Dresden Eierschecke quark cake
A yeasted cake with vanilla quark filling and a soft egg topping.
Active time45 min
CookingNot specified
Total4 h 30 minResting : 3 h
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Ingredients
- 1 tsp lemon baking flavouring
- 155 g unsalted butter
- 125 ml whole milk
- 5 medium eggs
- 270 g plain flour
- 21 g fresh yeast
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 255 g granulated sugar
- 1 packet of Bourbon vanilla sugar
- 500 g quark with 20% fat in dry matter
Preparation
Warm the milk until lukewarm. Crumble in the yeast and add 5 g sugar. Stir and leave for about 10 minutes, until foamy.
125 ml whole milk21 g fresh yeast255 g granulated sugar- saucepan
- mixing bowl
Let the butter soften. Mix 250 g flour with 50 g sugar, 50 g butter and the salt. Crack in 1 egg and add the yeast milk. Knead until smooth. Cover and leave to rise for about 45 minutes, until doubled in volume.
155 g unsalted butter5 medium eggs270 g plain flour1 pinch of fine salt- mixing bowl
- stand mixer with dough hook
- tea towel
Mix the quark with 100 g sugar. Crack in 2 eggs, then add the vanilla sugar and lemon flavouring. Whisk until smooth.
1 tsp lemon baking flavouring1 packet of Bourbon vanilla sugar500 g quark with 20% fat in dry matter- mixing bowl
- whisk
Melt 100 g butter and let it cool to lukewarm. Crack and whisk the remaining 2 eggs with the remaining 100 g sugar and 10 g flour, until foamy. Stir in the melted butter.
- saucepan
- mixing bowl
- electric whisk
Grease a 26 cm springform tin with the remaining 5 g butter. Dust the worktop with the remaining 10 g flour, roll out the dough and line the tin with a small raised edge. Spread over the quark filling, then gently pour on the egg topping. Heat the conventional oven to 180 °C.
- springform tin
- rolling pin
- oven
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until the top is golden and the layers are set. Let cool completely in the tin before releasing.
- oven
- springform tin
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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