Donauwellen German Cake

GERMAN TRADITIONAL DONAUWELLEN CAKE

Made this on a couple of occasions now.  One of my favourite cake.

THINGS NEEDED:

For cake:

350 g Butter

250 g Sugar

7 Eggs

450 g All purpose flour

1 Pck. Backing powder

3 EL Cacao powder

3 EL Powder sugar

2 Glas Cherries

For cream layer:

500 ml Milk

1 Pck. Vanilla pudding powder

1 Pck. Vanilla sugar

225 g Butter

5 EL Powder sugar

For chocolate layer:

250 g coconut fat (Kokosfett)

5 EL Sugar

5 EL Cacao powder

2 Eggs

2 EL Milk

PREPARATION METHOD:

To make the cake,

Beat sugar, butter and eggs well till thick and creamy.

Dry mix flour, backing powder.

Mix both egg mixture and flour together to make a thick batter.

Grease well a 28 inch backing form .

Pour half of the batter into this and spread nicely.

To the other half add cacao powder and powder sugar .

Spread this gently over the first half of the batter.

Place cherries all over the cake.

Bake for 45 min in a 180 degrees preheated oven. 

To make the Cream layer

Make pudding as per the instructions in the pack.

Add vanilla sugar/vanilla essense while making. Let it cool completely.

Add Butter and powder sugar to this and mix well.

Apply it on top of the cake.

To make the chocolate layer

For chocolate layer, transfer the coconut fat in a bowl. Let it melt  by placing over warm water.

Mix in Cacao powder, suagr and eggs and milk . Mix very well.

Pour it over the cream layer.

After the chocolate is semi firm, draw using a fork waves to get the traditionally looking 

Donauwellen cake. (wellen - waves)

Happy Cooking :)