Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2009

This cake was awesome, loved it! Yes, it was less sugary than our american sweet treats but that was the best part! The almond crunch was superb, but you do have to like almonds. I did not have almond extract so I used vanilla and that made it a perfect compliment to the almond crunchy top. Not hard to do and very nice results. The teacher and kids in my son's german class demolished it and were looking for more!

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Sandra C.

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2008

My over-sugared American tastes found this to be a bit bland and I'm not sure I'd make it again considering all the effort involved. I somehow ended up with a very gluey dough at the beginning and had to add more flour than called for to make it workable. The amounts given also yieled tons more filling than I was able to use in the cake, so now I have to figure out what on earth to do with all the extra. I think I've about decided I'm not a huge fan of almond, and I'm wondering why the description says that this has a vanilla pudding filling...? It's almond flavor. There's no vanilla anywhere in the thing. Wonder where the name came from-- the honey flavor isn't too prominent, just a subtle sweetness. Doesn't make me think of bees very much :) Probably a good cake for some, just not something I'd want to make again.

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008

This recipe was a long involved process. I had never made a yeast cake before and wanted to surprise some of my German friends. Aside from taking so long to prepare, the pudding called for too much whipping cream. I whipped the whole cup of whipping cream and added it to the milk and cornstarch mixture and it was too thin to use as a filling, so I used it as a sauce instead. Also, as a sauce it wasn't sweet enough. I was hoping that the pudding filling would be sweeter. I might make again, but would change the recipe to only half cup cream, and 4tbs white sugar in the pudding. Also, I would make 50% more almond topping for extra sweetness and crunch.

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mcmeg12

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Living In: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2008

I tried this recipe, and I guess I was envisioning something different. I found it to be a little bland, and not worth all the effort. Thanks anyway.

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skipperdog

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2008

I made the dough using my bread maker and it turned out nice (could use more sugar though). I'd prefer eating it the next day when the bread absorbed the sweetness of almond mixture. I didn't serve it with pudding & whipped cream, cause I was short on time -- but it's still great! This cake reminds me of a german resto in Disneyland FL.

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THUNDERKATZ

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2008

I have been craving this cake for years. Even though my results weren't as good as the German bakery version, I was still well impressed. The almond topping was a big hit. Next time I will skip the almond extract. To save time and extra pans, I used a can of Ambrosia Devon Cream custard whipped with the heavy cream. Fantastic!

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Christine Holley-Theobald

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Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2006

I made this for an "Essenstag" for my german class... my teacher was thrilled and said it was one of the best she ever had! :]]

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2005

Great idea. I made this for my son's "Oktoberfest" for German class in high school. The bread and topping part were great. The filling was problematic. 1/3 c cornstarch to 1 1/2 c milk makes a very stiff wallpaper paste rather than "pudding". It wouldn't fold into the cream and just was lumpy. I would make this again, but would substitute a package of vanilla pudding with 1/4 teaspooon almond extract in it mixed with the whipped cream for the filling. Other than that it was yummy!

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Pam H

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Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2005

It was good I just thought it could be a little sweeter. Also to save time I used my bread machine on it's dough cycle.

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Reviewed: Nov. 29, 2001

This is a special holiday cake to all of my German family members. We all loved it! When I make it again I will use vanilla extract instead of almond.

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