Blitzkuchen (German Coffee Cake)

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Blitzkuchen

Course after church coffee hour, Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine German

Keyword coffee cake

Author Matilda Joerg

Ingredients

Coffee Cake dough

• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup butter
• 4 egg yolks
• ½ cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

Topping

• 4 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar

Instructions

• Mix coffee cake dough ingredients together and put the dough in the pan.
• Beat the egg whites stiff and add 1 cup of sugar.
• put egg whites & sugar mixture over top.
• Bake.
• Serve with whipped cream.

Notes

This recipe is an example of one of the main differences between current and truly vintage recipes- no oven temperature or indication of how long to bake for. 

I would suggest starting at 350º for 20 minutes and adding time from there.

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