I’ll be interested to try yours. I just wanted to warn anyone else from high altitude that the recipe will have to be tweaked more than normal. Hm, I’ve made this cake twice now. The pastry cream was indeed delicious with the honey, but as you predicted it definitely smooshed out from between the layers somewhat. I tried to make it between last night and this morning and late in the night realized I have blanched chopped almonds not almond slivers (thin like yours), I though we it might work I have no option anyway. This was my favorite cake from a childhood bakery – Fantasia in Laurel Village, San Francisco. Thank you so much for the many try and try again efforts to give me a great recipe! I am very familiar with this cake. After reading through the recipe carefully and all 500+ comments I decided to do a trial run first before baking the real thing for a party. I made this recently for our coffee cake, and it’s far too good for something so easy to make. As to the filling, I did opt for the cornstarch over the flour (but reduced the amount to 1.5 tbl. You need to let it come to a boil and keep it there long enough to thicken a bit. Can’t wait to give it a try! I remember calling it the bee cake. The Fresh Loaf (website) is a fantastic forum of bread bakers and is full of information. 3/4 teaspoon table salt (I also live at high altitude and use baking guidelines for 7,500 ft. elevation. made a bee sting cake for Easter, and I fell in love with it since I’m a honey junkie. This is a much better cake that my old recipe. This is often what’s used in pastry cream. Also put the almond topping on some parchment paper after cooking to let cool. I used cornstarch, rather than flour (same as last time) and followed the directions exactly. She said she remembered the filling being slightly sweeter, which reminds me, I’m going to bump up the sugar one tablespoon. Your recipe looks and sounds just like that wonderful Bienenstich (which had real vanilla pastry cream). According to the equivalents on my Cream Cornstarch box: The almond mixture sunk to the bottom. You specifically state instant and not active dry. To give it extra moisture and a kick consider wetting the cake layers with milk and brandy/wiskey and for the top, try it with a topping made of brown suger, butter, coffee (good instant like tasters choice or somethin’) and pecans. Thank you so much for this recipe. I misread the directions and ended up putting double the honey almond gooey-ness on top of the cake. Thanks for sharing! Also, our cake was not a light yeast cake, but more of a pound cake. I’m so glad I’m not the only crazy person who makes the same recipe six times in one week to get it just perfect. Love this cake btw, never heard of it before. Hi! I LOVE homemade custard and pudding I’ve only heard of this cake, but never knew what it was until seeing this recipe. ATTENTION: Anybody who’s considering making this cake but is frightened by the reports of topping sinking into the cake layer. Not sure why I hadn’t responded sooner. Thanks so much for posting this recipe. Next time, I’d put the caramel on the cake at 5 mins. But, I did not make it until today. try it with a glass of brut bubbly – they’re perfect together. CarrotTopBaker — I do not. I made this today for my mom for Mother’s Day. Totally sunk in the middle and wet on the bottom. It reminds me a little of a Tarte Tropezienne. I’ve made this twice and both times I had problems with the almond topping sinking into the batter before it made it into the oven. Thank you so much. It might be a trifle less fluffy but certainly perfectly edible. The best recipe I have ever found for the home, previous to reading your post of course, was from Richard Sax. Any thoughts? My husband and I love this recipe! BUT this year!!! My almonds sunk and none remained on the top. I just took the cake out of the oven and success! My Mom is German and I spent many summers there while a child. When the cake was removed from the pan, just about every bit of it was on the bottom, save a few stalagmites ascending from that layer. No mess, no sinking, no sticking … it was just perfect. I was able to take my good half and slice it to fill with pastry cream – yay! Made it for Sunday dinner…the yeast laced cake with salty honey almond crunch on top was delicious. Psst: I think this cake would be absolutely delicious as a lightly-sweet coffee/brunch/teatime cake without the pastry cream filling. Yes, really my name is ‘Texas’. If I omit the pastry cream like last time, do you think I could make it in little muffin tins? I would warm it up first to optimal yeast-proofing temp. I tried again today, following a method similar to making Toscakaka and allowed the cake