tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post6586985470163427551..comments2024-03-05T03:21:10.473-05:00Comments on Shim Farm: Bienenstich CakeShim Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18148782353052767022noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-22950629421737910472012-11-12T14:15:54.652-05:002012-11-12T14:15:54.652-05:00Hi ktoobusy! I am so happy that you tried Bienens...Hi ktoobusy! I am so happy that you tried Bienenstich! It's one of my favorites and never lets me down.<br /><br />Working with yeast is easy, and I'm glad you've overcome your trepidation.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Shim Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148782353052767022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-27805306816308430792012-11-11T00:41:49.431-05:002012-11-11T00:41:49.431-05:00Delicious! After my son returned from octoberfest...Delicious! After my son returned from octoberfest with a Dr oetker's baking book he bugged me for a year yo make bee cake as we call it. I grew up in a German household in the us butonly had this from the bakery. I used your blog for pan size & some other advice. It is wonderful and I've found some confidence in making yeast cakes now.thanks for the help!ktoobusyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16832018809444470184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-5569640609980917042011-07-05T20:45:12.848-04:002011-07-05T20:45:12.848-04:00Hi Demelza, I do a mish-mash of imperial and metri...Hi Demelza, I do a mish-mash of imperial and metric when I bake. With European parents, I grew up baking German recipes in grams, North American recipes in cups, and learning imperial measurements in school until SI was introduced. It's confused over here in Canada; we buy paint in gallons, lumber in inches, gas in litres. I do water temperature in imperial, and air temperature in metric, go figure!<br /><br />If you have Lidl in Spain, will they also have German flour? You can also use your liquid vanilla, it'll be fine. I use what I have on hand, since my stash of German baking supplies generally runs out before I can replenish it.<br /><br />I hope you can give the recipe a try because it's really great!Shim Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148782353052767022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-88305922786522681592011-07-05T13:22:43.244-04:002011-07-05T13:22:43.244-04:00Hi, I'm not sure what's added to the flou...Hi, I'm not sure what's added to the flour for cake-making - baking powder perhaps? I think 550 is starting to be recognised in England, but not here in Spain - yet! As I'm English I still work on spoons, ie, tea-, desert-, soup- and tablespoon. I don't convert to mls. I guess that's my stubborn streak, holding onto the imperial measures, like, pounds and ounces, miles and feet and inches.<br /><br />Not sure I'll ever change and with the internet it's easy to convert measurements :)<br /><br />The only vanilla I'm used to is the essence in a bottle but now you've mentioned the packet, I think I remember seeing something in a local supermarket, Lidl, which is German, so I may be lucky!<br /><br />DemelzaDemelzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947431332318721499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-64806006578485696302011-07-04T10:55:23.124-04:002011-07-04T10:55:23.124-04:00Yeah, not baking would help the diet! It's so...Yeah, not baking would help the diet! It's so hard to resist freshly-baked goods! I'd never make this cake if it was only Eric and me eating it. Just thinking about it makes me salivate.Shim Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148782353052767022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-7497815214709719262011-07-04T05:05:05.729-04:002011-07-04T05:05:05.729-04:00That looks really good. If I had an oven I would t...That looks really good. If I had an oven I would try it in a minute. I miss baking but I suppose it's probably better for us at the moment since we are trying to slim down a little.Robinhttp://www.farmfolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-2720116294205619372011-07-02T08:06:11.831-04:002011-07-02T08:06:11.831-04:00Hi Demelza,
I'd use regular, all-purpose white...Hi Demelza,<br />I'd use regular, all-purpose white flour. I don't remember if the cake flour had added sodium bicarbonate in it in Europe? My google-fu comes up with 550 flour, don't know if that tells you something or if those grades are for German flour only? You should be OK with the proportions of this recipe as it is from Germany. Also, if your vanilla comes in a paper sachet, I normally add one pack to the topping. What kind of measuring teaspoons are you used to, coming from the UK? Mine are printed with metric and imperial measures (we're confused like that in Canada), so 1/4 tsp = 1.25 mL, 1/2 tsp = 2.5 mL, etc., and one tablespoon is 15 mL. I hope you do try this recipe - it's really so yummy! Thanks for stopping by!Shim Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148782353052767022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136541991481312371.post-86943409094021886462011-07-02T01:25:23.604-04:002011-07-02T01:25:23.604-04:00Hi Ann, that recipe looks great and I'd love t...Hi Ann, that recipe looks great and I'd love to give it a go. A quick question, what type of flour? Strong flour for bread, or plain flour for cake making?<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />DemelzaDemelzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947431332318721499noreply@blogger.com