German Cottage Cheese Kuchen Recipe
A yeast dough base quark cheese filling like a sweet cream cheese filling and a crunchy streusel topping.
German cottage cheese kuchen recipe. This cheesecake recipe has a crust. At 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. 3 4 cup 2 tbsp 200g salted butter softened slightly 1 cup 225 g granulated sugar6 eggs1 cup 225 g all purpose flour4 cups quark a german cheese if you cannot find quark use whole. German apple cake kuchen sift together flour baking powder.
Dough scald milk and add butter sugar and salt. In fact kuchen was designated the official state dessert of south dakota in 2002. Beat in eggs and then flour. Kuchen is more like a fruit pie or a tart with sweet roll dough for the crust.
Some german russians add dry curd cottage cheese for kasekuchen or cheese kuchen. Everyone has his or her preference but apple prune apricot peach and rhubarb are favorites. Pour filling into crust. Back in america during the great depression german immigrants would fill kuchen with items available on most midwestern farms like onions or cottage cheese.
Dissolve yeast in warm water in seperate bowl and then add to milk mixture. German streuselkuchen with cheese filling recipe usien flickr cc by 2 0 three layers make up this cake. Mix some sugar cottage cheese cinnamon and cream or. Kuchen continues to be a staple at community gatherings family gathering and holidays.
For filling in a large bowl beat eggs. But don t get out the cream cheese. Quark is a fresh unaged cheese that s popular in germany and other european. If you re looking for a crustless cheesecake check out my other german cheesecake recipe.
This cheesecake is made with quark. Ready to make german cheesecake.