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9-Layer Coffee Cake
Ingredients
For the sponge base:
4 eggs
4 tbsp hot water
200 g sugar
125 g flour
100 g cornstarch (e.g. Mondamin)
3 tsp baking powder
For the cream:
1 pack vanilla pudding powder
500 ml milk
60 g sugar
250 g butter
Additionally:
150 g butter biscuits
250 ml brewed strong coffee, cold
For the glaze:
4 tbsp apricot jam or light jelly
200 g dark chocolate couverture
1 tbsp oil
For decoration:
Sliced almonds
Coffee beans (chocolate decoration)
Preparation:
Dough:
Beat the whole eggs with hot water for 1 minute at the highest speed using a hand mixer until frothy. Gradually add the sugar, and continue beating for another 2 minutes.
Sift the flour mixed with cornstarch and baking powder in two portions into the egg mixture, stirring briefly at the lowest speed each time, until no flour streaks are visible.
Pour the batter into a baking pan lined with parchment paper and bake immediately on the 2nd rack from the bottom at 25-30 minutes.
Buttercream:
Cook the pudding according to the instructions and allow it to cool, stirring occasionally. Once cooled, mix the pudding tablespoon by tablespoon into the whipped room temperature butter.
Finishing:
Once the cake has cooled, slice it in half twice. Crumble the middle layer and soak the crumbs with coffee.
Place the bottom layer on a cake plate and close the springform ring around it. Spread 1/3 of the buttercream on top, then layer with butter biscuits.
Add half of the soaked crumbs (press them down well!), then spread the second third of the buttercream on top, covered with the remaining biscuits.
Add the rest of the soaked crumbs, followed by the remaining buttercream. Finally, place the top layer of cake.
The cake should be weighed down with the cleaned springform base and a large board or two plates and refrigerated for 2 days to allow it to set.
Glaze and Decoration:
Brush the entire cake with the heated apricot jam and let it dry. For the glaze, melt the couverture chocolate with the oil and coat the cake with it.
Decorate with sliced almonds and chocolate coffee beans.
Bon appétit! 🍽️✨