Deer horn cake

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Hirschhorn cake is a flat sponge cake and is usually with a glaze of chocolate coated. It is a specialty of Thuringian cuisine .

Staghorn salt is used as a leavening agent in the staghorn cake, which forms ammonia during baking . The preparation of the dough corresponds to that of Americans , which is why the taste is similar.

Deer horn cake is usually cut into strip-shaped pieces that are about 2 to 3 cm wide and about 10 cm long. Deer horn cake is relatively fluffy and stays fresh for a few days.

In the Thuringian Forest there was supposedly a tradition that guests were given this cake on their way home.

literature

  • Baking recipes from the glass-blowing town of Lauscha . Editor: Author collective from Lauscha, brochure