Recipe
I received from the daughter of the landlord our daughter Tammy rented from in
Germany when she and her husband were overseas with the Air Force stationed at
Ramstein AFB. Her landlord baked the cake
in honor of my visit to Germany. It is
used for special occasions and I felt blessed to have had this honor and
especially to have their daughter to speak enough English to help me write this
recipe to bring home. It is very rich
and is kept in your freezer and taken out for serving.
Stir
all these three ingredients together till it foamy:
1
cup real butter
1
cup sugar
5
eggs
Then
add:
3
cups flour
1
teaspoon vanilla sugar (I use this as extract)
1
teaspoon baking powder
Take
a tall side cookie sheet and grease it.
Take half of the dough and put it on the cookie sheet. Smooth it out. Take the other half and add:
2
to 3 tablespoon Cocoa
2
to 3 tablespoon Milk
Pour
this over the cookie sheet also. Add one jar or can of sour cherries without
the juice, remove juice and set aside.
You can place the cherries evenly over the entire ingredients in the
cookie sheet. Place in a preheated oven
at 80 degrees Celsius, I think I cooked it at 300 degrees F; figure that one
out, for 30 minutes. Remove and let
cool in refrigerator if necessary.
For
the Butter Cream Topping:
1
package vanilla pudding (not instant brand)
1
cup milk .
3
teaspoons sugar
Cook
as directed on package let cool to room temperature, and then add to the
pudding mix 1 cup of real butter blending it till the butter is mixed into the
pudding. Pour over the cold cake. Place back in refrigerator.
Frosting:
6 drops of coconut oil
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
2
teaspoons cocoa
Mix
together well and drizzle over the top of the cooled cake and replace in the
refrigerator. Wait till cold and cut
into 2”X2” serving slices and serve cold.
The
butter topping was the part the daughter did not know exactly how to translate,
but this was the best translation we could do.
It is very rich and I guarantee you can't eat more that one or two
servings with out feeling like you are full.
Keep in the refrigerator.
2
cups hot water. Grate the rind of one lemon into the water. Add 1 cup sugar and
about 1/4 t salt. Separate 2 eggs. (use
the whites for meringue. Beat whites until stiff. Add a pinch of salt and6
tbsp. of sugar and vanilla)
Beat
the yolks. Add a little water and 3 Tablespoons of cornstarch. Also juice of 1
lemon.
Add
the thickening to the water and cook. Add the butter (about 1 to 2 tbsp)
Have
a baked pie crust ready. Cool the filling slightly and pour into the crust. Put
the meringue on top of filling and bake in a 350 oven until golden brown.
Anna
Nordstrom was Mrs. Dahl's (that would be Clara (Swanson) Dahl, Lauren's
grandmother on his father's side) wedding attendant. When the Dahls had their
50th, Anna, my mother, Marie, and I drove down. Or I should say that
I drove - I'd never driven that far before. They took a lot of pictures. (Which
I inherited! JD)