Donauwelle - Donauwave

Making this cake is good fun. It is a classic cake we take to summer picknics or to a party where a cake is needed. For a party, double the recipe, and make big slabs of it on a big 

 baking tray

 

 Ingredients:

250g flour, 165g butter, 165 suger, 1 cup yoghurt, 2pkt vanilla pudding powder or 100g custard powder, 1pkt vanilla sugar or 1 tablespoon vanilla essence, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 4 eggs,  400g cherries,  20g cocoa powder, 500ml milk, 2 tablespoons of extra sugar, 250g butter, 250g dark chocolate.

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 175°C

Mix flour, soft butter, eggs, sugar, yoghurt, half of the vanilla pudding or custard, vanilla essence and baking powder to a creamy dough. Prepare baking tin with paper. Spread 2/3 of the dough onto baking tin. Mix the other 1/3 with the cocoa powder. Carefully spread on top of  the white dough. Spread the cherries on top ( I love cherries, so I top it with HEAPS!!!). Bake for 30 min by 175°C

Make a vanilla custard with the powder and 500ml milk and 2 tablespoons of extra sugar 

( in a little side dish mix custard powder, 3 tablespoons of the milk and sugar, heat rest of the  milk to boiling point, add the custard mix, stir till creamy) let cool down.

When butter and custard have about the same temperature, mix together till creamy.

Top the baked cake with custard mix, cool in fridge for minimum an hour. 

Top cake with melted chocolate, cool.

To cut the cake, use a hot knife.