to cook without the almond mix for about 12 minutes before adding it. Of course, I’ll probably have to eat it all myself (Not a bad idea!) 411bee — No, but if you could cheer me on about it, I’d really like to make one! I will update if I do in case anyone else is interested. The kind I find here though is made with bread like dough and a lot firmer and drier in texture than in your recipe. Thanks! Such a waste of money. I love you, I love you, I love you, Deb! Thanks! I think next time I’ll make more of the creme filling, because it was DELICIOUS and I wanted more :). I thought it tasted like butterscotch. Baked as directed. If this doesn’t work than maybe baking the cake a little first and then putting on the topping? It’s wonderful. Deb – Thank you so much! Dang! I will try broiling the next time I make this. He seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. Apperently they purchase the cake they purchase frozen in a 1/2 sheet pan and sell it in individual portions. appropos of nothing, I bought your UK edition of your cookbook at my local bookshop yesterday! I say this because the environment variations like temperature and humidity likely play a role in how the cake rises and how “tuff” it ends up being to handle the honey almond topping when putting it on the cake. I think it will still taste great. http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking_butter.htm. it was gorgeous AND delicious. OMG! It’s turned out to be my favorite Smitten Kitchen baked good, and I’ve cooked a LOT of Smitten recipes. I love hosting dinner parties! I always get extra dessert-ambitious right around my mom’s birthday. My mom has been making “beesting” cake for years, but hers was not a year cake. In response to Becca and whether to proceed with the cream when you have a bee sting disappointment. What did I do wrong…? (My son’s room is right next to the living room; any noise wakes him up.) About 30 years ago a friend and I would go to Chicago to visit her mother and stop at a German bakery where I was introduced to Bienenstich. (obviously you’ll note I’m a novice for even asking this question, but it the unanswered question has haunted me for years . Getting the recipe involved my mother reading and translating a very sparse recipe over the phone. The pastry cream thickened too quick too much but with some milk drizzled slowly in helped to ease the consistency. Sinking almond topping — So sad to hear about this. When I saw the picture, my youth came flooding back- I can hardly wait to try your recipe. I tried to put the caramel on the cake batter. We borrowed a card table so we’d have enough seating and it was such an enjoyable experience — nobody hurrying us, no 400% wine markup, the exact food we love, lovingly made — we are totally obsessed with having more now. Hi Deb, with the sugar. I used cornstarch for the filling but it did not set. Brandy — A stand mixer is not a requirement. I’m still placing it on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil to catch any drips. My husband’s family is German and they love this cake, but (like a few other commenters) we call it beehive cake even though I think it looks nothing like a beehive. I’ve followed your blog for a while. My grandmother grew up in German Brooklyn and Manhattan during the 20s and 30s as well! Here’s a very helpful YEAST FAQ from The Fresh Loaf. The ones I’ve seen in bakeries didn’t have domed tops so I never expected one. This looks simply delicious! HELP!! I think it’s in Joy of Cooking. I just placed all the pieces back together and put the pastry filling on top. Isabella — That’s totally the French version! I used the extra pastry cream as a dip for strawberries. My grandpa and my uncle both served missions for our church in Germany, and bienenstich was always one of those memory cakes that immediately evoked their experiences there. Bee sting is actually traditionally used on brioche as a breakfast pastry France. I should have added that you should run a knife along the cake before inverting it, just to be safe. I think that this is the first time that I’ve ever gotten to try something from SK without having to make it myself. I was very careful watching the rise times as another commenter suggested over proofing as the cause of sinking almonds. I’m in Denver, so I don’t know if it’s altitude plus the yeast or what. I am a totally novice baker (but experienced cook) and I made this cake fairly easily and to great result. Thank you for a great recipe! My family usually enjoys it with a pretty high whipped cream to pastry cream ratio, but to each his own! Gail — Thank you. I am a fan of custard so I made double (using cornstarch) and have some left over for snacking. When