Frankfurter Kranz

Yum, yum, yum. This cake is a bit of a tradition in Nathan's family as a celebration cake. His Oma used to make it all the time for birthdays and now his parents are carrying on the tradition. Nathan even made this cake for me one year for my birthday, which was very impressive. This weekend just gone was Nath's birthday and his mum and brother Simon made a frankfurter kranz for him. I told them I would put it up in my blog but I am missing a couple of measurements.... Maybe a helpful Weber can tell me what I'm missing where the question marks are.... Here is most of the recipe!

Cake Ingredients ~

• 4 eggs, separated
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 cap of white vinegar
• 4 dessert spoons of milk
• 1 dessert spoon vanilla sugar
• ? butter

To Bake the Cake ~

• Preheat the oven to 190 degrees
• Grease a bundt tin
• Beat the egg whites and sugar until light and fluffy. Then add the egg yolks and beat until well combined
• Add the salt, vinegar and vanilla sugar and fold through gently
• Add the self raising flour and fold through gently 
• melt the butter and fold this and the milk through the mixture
• Bake for 30mins

Butter Cream Custard Ingredients ~

• 2 cups milk
• 2 heaped tbsp raw sugar
• ? custard powder
• ? butter

To Make the Custard ~

• combine milk, sugar and custard powder in a saucepan and boil for one minute. 
• Allow to cool until about 40 degrees and then mix through the butter

Oats Ingredients ~

• 70g butter
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup rolled oats

To Make the Oats ~

• Melt the butter and combine with other ingredients. 
• Spread out on an oven tray and brown in the oven until caramelised

Jam Filling Ingredients ~

• 2 heaped tbsp raspberry jam
• liqueur

To Make the Jam Filling ~

• mix the jam until smooth
• Add enough liqueur until it is a little bit runny

To Assemble ~

• Cut the cooled cake into three layers
• put a layer of custard and jam between each of the layers
• cover the whole cake in custard
• cover the whole cake in caramelised oats

Serve and Enjoy - it is worth the effort!

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