German Bienen Stich Bee Sting Cake

This is a little time consuming but to die for. Very light. One of my grandmother's recipies. Makes an awesome coffee cake. My kids love it, when i make it i always have to make double because they just devour it. I have to hide the one for guests.

Steps

Dough:.

Make sure cottage cheese is well drained then push the cottage cheese through a sieve.

Blend in oil , sugar and salt.

Mix in 1 cup flour , baking powder , and add milk.

Knead remaining flour into dough add a little more if necessary.

Grease a 20cm springform pan and spread evenly with dough.

Topping:.

Melt butter , add sugar and stir until it dissolves.

Add vanilla and milk , stir in almonds.

Let topping cool.

Spread on top of dough.

Bake for 20 minutes at 200 deg c or 400 deg f.

Cool cake.

Filling:.

Blend custard powder , 1 / 4 cup of the milk and sugar , stirring until custard powder is dissolved.

Boil the remainder of the milk , add to custard milk mixture stirring until thickened.

Cream butter and add the custard bit by bit.

Cover with plastic wrap and let chill in fridge.

Assembly:.

Cut the cooled cake horizontally.

Spread chilled custard cream on bottom half of cake.

Replace the top layer , almonds on top.

Ingredients

cottage cheese, milk, oil, sugar, salt, flour, baking powder, butter, vanilla, blanched almond, custard powder, unsalted butter