German Kranz Cake
Another cake that deserves to be considered on any holiday occasion and not only.
The Kranz Cake recipe bothered me for a long time, I tried a variant with you at the workshop, but it still wasn't exactly what I wanted. And in the end I came to the conclusion that all that is good is simple, delicious cocoa sponge cake with nuts and a cream with nuts ans sugar, more perfect and finer than you can find.
Of course there are many recipes and variants, I already go on this one and it is successful every time, for the little ones and for the big ones.
Ingredients
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Sponge cake
1 piece
with cocoa and nuts, see recipe below
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Heavy cream (32% fat)
700 ml
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Sugar syrop
1 cup
1 glass of warm water + 3 tablespoons of honey or raw cane sugar
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Step by step
Step 1
Prepare the sponge cake according to the recipe here.
Just add 2 tablespoons of cocoa and half a glass of chopped walnuts to the flour - and follow the steps further.
Step 2
After baking, leave to cool well and even left overnight - it will cut better and work easier.
Or you can use any pandispan you like and you know how to make it.
Step 3
Some time before you can prepare the krantz, to have as little to do when you actually start assembling the cake.
So put 1 glass of sugar in an older pan and let it melt slowly over medium heat.
Step 4
When the composition becomes browner, stir to be uniform.
Be careful to keep the fire low, not to burn the sugar.
Step 5
Add the walnuts, stir and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
Step 6
Pour the caramelized walnut composition into a silicone tray or a simple oiled one.
Silicone is very good here, after it hardens / cools, I know for sure that I will not have problems with removing it from the tray.
Step 7
After it has cooled completely and hardened, remove and grind the cranberry well in the robot.
Step 8
And we start assembling the cake:
- cut the pandispan into 2 sheets
- put the first sheet on the cake plate and I recommend covering the edges with baking paper, so that after the decoration you take them out and you have the edges of the plate clean
- with a brush syrup the top - more or less, as you like.
Step 9
Beat the whipped cream as I explained here .
Set aside about 1/3 of the total amount - to make some motzes / decorations.
The other amount is mixed with about 1 glass of krantz, previously prepared.
Step 10
Grease the first cream top with krantz, so that the cream layer is about 1 cm thick.
Cover with the second countertop, don't forget to syrup it.
Step 11
Grease with krantz cream, also cover the edges, evenly with a knife.
Step 12
Take a little krantz in your hand and gently stick it to the edges of the cake.
Cover them completely.
Step 13
You can decorate the top as you like - or make some buns with whipped cream left on top.
Or simply sprinkle more cranberries and you're done.
Step 14
Let it soak for a few hours and you can serve it.
Extraordinary combination of nuts, whipped cream, krantz / caramel - worth a try!
Step 15
And a slice for you :)
Good appetite!
Quantity:
2 kg
(8-10 servings)
Prep time:
60 min
Difficulty:
intermediate
Ready in:
120 min
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