While watching my not so secret obsession, "Chopped", in the final dessert basket there was something I had never even heard of before. It looked interesting, and after a quick google search, I immediately wanted to buy a spit and build a fireplace to use it in. The object of so much interest? Baumkuchen.
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| Isn't it pretty? It looks like a slice of a tree. |
From Teddy Beast, who's actually had it before, he described it as a dense butter cake. A true European pastry, so it's not overly sweet and even a little savory. I didn't really believe him about it, but when we visited a German bakery up North, I understood completely. You can't really describe the taste, just go find a good European bakery and you'll understand.
After a lot more searching, I found out it's called Schichttorte when cooked flat instead of on a spit.
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| Still pretty, but the layers aren't as pronounced. |
Now, cooking it flat means I can actually do it without doing a major renovation on our apartment. It also makes it easier to do flavored layers.
I found a tutorial on how to do the rolled version at home. Using a tomagoyaki pan. Why didn't I think of this >.< I've even made tomagoyaki before. I think I need to dig up this pan for more experiments.
click here to go to youtube and see it.
I can do this. Or at least attempt to do this. Here is my battle plan. The actual making is going to have to wait for this weekend when I have an actual mixer I can use, as well as a spring-form pan so I don't destroy it when I try to de pan it. And those come with a house full of victims to let me know if it's as tasty as I think it will be.
I'll start with Civilized Caveman's
Coconut Cake recipe. It usually turns out a little on the dense side, and isn't too sweet. The coconut oil is being swapped out for Kerrygold or Pulga, whatever's on sale this week. Alongside of it, I'll do a regular SAD version to compare using the recipe from
Create Eat Happy.
To cover both of them, I'm going to just do a simple chocolate glaze out of butter and some good dark chocolate.
I'll let you know how it goes!
