About this dish
A yeasted cake topped with caramelized honey almonds and filled with a vanilla custard cream.
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Ingredients
🌾3 cups flour
🫙1 tsp yeast
🍯1/4 cup honey
🌰1 cup sliced almonds
🥛2 cups vanilla custard
Method
Serves 31
Mix flour, yeast, milk, and a little sugar into a soft dough; let rise for an hour.2
Press the dough into a round baking pan.3
Melt honey with butter and almonds, then spread over the dough.4
Bake at 180°C (350°F) until golden and the topping is caramelized.5
Once cooled, slice the cake horizontally, fill with vanilla custard, and reassemble.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Bienenstich, meaning 'bee sting cake', is a traditional German cake, valued for the contrast between the soft yeast base and crunchy almond topping.
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