Indonesian spice tree cake stars

Name: Indonesian spice tree cake stars
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 12 h 5 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 7-10 Tbsp Butter; 500 g soft salty butter; 280 g Sugar; 1 pck. Vanilla sugar; 15 Egg yolk (Gr. M); 100 g sweetened condensed milk; 1 TABLESPOON brown rum; 100 g Flour; 20 g Cornstarch; 1,5 Tsp Cinnamon; 1/2 TEASPOON ground ginger; 1/2 TEASPOON anise, nutmeg, cardamom; 1/4 TEASPOON ground cloves; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 6 Protein (Gr. M); 1 Protein (Gr. M); 250 g Icing sugar; some Gold dust for dusting

AUTHOR
Billie Wagner

DIFFICULTY
not easy

RATING

The things you learn during a semester abroad ... In Indonesia, too, there are layered cakes on holidays. It is called Lapis Legit and is refined with cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Okay, we admit it: We checked the spice combination so that we could get an A with an asterisk for our snappy cakes

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
725 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 24

7-10 Tbsp Butter
500 g soft salty butter
280 g Sugar
1 pck. Vanilla sugar
15 Egg yolk (Gr. M)
100 g sweetened condensed milk
1 TABLESPOON brown rum
100 g Flour
20 g Cornstarch
1,5 Tsp Cinnamon
1/2 TEASPOON ground ginger
1/2 TEASPOON anise, nutmeg, cardamom
1/4 TEASPOON ground cloves
7-10 Tbsp Salt
6 Protein (Gr. M)
1 Protein (Gr. M)
250 g Icing sugar
some Gold dust for dusting

Directions

1
Grease a rectangular springform pan (approx. 23 x 34 cm) well. Whip 500 g butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in a food processor for 8-10 minutes until thick and creamy. Stir the egg yolks individually into the butter-sugar cream. Stir in condensed milk and rum. Mix flour, cornstarch and spices. Beat 6 egg whites until stiff, adding 1 pinch of salt. First fold approx. 1⁄3 beaten egg whites, then about half the flour mixture into the butter-sugar-cream. Then stir in the rest of the beaten egg white and finally the remaining flour mixture.
2
Preheat the grill of the oven. Spread a thin layer (3-4 tbsp. dough) on the bottom of the springform pan and grill for about 2 minutes until the dough is light brown. Remove from the oven immediately and spread the next thin layer of dough on the baked pastry. Bake again under the grill for 1-2 minutes. Continue like this until the dough is used up, the quantity makes 10-12 layers. Leave the Baumkuchen to cool overnight on a cake rack.
3
Remove the Baumkuchen from the mould and place on a board. Cut out stars of different sizes with cutters. Use cake leftovers e.g. for rum balls (see tip).
4
We have cut out this number of stars in the following sizes: 9 stars (6-pointed): 7.3 cm Ø; 7 stars (5-pointed): 4.5 cm Ø; 8 stars (5-pointed): 4 cm Ø
5
For the icing, stir icing sugar, 1 egg white and 1 tablespoon cold water with the whisk of the mixer until smooth. Brush the surface of the stars thickly with the icing, allow to dry. Dust with gold dust as desired.
6
Knead the cake remains (approx. 600 g) with 1-2 tbsp. baking cocoa and 5 tbsp. brown rum. Form 10-15 balls from the mixture and roll in chocolate shavings.