you posted this, there was much dancing. I love the sound of this cake – with the sweet topping and pastry cream filling, it looks absolutely divine! . This was perfect! So I made this for my fiance’s birthday and it turned out delicious! Which got me posting again. So much so that my mother in law (who lives in Florida) researched and found a German bakery close to where we live (Denver, CO) in order to get one of these for my birthday this past year. It is absolutely one of my top 3 favorite pastries, and it’s German, not Austrian or French. Seriously, I already bought our own folding table, we’re going to buy some extra chairs this weekend, then table linens. She loved it. I cooled, I removed sides, sliced cake in half, and using my XL spatula slid the top half onto a waiting piece of parchment paper. I made this cake today for my bro’s birthday and it was adored by the whole family. I’m new to you but have heard your names referred to as “the cream de la cream” of food blogs since I finally understood what a blog actually was! It over rose a ton. I thank you for the recipe and all your time and energy put into these wonderful recipes. I salvaged it by making whipped cream and folding it in. This cake is absolutely gorgeous. It was still quite warm to the touch when I put it on the batter. This will stink. I can’t tell you how much I love this! Carly — Mine is totally standard, 2-inch, nonstick. 3/4 cup whole milk, ideally at room temperature If I every do a third try, I’ll definitely up the flour content. I can’t wait to try this! I have so much trouble finding instant yeast that I have to order it on Amazon. Daily Goals. I truly love you, Deb. I will be making this cake and weeping openly. Lovely! So thin that when I put the almonds on they sank as they baked and ended up being closer to the other side but some in the middle. The cake sounds amazing and well worth the effort. The almond topping has snuck in the batter while being baked and it has no topping any more :(, First time when I have tried your recipe and it hasnt turned out as t looks here. My mom’s family is also German-Jewish: they settled in the Orthodox neighborhood in Washington Heights after the war. A lot of German pastries (in Germany, that is) are not quite sweet enough for American taste. 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold is fine, Make the cake: Combine all of the cake ingredients in a medium-sized mixing bowl, stirring till the mixture becomes cohesive, then stirring for two minutes more. It’s just not as fun to substitute half of the recipe with American stuff. I think it could be delicious — baby bee stings! I’ve been crushing on this recipe from afar for a while now, and I finally got around to making it. The topping was crunchy and browned lightly as in the picture of this recipe. The texture was great (not in the middle though), from reading the comments I think that my mistake was letting the dough prove too long. Looks amazing! But that’s quite in normal, as in Germany you can buy it almost everywhere. Hi deb, I’ve got a bake sale at my daughter’s school coming up this week, and this cake sounds like it would be a lovely break for the adults from the usual very sweet fare, but I was wondering – do you think this would adapt well to cupcakes or little individual cakes? I removed it from the heat, whisked it up & heated it a little more, but I was concerned it would burn, so I removed it from the heat. I am in love with this cake. I would still probably do the first rise in a bowl, because you want to stir it to deflate it a little, and that would harder to manage — and would probably disturb the greasing on the cups — in muffin tins. It took two bench knives and a cookie sheet to move it but I managed. By assembling these three things together in the form of a layered […] I just left it as an upside down cake to cool. Place top half on pastry cream. I was going to a party, so I quickly candied more almond slivers, poured them on the top and let them cool while we were driving to the party. If you like the flavor of Bee Sting Cake, you’ll love the Bee Sting Cake Ice Cream recipe below! What a lovely cake! I finished adding the cream, as instructed and returned it to the heat the second it started to bubble (low heat), it turned to gel. Thanks! I still managed to eat my share, of course! My Geman speaking husband translated it for me eagerly, as he loves this cake. E-book – Essential South African Cooking in the USA. Thank you, I love cake. It’s probably a good recipe that just needs more information regarding cooking temperature of the sugar syrup, and how cool exactly it should be before going on top of the batter (or maybe there’s another way to