheesecake or regular cake to give it that glossy professional look. Obst kuchen is very typically served throughout germany during the afternoon coffee hour with dollops of freshly whipped cream.

All you need is. Scald milk add 1 2 cup sugar and the salt. For medium glaze 1 1 2 tbsp cornstarch or 3 tbsp ultra gel my favorite consistency. Make a red fruit cake glaze use red grape juice for cakes that contain red fruit strawberries blueberries raspberries.

Traditional german obst kuchen is a fresh fruit flan with a sponge type cake base sometimes with a thin layer of custard topped with fresh fruit and then sealed with a fruit glaze. All you need is one bowl to mix the cake and a flan pan to bake it. Oetker red cake glaze. If you don t have access to this product it is easy to make a glaze which helps hold the fruit on the cake and seals in the fruit so that it stays fresher longer.

The resulting flan is similar to the sponge biskuit flans that are available in groceries to buy. Our favorite tarts are made with strawberries kiwi blueberries and peaches or a combination of fresh fruit. Then you become creative in making this german fruit flan recipe your own. For thin glaze 1 tbsp cornstarch or 2 tbsp ultra gel.