Streuselkuchen Sugar-Crumb Cake
Ingredients
CAKE
cup l/4 lukewarm water (110° to 115°F)
1 package active dry yeast
1/4 teaspoon plus ⅓ cup sugar
1/4 cup lukewarm milk (110° to 115°F)
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
1 egg, at room temperature
2 egg yolks, at room temperature
3 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
TOPPING
1/2 pound butter (2 sticks), cut into bits and thoroughly chilled
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
Preparation
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Pour the lukewarm water into a small shallow mixing bowl and sprinkle it
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With the yeast and 1/4 teaspoon of the sugar. Let the mixture stand for 2 or 3
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Warm, draft-free place-such as a turned-off oven-for about 5 minutes, or
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Until the mixture almost doubles in volume. Then stir in the lukewarm milk
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And the lemon peel.
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Cups of the sifted flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue
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Softened butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, and gather the dough into a compact
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Ball. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead it by pushing it
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Itself. Repeat this process for about 10 minutes. or until the dough is smooth and elastic, gradually adding the remaining 1/2 cup of flour to prevent the
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Dough from sticking. Gather it into a ball again, place it in a buttered bowl
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And dust the top lightly with flour. Cover the bowl with a towel and put it
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Aside in a warm draft-free place for about 1l/4 hours, or until the dough doubles
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In bulk.
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And sides of an 11-by-17-inch jelly-roll pan with the remaining 1 tablespoon
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Of soft butter. Set aside.
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Bits, 2 cups of flour, 2/3 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in a large
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Bowl. Working quickly, rub the flour and fat together with your fingertips
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Until they look like flakes of coarse meal.
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When the dough has risen, punch it down and knead it on a lightly
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Floured surface for 3 or 4 minutes. Then place it in the jelly-roll pan and
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Stretch and smooth it out with your hands or a rolling pin until it covers the
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Bottom of the pan. .
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Screw the Streusel mixture evenly over the top of the cake and sprinkle it
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With 1/4 cup of melted butter. Bake in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes,
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The German coffee table.
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NOTE: To make Pflaumenkuchen or plum cake, prepare the dough as described
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Above, but in place of the Streusel, cover the top with neat rows of
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Firm ripe purple freestone plums, about 3 pounds.
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Cut the plums almost in half, pit and spread them open. Overlapping the
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Plums slightly, stand them flesh side up in parallel rows across the entire
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Width of the cake. Sprinkle them evenly with 1 cup of sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon
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Of cinnamon, and before baking dribble 1f4 cup of melted butter evenly
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Over the top of the cake_
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And slice 6 medium-sized cooking apples, and toss them with 2 tablespoons
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Of lemon juice, 1 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
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Arrange the apple slices in parallel rows side by side across the width of
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The cake, and before baking dribble 1/4 cup of melted butter over them.
Tools
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Yield:
1 servings
Added:
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 12:49pm