get the topping on top?) I added 1/4 c. flour I have an irrational fear of yeast. Hi Deb, Sweet but not too sweet. Can’t wait! If you come back out to these parts you should try it. this is it. We find it in almost every bakery in Switzerland. I had a tiny bit of sinking in the middle, but otherwise, held up beautifully. I have dreamed of bienenstich for 20+ years after having a slice from a German bakery. I’d love to make this the next time I have company, which is in a few weeks. Thanks for your “test lurching” Deb! :) I made this cake for my son’s birthday but my batter was thinner than yours..so when I put the almond mixture on top it started sinking into the batter…I followed your recipe to the letter..what HAPPENED?? It will go over very well in my family. Perhaps because not as much moisture could vent through the solid topping, the cake did need a full 25 minutes (or even a touch longer) in the oven. This didn’t happen to me and my cake looks as beautiful as Deb’s – Thank you. forgive me, but the premise here seems awfully thin) emerged, something about a bee being drawn to the honey topping and stinging it/it not being an authentic bee sting cake unless it has been stung. King Arthur Flour company in Norwich VT makes a cake like this, called the Bee Sting, and sells it at their store and factory right there. The only thing I would do differently is cook the pastry cream a bit more…I used cornstarch and when it started to thicken suddenly while cooking, I was afraid it would cook too thick to spread so took it off the heat a bit early…but it ended up a little softer than ideal and the cake slid a bit while cutting. Thank you for another gem Deb. ironically taste and texture was so good baked that I’m determined to make it now, but wondering if you have any thoughts on where I might have gone wrong? This looks amazing. I had zero trouble with the almond topping, and I think it may have been because of a substitution I made — I only had 2 tbs of honey, so I used 1 tbs of agave to make up for that last missing one. The handcrafted Christmas items are supposed to be the attraction but the food stalls are amazing and the bee sting cake is our absolute favorite. Vanilla and almond flavors combine to give you smooth, mellow flavors reminiscent of your favorite bakery cakes. Thanks! Fabulous Cake! This looks incredible. Turns out instant yeast is imported here so I chose the Bravo brand made in Turkey. It’s like hearing a really important and wonderful song on the radio after a long time. Well, except for the lovely, fantastic, amazing, out of this world gooey cinnamon squares of yours…. This looks so good! This is baking right now. I weighed the flour, 250g for 2 cups. growing up (in bellevue, washington, of all places, home of bill gates, on the far-flung west coast — not, shall we say, a german epicenter. I probably don’t need to tell you which way I went. I am so impressed you went through all the renditions to make the right one! Whenever I am back in Germany, this is what I eat. Yes, I am that old! and thank you for doing all the research…you saved me so much time! Just like to mention that around here in Berlin bienenstich is made without the pudding filling. It had a bit of a floury taste and texture. This prevented sinking. My father is from Germany, and although I’ve never heard of this cake, my grand-mother used to make an amazingly delicious pineapple cake that is out of this world. It looks amazing. topping but is more like a Madeira cake – not a yeasted one. Oh, that lasagna! Your “foodie-ness” is so appreciated–thank you! Marian. I just made this cake. I’m am too such a slow mover kind-of-person. I let it cool in the medium pan I cooked it in (for too long), and when I went to use it I realized it was just one round flat brick (similar to peanut brittle), I warmed it slightly so the bottom unstuck but it stayed in the same round shape (just slightly smaller than the cake itself) and I just put it on top of the cake and into the oven. I have found serveral sources online but none of them have very many reviews. After 10 minutes, run a knife along the outside of the cake, making sure no places are stuck and invert the cake onto the cooling rack. Sometimes new isn’t always better. I think that the cake might benefit from a couple extra tablespoons of flour to thicken it slightly so the topping holds up better, based on comments here, but haven’t had a chance to retest it yet. Do you have any favorites? Previous post: spinach and smashed egg toast. Mine didn’t *look* as “perfect” as yours. You probably have to cook it longer, even if the color has changed some. You just got me baking again and that always leads to fun. Ah, brings back memories