They are not dry if they are made properly and eaten straight away. The stuff we can get in the stores is of variable quality (or at least variable storage conditions).
That said, it’s popular cuisine, from regions that were historically not that wealthy. There is some beauty in its simplicity.
I dunno how they make it in other countries, but I can confirm that a well-made German Baumkuchen, coated with chocolate to keep the dough from drying out, is simply delicious. It even got so popular in Japan that they have it in most supermarkets (baumukuhen / バウムクーヘン).
Opposite experience. The versions I've tasted were not dry (unless left out for too long), had a sort of melt-in-your-mouth texture, was sweet, had a specific taste that's hard to name (eggnog?).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spit_cake
> Several national variants of spit cakes: Spettekaka, Trdelník, Prügelkrapfen, Baumstriezel, Kürtőskalács, Šakotis, Baumkuchen, Kürtősfánk
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Spetteka...
My favorite cake to eat in Japan is the baumkuchen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumkuchen
Ironically I'm french but I was aware of the tredelnik and the baumkuchen but not this one
Never tried it, but apparently it's not that good. Like, super dry, and very basic taste.
They are not dry if they are made properly and eaten straight away. The stuff we can get in the stores is of variable quality (or at least variable storage conditions).
That said, it’s popular cuisine, from regions that were historically not that wealthy. There is some beauty in its simplicity.
I dunno how they make it in other countries, but I can confirm that a well-made German Baumkuchen, coated with chocolate to keep the dough from drying out, is simply delicious. It even got so popular in Japan that they have it in most supermarkets (baumukuhen / バウムクーヘン).
The story of how that even happened is all kinds of amazing in and of itself.
Opposite experience. The versions I've tasted were not dry (unless left out for too long), had a sort of melt-in-your-mouth texture, was sweet, had a specific taste that's hard to name (eggnog?).
Yeah, it looks like a fun gimmick but it's basically a butter biscuit with a bit of rum and liqueur, which does most of the heavy lifting there.
Can confirm; looks great but I was disappointed while eating it.
I never thought I'd see the traditional cake from the region I grew up in on the HN frontpage :)
The magic taste happens when the batter is exposed to air and heat through the gradual builds of layers?
The magic taste happens with the 2 litres of rum !
But there's not really a magic taste, it's just a fun tradition.
It's not a french cake, it's been brought to france
This looks like Baumkuchen, must be relative of sorts
Napoleon's soldier saw the spit cakes from eastern europe and brought it back to France apparently.
You find variations all over Europe