Germany
Donauwelle
Vanilla and chocolate sponge marbled with cherries, buttercream and a wavy chocolate top. A Danube in a tray.
160 minTime
9 gProtein each
mildSpice
Waves on the Danube2 chapters · 1 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original680kcal
9 gprotein
3 gfibre
160minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
7 steps- 1Heat the oven to 180 C and line a 25 x 35 cm tray. Beat 250 g butter and 250 g sugar until fluffy, add the eggs one at a time, then fold in the maida and baking powder.
- 2Spread half the batter in the tray. Stir the cocoa and 30 ml milk into the rest and spread it on top. Press the cherries in all over.
- 3Bake 35 to 40 minutes and cool completely.
- 4Make a thick pudding with 500 ml milk, the custard powder and 60 g sugar. Cover and cool to room temperature.
- 5Beat 200 g butter until white and beat in the pudding a spoon at a time. Spread over the cake and chill 1 hour.
- 6Melt the chocolate with the oil and spread over the cream. As it begins to set, drag a cake comb or fork through in waves.
- 7Chill until set and cut with a hot knife.
Serve it like this
Cut into neat squares and lay each on its side on the plate to show the waves.