of good times in Germany. Love the almonds and pastry cream! I may just make the topping to munch on myself until I have the time to make it…. Yes. I used to fill and decorate the bee sting cakes at work after the baker baked the yeast cake. Has anyone yet tried to remedy the sinking almonds with the extra flour? My cake turned out beautifully but my custard was really thick – it got clumpy and then thick fast. I made this tonight – and the almond mixture sunk. The topping was spot on, and, and I stated, the cake was beautiful and typically German, being just sweet enough. I had heard of an irish soda-raised cake made from this rich milk before, and I wondered if they were related. I was so excited to make this. Maybe it was my honey? Do let us know what other adjustments you try. Round 2 produced a lovely cake, bronzed caramel lid, but a too-thin custard filling, the result of me attempting to make it while dictating a grocery list for that weekend’s Lasagna Bolognese to my husband, and omitting an ingredient in both, grr. Believe it. Return the saucepan to the stove and cook on medium-high heat until it bubble, then simmer for one to two minutes, more whisking the whole time. I thought that maybe I let it rise too much? Then, my husband and I spent five hours in the car, bought supplies for our fishing operation, climbed around two huge boats in chilly weather, and arrived at my in-laws’ home to a warm pumpkin black bean soup and THIS CAKE. From the Trib Food staff. eating. My family is half and half split on whether it is better with the pastry cream. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. However, now that her birthday is just around the corner (next week), I am realizing that I may not have time to make the cake and everything else on the menu. I will add 1/4 c. extra flour. It’s so elegant in its simplicity, it’s like something you’d imagine coming from a Viennese pastry shop. Just now I checked out the recipe for it in my mother’s old German cookbook and that is how it is made there, not yeasted or filled, and baked on a rimmed cookie sheet. But you know, much as I love butter, I think 6 tb of butter in the topping is too much! I tried the custard with cornstarch for one, and flour for the other, the cornstarch one ended up in the trash, like others, it turned to glue for me. Also my custard was quite small and firm, so I beat in some whipped cream to salvage. (And I will fight you for the pieces with buried caramel because they’re crazy delicious.). I have made this before…. It runs a bit cool. I second the Napoleon Cake! She was big into baking, so hoping there’s something in there among the 86 different recipes for kuchen. Any ideas what could have gone wrong ? This cake sounds utterly fantastic and I cannot wait to try it! This would make a cute Mothers Day cake. Any insight? Wonder what I did wrong? Making this right now (it’s out of the oven but I haven’t sliced the layers yet) and it looks and smells incredible. What a beautiful cake and a great name, I have never heard of it here. Awesome. Thanks for this idea, also a birthday cake. Thank you for the recipe, I will be trying it very soon! Stupid when you consider that pastry cream really isn’t that much more effort and is so much better! I think the 4th time I make this will be a winner. I just spent the afternoon making this cake that looked amazing, and I must say I am quite disappointed. Amazing!! There used to be a German bakery in my town the made this. this looks incredible. ). OMG, I am totally going to have to try that ratio!! Then let set so the almond topping has a chance to harden a bit. When I flipped it over, I used a sheet of wax paper so the almonds wouldn’t fall off…..didn’t want to take a chance. I had no topping around the edge or in the middle, it all sank together in a ring shape so deep that it split and shattered my cake. Off the heat, whisk in the butter and any extracts you may be using. valuable site for earnings – click here to. The origin of the name "bee sting" is unclear. I love that her pastry cream uses honey, so smart. I’m big fan of bienenstich now. years ago, and I’ve never had the like again. Topping gets soft? I haven’t made them as muffins, but check out Comment #428, who tried it. Your tenacity is inspiring. Normally this would just be a quick grocery run, but now yeast is almost as rare as toilet paper. i love your comment above deb, about re-committing to dinner parties. My Favorite growing up and the first time I have seen it online. I didn’t have any caramel bubble over the sides as my pan was just tall enough. The attack was discovered by accident by two baker’s apprentices who were on the city wall, illicitly tasting honey from the