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Sheet Cake, Butter Cake, Coffee Cake, or Sugar Cake

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg flour (finest)
• 500 g butter (washed)
• 75 g starch
• 1 teaspoons salt
• 2 pcs eggs
• 0.5 l milk (warm)
• 300 g sugar (coarsely ground, for sprinkling)
• 125 g butter (for sprinkling)
• 75 g almonds (coarsely ground)
• 2 g cinnamon (fine)
• 0.5 cup rose water or white wine (for brushing)

Instructions

1. Prepare the dough like yeast dough, but do not beat it for long.
2. Lightly roll out the rather soft dough and spread it about one centimeter thick onto a greased baking sheet, cover with a warm, thin cloth, and let it rise in a warm place.
3. Sprinkle with the mixture of sugar, almonds, and cinnamon, distribute the butter torn into pieces over it, and bake for 15-20 minutes at good heat; the cake should only turn dark yellow and must remain soft inside.
4. After removing it, brush with rose water.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.