Are you in search of a delectable German treat that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving more? Look no further than the extraordinary Streuselkuchen a la Thoben, an exquisite dish that combines a delicate yeast dough with a generous layer of sweet, crumbly streusel topping. This traditional German cake is known for its unique texture and irresistible flavor, making it a beloved favorite among locals and visitors alike. Originating from the quaint town of Thoben in Germany, Streuselkuchen a la Thoben has become a staple in German bakeries and homes, often enjoyed during special occasions or as a delightful afternoon treat.
Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!
STREUSEL KUCHEN A LA THOBEN
This one is a must eat whenever I am in Berlin, which means getting up and into town early enough to get it fresh from the oven. The cold yeast method makes it one of the fastest yeast cakes ever.
Provided by Renate
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Dough:.
- If you don't have instant yeast, soften the yeast in the cold condensed milk.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Add softened butter and eggs to milk and mix well.
- Stir the liquid into the dry ingredients, this dough will be soft.
- Cover tightly and put into refrigerator overnight (will last up to 4 days).
- Streusels: Mix flour and sugar.
- Cut in butter.
- Stir together the egg yolk and vanilla extract.
- Add to dough and mix well.
- Remove yeast dough from refrigerator.
- Knead dough with a little extra flour about 3- 4 minutes, it should not be too sticky.
- Spread or roll on a greased cookie sheet or lined with baking paper.
- If needed make edges with folded tin foil.
- Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the cake.
- Let dough rise for in a warm place until almost doubled.
- Bake in a preheated 325ºF o 350ºF oven for 25 to 30 minutes until it turns a pale gold.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 5947.5, Fat 223.8, SaturatedFat 134.1, Cholesterol 971, Sodium 1017.6, Carbohydrate 866.1, Fiber 27.8, Sugar 252.9, Protein 121.2
STREUSELKUCHEN; GERMAN CRUMB CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)
Provided by Patricia_Scarpin
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- GERMAN YEAST DOUGH: Scald the milk in a small saucepan over medium heat. You will see steam rising from the surface of the milk and small bubbles forming around the edges. Remove the pan from heat and let stand until the milk feels warm to your fingertip, about 10 minutes; an instant-read thermometer should register 110 to 120ºF. Sprinkle the yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar into the milk and stir well. Let stand for about 10 minutes, until the yeast is bubbly and foamy. To make the dough using a stand mixer: combine 2-1/4 cups of the flour with the remaining sugar in the bowl of the mixer and add the butter and lemon zest. Attach the flat beater and mix on low speed for about 3 minutes. Add the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until the flour looks mealy. Remove the bowl from the mixer stand, add the yeast and eggs, and stir with a rubber spatula to make a moist, thick dough. Switch to the dough hook and beat on low speed for 1 minute. Increase the speed to medium and beat for 5 minutes, or until the dough becomes sticky and elastic and begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Scrape the bowl and the dough hook. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon flour over the dough and cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap. Let the dough rise until doubled in size, 1 hour or more depending in the warmth of your kitchen. Lightly flour your work surface. Dislodge the dough from the bowl with a pastry scraper, scrape it out onto the work surface and turn to coat all surfaces lightly with flour. Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a ball, cover loosely with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for 10 minutes. The dough is now ready to use. Note: if you are using only half the dough, place the second ball of dough into an airtight container and refrigerate it. The next day, shape and bake it into another Streuselkuchen. MAKE THE STREUSELKUCHEN: Butter a 9-inch square baking pan* (do not use cooking spray - the dough must adhere to the pan). Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface to the size of the pan. It will be about ¼ inch thick. Transfer the dough to the pan and pat it onto the bottom and into the corners. Do not make a rim; the dough should be flat. Cover with a kitchen towel. To make the streusel crumb topping, put the flour, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and butter into the work bowl of a food processor (I used my Kitchen Aid mixer with the paddle attachment) fitted with the metal blade. Pulse 5 or 6 times, then let the machine run just until the ingredients begin to form small crumbly masses, about 30 seconds. Do not process beyond the crumb stage. Uncover the dough. Press the crumbs to form clumps the size of large peas, and sprinkle on the top of the dough. Continue making larger lumps of streusel and sprinkling them evenly all over the dough. There will be a generous layer of streusel covering the dough. Cover the Streuselkuchen with a kitchen towel and let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes. Adjust an oven rack to the center position and preheat the oven to 350ºF. Uncover the kuchen and place the pan in the oven. Bake for about 30 minutes, until the kuchen has risen almost to the top of the pan and is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into its center comes out clean. Remove the pan from the oven and immediately sprinkle the top with a generous layer of vanilla confectioners' sugar. Cool completely on a wire rack. This is at its best when very fresh. Cut into portions with a sharp knife. NOTE: I used a 20cm (8-in) square pan and it worked fine.
