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| Alternative names | Frankfurt Crown Cake |
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| Type | Cake |
| Place of origin | Germany |
| Region or state | Frankfurt am Main |
| Main ingredients | Sponge cake,buttercream icing, red jam (typicallystrawberry,blackcurrant orcherry jam);brittle nuts, toastedalmond flakes and/orground hazelnuts |
TheFrankfurter Kranz (German pronunciation:[ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁtɐˈkʁant͜s] orFrankfurt Crown Cake)[1] is a cake specialty ofFrankfurt, Germany.[2]
Preparation starts with the baking of a firmsponge cake in a ring-shaped baking tin. The cake is then sliced horizontally to divide it into two or three rings, and thick layers ofbuttercream icing are placed between the rings, usually with a layer of redjam (typically strawberry, blackcurrant or cherry jam).[3] The outside of the cake is then thickly coated with more buttercream and topped withcaramel-coveredbrittle nuts, calledKrokant, toastedalmond flakes and/orground hazelnuts.Krokant is a signature ingredient in the dish.
The Frankfurter Kranz is considered reminiscent of Frankfurt as the coronation city of theHoly Roman Emperors. Its round shape and the sheath of brittle are intended to represent a golden crown, and the cherries are reminiscent ofrubies.
AfterWorld War II, in the absence ofbutter, the surface of the cake was often coated withKogel mogel (sweetened egg yolk paste),[citation needed] and other types of decoration may involve dots made from (more) buttercream orcocktail cherries. Today, the name Frankfurter Kranz is protected, and requires the use of buttercream. Any variations, such as using margarine, or a summer version using ice cream, have to be labelled differently.
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