[TheForge] baumkuchen oven

[Bruce Freeman]

Why stop there?
Sell 'em on a spit jack:
http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn04/food.cfm
Bruce
NJ
--- "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:

> hello;
> 
> a friend has asked me for help in building a
> portable baumkuchen
> oven.
> 
> a simple and basic baumkuchen oven would just be a
> crank spit
> over hot charcoal. that is too simple and basic for
> my friend.
> 
> i have searched the internet and most of the
> pictures which
> show a baumkuchen being made show a spit rotating
> via a v-belt
> pully. the wooden portion of the spit is roughly a
> meter in length.
> the entire spit is roughly 1.25 meters. the wooden
> portion of the spit
> is roughly 3 to 4 inches in diameter. the 'oven'
> itself is simply the
> rotating spit with a long batter pan below it.
> a reflective curved metal piece behind the rotating
> spit.
> what appears to be ceramic being heated by a gas
> burner.
> 
> for those who have made spits and rotating spits for
> other cooking
> purposes what would you suggest for metal and size?
> i was looking at plain sheet metal perhaps tin
> plated.
> 
> given the size of the spit needed to support the
> cake i assume that
> the metal drive rod should extend through the wooden
> portion of
> the spit. drilling a 1 inch hole though a 3ft wooden
> cylinder will
> take me sometime. any suggestions as to what wood to
> use?
> 
> any way. any suggestions or comments would be
> appreciated.
> not a pressing project.
> 
> <begin quote from wikipedia.org>
> Known as the "King of Cakes" the Baumkuchen is a
> kind of layered cake,
> known in many countries throughout Europe. When cut,
> the cake reveals
> the characteristic golden rings that give it its
> name, Baumkuchen or
> translated literally, "Tree Cake". To get the ring
> effect, a thin layer of
> batter is brushed evenly onto a spit and allowed to
> bake until golden.
> The most skilled baker will repeat this process
> numerous times.
> Some bakers have been known to create 3 foot long
> Baumkuchens
> consisting of 25 layers and weighing over 100 pounds
> (45 kg).
> 
> Baumkuchen may be covered with sugar or chocolate
> glaze.
> 
> The cake requires some level of skill to bake and
> can get messy if
> made in the traditional way (on a spit); however,
> modified recipes
> using pans do exist.
> <end    quote from wikipedia.org>
> 
> the below url has a few small pictures of baumkuchen
> being made.
> Original Salzwedeler Baumkuchen
> http://www.salzwedel.de/stadt-baumkuchen.htm
> 
> baumkuchen in wikipedia.org
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumkuchen
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Baumkuchen_BMK.jpg
> 
> a baumkuchen baker in germany.
> http://www.baumkuchen-salzwedel.de/spezialitaet.htm
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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