STREUSEL KUCHEN
I made a family cookbook for my German grandmother's 100 birthday. Relatives from her 11 brothers and sisters sent the recipes and I believe this one is the oldest.
Provided by Barbara
Categories German Recipes
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x12 inch pan.
- Mix together the sugar, shortening, egg, milk, flour, salt and baking powder.
- Prepare the streusel by mixing together the brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter and pecans.
- Spread cake mixture in pan and spread streusel mixture on top. Swirl ingredients together.
- Add the rest of streusel over top and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 162.2 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 14.3 mg, Fat 6.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 136.5 mg, Sugar 14.8 g
STREUSEL KüCHEN
Provided by Kurt Gutenbrunner
Categories Mixer Citrus Fruit Nut Dessert Bake Walnut Vanilla Cinnamon Clove Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- For streusel:
- Mix first 4 ingredients in medium bowl. Add melted butter and stir with fork until moist clumps form. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
- For cake:
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F. Butter and flour 10-inch-diameter springform pan. Toss apple slices, cinnamon, and cloves in medium bowl. Sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt into another bowl. Combine butter, powdered sugar, and lemon peel in large bowl; scrape in seeds from vanilla bean.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter mixture until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition; beat in egg yolk. Add flour mixture and beat just until blended. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan (cake layer will be thin). Slightly overlap apple slices atop batter in concentric circles. Sprinkle streusel evenly over apples (streusel will cover apples).
- Bake cake until streusel topping is crisp and tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 15 minutes. Remove pan sides; cool to lukewarm. Serve lukewarm or at room temperature. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool completely. Wrap cake in foil and store at room temperature.
PLUM STREUSEL KUCHEN
This recipe is actually called "platz" in German (meaning "flat") and has been in my family since before I was born. The fresh fruits of summer make it a favorite, and it's simply wonderful warm out of the oven. We enjoy this German plum cake with ice cream or whipped cream, too. -Lisa Warkentin, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 1h
Yield 15 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. In another bowl, whisk egg and cream; add to crumb mixture, tossing gently with a fork until mixture forms a ball. , Press dough into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange plums over crust., For topping, in a small bowl, combine flour and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Add cream, mixing gently with a fork until moist crumbs form. Sprinkle over plums. , Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 235 calories, Fat 10g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 37mg cholesterol, Sodium 126mg sodium, Carbohydrate 33g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
STREUSEL KUCHEN
The mere mention of this has been known to cause severe homesickness. From the Pennsylvania Dutch chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 8h20m
Yield 4 cakes, 24-32 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- To make streusel: Mix sugar, cinnamon and flour together; cut in butter to make fine crumbs. Add vanilla and nuts.
- Cream butter, sugar, salt and egg yolk.
- Add milk alternately with flour and the softened yeast cake.
- Beat well and add stiffly beaten egg white; cover and allow to rise overnight.
- Add just enough flour to allow handling; roll pieces of dough into flat cakes, large enough to fit piepans.
- Spread on well-greased pie pans, cover and let rise until doubled.
- Brush melted butter over top and spread with streusel OR sprinkle thickly with brown sugar instead.
- Bake at 400F about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.6, Fat 7.7, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 25.6, Sodium 113.6, Carbohydrate 46.3, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 16.9, Protein 5.2
STREUSEL KUCHEN
I made a family cookbook for my German grandmother's 100 birthday. Relatives from her 11 brothers and sisters sent the recipes and I believe this one is the oldest.
Provided by Barbara
Categories German Recipes
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x12 inch pan.
- Mix together the sugar, shortening, egg, milk, flour, salt and baking powder.
- Prepare the streusel by mixing together the brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter and pecans.
- Spread cake mixture in pan and spread streusel mixture on top. Swirl ingredients together.
- Add the rest of streusel over top and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 162.2 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 14.3 mg, Fat 6.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 1.9 g, Sodium 136.5 mg, Sugar 14.8 g
Tips:
- For a streusel topping that is extra crunchy, use a combination of brown sugar and white sugar.
- To make sure the streusel topping doesn't burn, bake it at a lower temperature for a longer period of time.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can make the streusel topping by hand. Simply use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- For a streusel topping with a nutty flavor, add chopped walnuts, pecans, or almonds.
- For a streusel topping with a citrusy flavor, add grated lemon or orange zest.
Conclusion:
Streusel kuchen is a delicious and versatile dessert that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. With its simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, this recipe is perfect for bakers of all skill levels. So next time you're looking for a sweet treat, give streusel kuchen a try!
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