This German Blitz Torte recipe is such a quick and easy cake to make - great for holidays and birthdays.
This is one cake that I made when I was very young and wanted to impress my friends. Even today, it's one that can be whipped together quickly with ingredients you have on hand, and the results are yummy!
Add strawberries or other berries to the filling. Decorate with whipped cream and more berries - a real treat! Even though the recipe looks long and complicated, it isn't. Give it a try and be surprised!
German Blitz Torte Recipe
Ingredients:
Cake
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
6 tbsp. milk
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. almond flavoring
Meringue
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup sliced or chopped almonds
Filling
1 cup milk
2 tbsp. sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp corn starch
1 tbsp. butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla or almond flavoring
Instructions:
Cake
Preheat oven to 325° F. Grease and flour 2 8-inch layer pans with removable bottoms.
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolks.
Mix together flour and baking powder. Add to butter mixture. Add milk and almond flavoring and mix well.
Spread batter into pans.
Meringue
Beat egg whites until frothy. Gradually beat in sugar and baking powder until stiff and glossy.
Spread half of meringue over batter in each pan.
Sprinkle each pan with almonds.
Finish Cake:
Bake cake until cake tests done and meringue is set, about 35 to 40 minutes. Cool.
While cake is baking, make filling (see below).
Remove cake from pans. Let cool on rack. Place one layer on serving plate with the meringue side up.
Spread filling on layer.
Place other layer on top with meringue side up.
Decorate with Whipped Cream if desired.
Filling
Mix milk, sugar, and corn starch together. Bring to boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat. Pour some of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk and mix. Pour egg mixture back into rest of hot milk and return to heat and bring just to boiling point.
Remove from heat and add butter. Cool and add flavoring.
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