With all the many exotic and unusual dessert recipes, a German classic surely comes in handy. The Frankfurter Kranz is a wonderful example of how typically German treats are always a great idea. Would you like to serve it to your family or friends? Try our recipe!
Original Frankfurt wreath recipe
The beautiful wreath shape combined with the delicious vanilla cream and candied cherriesand brittleresults in a dessert that not only tastes great, but is also pleasing to the eye. There is also the variant for a Frankfurt wreath made of sheet metal, but we prefer the classic one like thistypical for Germanyis.
These are the necessary ingredients:
For the sponge cake base:
- 4 Owner
- 4 tbsp cold water
- 200g sugar
- 80 g cornstarch
- 120 g Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
For the vanilla cream:
- 500 ml milk
- 1 Pck. Vanillepuddingpulver
- 250 g butter, room temperature
- 50g sugar
To decorate:
- 1 glass of tart jelly (e.g. from sour cherries)
- 1 pc. Crispy
- candied cherries
Frankfurter Kranz Original Recipe – This is how it’s done
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees (180 degrees fan) and grease and flour a wreath mold (26 cm).
Prepare the dough:
- Separate the eggs.
- First beat the egg whites with the water until foamy.
- Gradually add the sugar while stirring.
- Stir in the egg yolks.
- Mix the dry ingredients.
- Add them tablespoon by tablespoon to the wet mixture while stirring.
- Spread the dough in the mold.
- Bake the dough for the Frankfurter Kranz for about 25 minutes.
How to make the cream:
- Prepare a pudding as usual using milk, sugar and pudding powder.
- Let it cool, but stir regularly to prevent a skin from forming.
- Beat the butter until creamy.
- Fold the butter, tablespoon by spoonful, into the pudding at room temperature.
Layer and decorate the cake:
- Cut the cooled base horizontally into three slices.
- Spread the bottom base with the jelly.
- Place the second layer on top and then spread some of the cream on top.
- Put some of the remaining cream into a piping bag.
- Place the third layer on the Frankfurter Kranz cake and spread with the remaining vanilla cream.
- Sprinkle it with the brittle, add 8 to 12 cream tuffswith a star nozzleAdd (depending on the number of pieces you want) and place candied cherries on top.