bee baskets there. I would like to make this at home. Oh and the filling in Bienenstich is supposed to ooze out the sides. (And persevered through all your versions of the cake.) I used flour for the custard and didn’t notice a flour taste, but I used a good amount of vanilla bean, maybe more like 3/4 of a vanilla pod, so maybe the extra vanilla counter acted the flour taste? Thanks for all your hard work on this site it’s appreciated more than you know. Jun 18, 2018. I once was given a small taste of the cousin’s cake (alas, I never knew until recently about my mom’s private annual stash! She has a German heritage. This cake was a hit! Will this change the cooking time? For sure, though, do not let this cake rise longer than required or put the almond in thick clumps or you risk the toppings sinking in. Yes! 3) A springboard pan is a must, and I avoided the whole inversion part, which seemed like it would be a disaster for me. http://cookoda.com/%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%84-%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-bee-sting-cake/. Cake tastes yummy & the almond topping is divine. In the pastry cream just use cornstarch. I could not catch a thief either! Thank goodness you wrote something about cohesiveness which made me realise. They look gorgeous in the window, but the whipped cream/pastry cream, etc. Is bread machine yeast really the same thing? Wonderful cake…made it to my husband’s top 10 list! The final result was horrifying to behold but sure enough was delicious – I just heaped the pastry cream on top and we ate our messy portions with spoons. It looked exactly like your picture (my husband thought it looked BETTER). Fruit. Made this cake yesterday and it came out very good overall. I tried the trick someone mentioned about making the “sheet” of almonds to put on top and it transferred nicely onto the cake batter. I sliced both and we decided the first one looked better. AnnePeale, I owe you big time. It’s sold in bars in Germany and they’re impossible to eat because of it! Great job! ), rose too fast, and we caught it late? I make one also, but it’s made as an upside down cake so that the topping is like that of a sticky bun when the cake is flipped out but then settles into a crunchy, honeyed crown of almonds. Like you, we purchased awful knockoffs that bakeries and diners made throughout the years. The topping had cooled but maybe I’m so bummed! My personal preference is, I wish there was a thicker layer of custard, so I will double the amount next time I make it. Update on cornstarch versus flour in custard: A few people have mentioned a floury taste in the final pastry cream, so I am adding a suggestion that you might want to use cornstarch instead. When I host dinner parties and my friends look at the table in awe, I always tell them that you taught me how to cook. I was dubious about the slightly gelatinous consistency it acquired in my fridge, but the ratio of cream to cake was lovely and the stiffness wasn’t noticeable once it was spread in the cake. I just got my copy of King Arthur Flour’s Baking Sheet and this was on the cover. I do remember that the version I so enjoyed had chopped almonds on the top. And I use flaked, not ground, almonds. I’ve searched their website and not found a recipe. I feel like I just had a nice visit with a bunch of girl friends. It turned out amazing! Cool for a few minutes before running a knife round the edge of the cake tin and removing the cake to a cooling rack. (I also used it in the custard recipe from last summer with little complaint.) no cake out there is going to stop you. Ich liebe Bienenstich! Read through all the comments. I seem to have sacrificed the integrity of your cake to save the flavor of my custard disaster… My doctored filling wasn’t as thick as the original custard and spilled out all over the place (even after sticking it in the freezer for an hour before putting the top on). It was the first beesting I made myself and even the first one I ate consciously (maybe I’m a weird German, haha). and make the custard, tonight we assemble and eat! I don’t know if you’d be able to figure out why my topping fell thru but.i have an oven I’m not completeyhappy with. All the almonds sunk except those around the edges. (545) I am wondering if altitude is a factor because we are at about 3600 in altitude. I made this today and mine sunk, too! So, anyone with concerns, don’t be worried! Stir the batter a few times to deflate it slightly, then scrape it into the prepared pan and nudge it until it fills the bottom. It has more failure complaints than anything else here, and it really doesn’t deserve it. 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