Butterkuchen ~ German Butter Cake Recipe ❤️
From Quick German Recipes
Ingredients:
- Yeast Dough
- 1 package (1 Tbsp) active dry yeast
- ¼ cup lukewarm water
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk (lukewarm)
- ½ cup oil
- 1 egg
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- about 4 to 4½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup milk or cream
- Topping
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup chopped almonds
- ⅓ cup cold butter
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, mix yeast, water, and 1 tsp sugar. Let stand for about 5 - 10 minutes. This should be foamy. (It will be if the yeast is not old.)
- Mix in 1 cup milk, oil, egg, and ½ cup sugar. Beat in 2 cups flour and mix well. Let stand 10 minutes.
- Add more flour until a soft dough results.
- Remove from bowl and knead until smooth and elastic, adding flour ONLY if necessary if it is too sticky.
- Put dough into a greased bowl. Cover and put in a draft-free warm place for about 30 - 60 minutes, until it has doubled in size.
- Grease a 15" x 10" jelly-roll pan. Roll out dough to fit pan and place in pan.
- Make small hollows in the surface of the dough with your fingers.
- Brush dough with ½ cup milk or cream.
- Cut butter into small pieces and place in hollows.
- Sprinkle ⅔ cup sugar and nuts over dough.
- Cover and let stand in a warm draft-free place for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400° F. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.
- Let cool slightly and cut into 20 pieces.
Hints:
- Change this basic butter cake recipe by adding 1 tsp cinnamon to the ⅔ cup sugar before sprinkling on top of dough.
- Omit nuts if desired or use hazelnuts instead of the almonds.
- Add little dollops of sour cream over top, using about ½ cup, before baking.
- Or make a streusel topping (as shown above) by mixing together 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup butter into a crumbly mixture. Spread on top of dough instead of sprinkling the sugar and nuts over the dough.
