How To Make Real Baumkuchen バームクーヘン, What Is German Baumkuchen
Baumkuchen is a traditional German cake. The appearance of the cake resembles a tree’s growth rings. It is labour intensive cake if you make it in the traditional way, but I am going to show you how to make this beautiful cake at home the easy way! It just looks like the Baumkuchen you see and can buy from shops in Japan.
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Why is Baumkuchen on a Japanese food blog?
Baumkuchen’s popularity in Japan is phenomenal. The German tree cake is readily available from fancy pastry shops to convenience stores and supermarkets. Japanese love Baumkuchen and so do I! This cake is the king of cakes in Japan definitely. And probably it is more famous and popular in Japan than it is in Germany.
About 3 years ago, I had visited my daughter who was studying in Dusseldorf, Germany and then traveled along the Romantic road. I was so thrilled thinking I can finally taste authentic German tree cake in Germany. Disappointedly, I did not find any Baumkuchen while I travelled through.
Although I was a little disappointed that I could not find and taste real German Baumkuchen, I could easily understand why Japan is in love with this cake. Because Germany was covered with Beautiful forests, which vividly show the transition of the four seasons like it is in Japan. It was not surprising that German created sweets associated with the beautiful forests and no wonder Japanese love the cake.
Juchheim Baumkuchen
There are many sweets that originated outside of Japan such as Castella. German tree cake, Baumkuchen is one of them too. Juchheim (Japanese pronounce this You-Hi-Moo) is the well-known brand of Baumkuchen. A German confectioner, Karl Juchheim introduced German tree cake “Baumkuchen” to Japan.
How to bake thin layers of cake into the shape of a tree?
Traditionally, Baumkuchen is baked and layered into the shape of a tree. It resembles tree rings when the cake is sliced. The cake can be cooked on a rotating spit. Another method is to bake the cake in a special oven with a cylinder-shaped core that rolls inside the oven. This bakes one layer at a time.
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How to create the tree shape at home?
I am going to show you how I made the tree shape exactly look like the Juchheim baked Baumkuchen that you can buy in Japan! Follow the technique shown in the video. I used a crepe pan and a small rolling pin. I fried the first layer of thinly spread batter into a rectangle shape and then rolled it with a core which I made out of a small rolling pin wrapped with a baking sheet. After one layer cooked, I spread another layer exactly the same. So put the core back on the second layer and repeated the process. Repeat until you have used all the batter.
Tips to make it look like Juchheim Baumkuchen
Use a crepe pan, shallow frying pan, or electric pan.Use a small rolling pin. I used a rolling pin 2.5cm (1 inch) in diameter and 28cm (11 inches) in length. If you use a frying pan shorter in length rolling pin would be better. Then cover it with parchment sheet.Use some work gloves because it is really hot to roll the cake with bare hands. I used a pair of Japanese work gloves called “Gunte
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How to store Baumkuchen
Baumkuchen will keep in the fridge for about two days. Also as you may have seen, Baumkuchen often sold frozen. You can freeze them easily to store. Slice the Baumkuchen and wrap them individually with cling wrap. Then place them in a ziplock bag and freeze. It will store for about 2 weeks in the freezer. When you would like to eat it, defrost slowly in the fridge.
Alternative shape and Variations
Alternatively, you can bake thin layers at a time in cake pans. Also, I have seen a Chocolate coated square shaped Baumkuchen or Sugar icing over the cake. Also, apricot jam layered in between cake layers. Though, in my humble opinion, Baumkuchen should look like a tree ring really.
Hope you like my Baumkuchen recipe. If you liked the recipe, please rate it and leave a comment below. Check out my other German recipes that Japanese love such as German Potato, and Easy Pretzel.
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