South African Beesting Cake With Custard Filling Recipes

BEE STING CAKE(SPONGE CAKE WITH A HOMEMADE CUSTARD FILLING)

Steps:

• Cake method.
• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Sift flour and baking powder. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Add sifted dry ingredients alternating with milk. Spread batter into a greased and floured 22cm loose bottomed cake tin.
• Topping method.
• Combine all ingredients in a pot and heat until sugar has dissolved over medium heat. Pour over cake and spread evenly. Bake in oven for 35 minutes or centre of skewer comes clean.
• Custard method.
• While cake is in oven make filling.
• Scald milk and cream. Beat egg yolks with sugar until light and creamy. Add cornflour and vanilla extract; then slowly add scalded milk and cream. Cook on top of double boiler stirring until mixture thickens. Stir in butter and set aside to cool.
• Once cake is cool split cake in three layers carefully and sandwich together with custard.

SOUTH AFRICAN BEESTING CAKE WITH CUSTARD FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F/ 180 deg Celsius.
• Grease and flour a 9-inch (22 cm) loose-bottomed cake tin.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, and add the vanilla. Add the eggs one at a time, and beat well after each addition.
• Add the sifted dry ingredients, alternating with the milk, until you have a smooth sponge batter.
• Spread the batter in the prepared tin, and prepare the topping before the cake goes into the oven.
• Topping: combine all the ingredients in a small pot, stir, and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Pour this over the cake batter and spread evenly.
• Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 35 - 45 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
• Remove cake carefully and cool on a wire rack.
• While cake is in the oven, make the custard filling.
• Bring milk and cream just to simmering.
• Add cornstarch to the sugar, then beat egg yolks with this mixture and the vanilla until light and creamy.
• Slowly, in a thin stream, add the scalded milk while whisking. Now you need to put this mixture either in the pot you scalded the milk in, or in a double boiler. Heat, stirring, (I prefer stirring with a whisk) until the mixture thickens well. Do not boil it because the eggs will cook and the custard will separate, so be very careful.
• Stir in the butter, remove from heat, and cool.
• Once the cake and custard have cooled down, split the cake carefully into three thin layers. You can do this with thick cotton thread, pulling it through the cake from both sides. Or use a long serrated knife like a bread knife.
• Sandwich the layers together with the custard filling. The top should be golden, with lovely golden sliced almonds.

BEESTING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with cooking spray, and line bottom with wax paper; set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, melt 6 tablespoons butter and 1/2 cup honey. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and the almonds; let cool.
• In a large bowl, beat remaining 1 stick butter and the sugar until creamy. Add remaining 1/4 cup honey, the eggs, and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat until thoroughly mixed.
• In a medium bowl, combine 1-3/4 cups flour, the baking powder, and salt; mix well. Gradually beat flour mixture and milk into batter until smooth. Spread batter evenly in pan. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon flour on top, and lightly press down with fingers. Pour almond mixture evenly over flour.
• Place pan on baking sheet and bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool. Remove springform pan ring, invert cake onto baking sheet, and remove bottom of pan and wax paper. Invert cake top side up onto platter. Slice cake in half horizontally.
• In a medium bowl, beat heavy cream until stiff. Add pudding mix and beat until thoroughly combined. Spread mixture onto bottom half of cake. Place top of cake over cream mixture. Serve or refrigerate until ready to serve.

BEE STING CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
• Slowly beat in 1 egg.
• Sift flour twice with salt and baking powder.
• Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture alternatively with milk.
• Spoon mixture into a greased and floured 8 inch pan.
• GLAZE:.
• Melt butter and stir in ground almonds, honey, milk, and vanilla.
• Mix well and bring to the boil.
• Cool and pour over cake batter, spreading it evenly.
• Bake at 200C for 25 minutes.
• Cool cake, remove from pan, and slice in half, horizontally.
• RASPBERRY FILLING:.
• Heat jam a little to make it easier to spread. Spread over bottom layer of cake. Put cake back together.
• BUTTER CREAM FILLING:.
• Cream butter until soft, and beat in egg yolk and honey.
• Add icing sugar, a little at a time, and beat until fluffy.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Spread top and sides of cake with butter cream.

BEE STING CAKE

Steps:

• For filling, in a small heavy saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Whisk in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat. In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks. Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter until melted. Immediately transfer to a clean bowl; stir in vanilla. Cool 30 minutes. Press plastic wrap onto surface of filling; refrigerate until cold., Whisk custard gently. Fold in half the whipped cream. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate., While custard is chilling, make dough. In a large bowl, mix sugar, yeast, salt and 1 cup flour. In a small saucepan, heat milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Add eggs; beat on high 1 minute. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn dough onto a well floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , While dough is rising, make almond topping. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter, honey and sugar. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in almonds. Cool slightly and set aside. , Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll into a 9-in. circle. Transfer to greased 9-in. springform baking pan, pressing to evenly fill pan with dough. Spoon almond mixture over dough and gently spread to cover entire surface. Cover pan with a kitchen towel; let rise in a warm place until doubled, 25-30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake until topping is golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife. Cool 1 hour longer. , Remove cake from base of springform pan. Using a long serrated knife, cut cake horizontally in half; spread filling over cake. Replace top of cake. Serve immediately. Chill leftovers.

BEE STING CAKE

Steps:

• Batter: Pre-heat oven to 190 degrees C.
• Grease and flour a 23cm springform pan.
• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Cream butter until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla and beat into batter.
• Add dry ingredients one-third at a time, alternating with the 6 tablespoons of milk.
• Stir ONLY enough to blend.
• Pour into springform pan.
• Glaze: Heat together almonds, sugar, butter and milk (or cream) until the sugar is disolved.
• Pat a spoonful of flour over the top of the cake batter, using the back of a spoon to pat the flour onto the batter.
• Pour almond glaze mixture evenly over the batter.
• Use the back of the spoon to help you pour the almond glaze mixture evenly over the batter.
• Bake the batter for 25 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• Cool while preparing filling.
• Filling: Combine sugar, cornflour and egg yolks into the top of a double boiler.
• Separately heat milk to scalding.
• Slowly pour the milk over the egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly and quickly with a whisk.
• Place over hot water.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and thick.
• Do not allow to boil.
• Stir in almond extract, then remove from the heat and slightly cool.
• In the mean time, beat egg whites, adding the salt, and continue beating the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• Fold egg whites into the custard.
• Cover with waxed paper and chill in the fridge.
• Assembly of the Bee Sting Cake: When the cake has cooled, slice in half horizontally to make two layers.
• Place bottom layer cut side up on plate.
• Spread this layer with the filling.
• Top with the second layer, almond glaze side up.
• Refrigerate until time to serve.