Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cake)

Kaffee und Kuchen Recipe-

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c. softened butter or margarine
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1-1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 c. milk
• 2 egg whites beaten until stiff
• Confectioners’ sugar
• 1 recipe topping

Directions:

Cake-

1. Cream butter and sugar; beat in egg yolks.
2. Sift dry ingredients add alternately with milk, a little at a time, beating after each addition.
3. Fold in egg whites.
4. Roll out blended cake mixture flat, then roll and fold it several times until it is one full roll, and then place it into a greased 9x9x2 pan. Sprinkle topping over.
5. Bake at 350º about 30 minutes.
6. Serve warm.

Topping recipe-

1. Mix 1/3 c. all-purpose flour and 1/4 c. brown sugar; cut in 2 tbsp. salted butter and mix until crumbly.
2. Spread over warm cakes, sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar, and serve.

Serve cakes with fresh brewed strong coffee (suggest Jacobs Kronung Coffee), and provide fresh sweetened whipped cream and granulated white cane sugar for everyone to use as per their tastes. Sit back, and enjoy your German Kaffee und Kuchen.

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