Butterkuchen
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Butterkuchen or Zuckerkuchen is a simple German butter cake baked on a tray. Flakes of butter, which, after baking, form the characteristic holes, are distributed on the dough. The whole cake is sprinkled with sugar or streusel. After further kneading the Butterkuchen is baked. As a variation the dough can be sprinkled with roasted almond flakes.
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Butterkuchen or Zuckerkuchen is a simple German butter cake baked on a tray. Flakes of butter, which, after baking, form the characteristic holes, are distributed on the dough. The whole cake is sprinkled with sugar or streusel. After further kneading the Butterkuchen is baked. As a variation the dough can be sprinkled with roasted almond flakes.
Butterkuchen is a favourite element of Westphalian and North German coffee tables. It is also served at weddings and funerals and, as a result, is sometimes called Freud-und-Leid-Kuchen ("joy and sorrow cake") or Beerdigungskuchen ("funeral cake").
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