Viennese Cakes Recipes

VIENNESE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Mix together the cocoa powder and the flour in a bowl and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks, the whole egg, the sugar and the water with an electric beater for 8-10 minutes.
• Blend the Graham crackers and the powdered almonds with the egg mixture.
• Put the egg whites in another bowl and beat until stiff.
• Add the icing sugar and continue to beat for 30 seconds.
• Fold the beaten egg whites in with the egg yolk mixture.
• Add the cocoa and flour mixture and fold again.
• Pour the batter into a buttered and floured round 10" cake pan and bake in the centre of the oven for 30-40 minutes.
• Remove and let stand for 5 minutes, then turn onto a cake rack.
• Frosting: Whip the cream until quite firm, then blend in the icing sugar.
• Put the pitted cherries along with half the juice in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat and add the Tia Maria.
• Mix the corn starch with the tablespoon of water and add this mixture to the cherries.
• Continue to cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Let stand to cool.
• Cut the cake into 3 equal layers.
• Cover the bottom layer with cherries and the next two layers with whipped cream.
• Decorate with cherries and grated chocolate.

VIENNESE CHOCOLATE-NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan.
• Cream margarine and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Mix flour, cornstarch, hazelnuts, and cocoa powder in a separate bowl and quickly mix into the margarine mixture. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.

VIENNESE PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease Two 8-inch Round Pans with Butter.
• Choose plums that are more blue in color than red, and are soft but not mushy. Cut the plums in half lengthwise, along the 'seam', removing the stone. If there's any fiber or remnants of a stem, trim the tip of the stem end with a paring knife. Set plum halves aside.
• Mix two teaspoons of cinnamon with the half-cup of sugar and set aside.
• In mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
• Add eggs, mixing until well blended.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add half of the flour mixture into the creamed butter, stirring just until smooth; then add the remaining dry ingredients, again being careful not to over-mix. Batter will be stiff.
• Divide batter evenly into greased cake pans, spreading to fill pan to the sides.
• Press plum halves into the top of the batter, cut side up, arranging them in tight rows. You should see very little cake batter. My mother always said ".
• load 'em up!".
• Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly and generously over the top of each cake.
• Bake in 350-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool completely.
• While my mother would pooh-pooh it, you can serve with whipped cream. Enjoy!