German Butter Cake (Butterkuchen)
Serves 20
30 mins prep
30 mins cook
80 mins Resting Time
140 mins total
Classic German Butterkuchen is fluffy, sweet, and delicious! It's a simple yeasted cake topped with blocks of butter and sprinkled with sugar!
Dough
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Making the Dough
In a large stand mixing bowl, add flour, sugar and yeast, and whisk together.
Add lukewarm milk, egg, salt and extracts and knead together with the dough hook on low speed for 10-15 minutes or until the dough has come together.
Place the dough in a greased bowl.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or proofing bag and set it somewhere warm to rest for 45 minutes to 1 hour until it has doubled in size.
Shaping & Baking the Butterkuchen
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Grease an 18" x 13" baking sheet with butter.
After the dough has doubled in size and be very soft and puffy.
Knock out any air in the dough by briefly kneading it and place it on the lined baking sheet.
Gently stretch and press the dough out from the center until the dough reaches the edges of the pan.
Cover the pan and let the dough rest somewhere warm for 10 more minutes.
While the dough rests, cut the cold butter into 1/4" cubes.
After 10 minutes, dimple the dough about every 3/4" with the handle of a wooden spoon.
Press the cubes of butter into the dimples. If you don't have enough dimples for the butter, just add more!
Let the assembled dough rest for 10 more minutes.
Bake for 30 minutes on the middle rack, rotate the pan after 15 minutes so that it bakes evenly.
Remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack before slicing.