Baumkuchen (Tree Cake) | Byron Talbott 

The tree cake is six years old

If a guy bakes a cake for me that's LOVE. TRUE LOVE.

I've never heard of this cake! What a unique baking technique. Thanks for sharing.

Okay enough about his pronunciation, who actually TRIED the cake?? I just made it and its incredible.

Jeez, you hear a non English speaking person pronounce an English word incorrectly and people dismiss it BUT when Byron says one word wrong, HELL BREAKS LOOSE! GUYS! CALM THE HECK DOWN! IT'S JUST ONE WORD! ARE WE NOT FOCUSING HOW DAMN DELICIOUS THIS CAKE LOOKS?! I've tried this and it is TO DIE FOR! Seriously! Let's stop focusing on one small mistake and focus on the main thing! Try this! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! XD

100LAYERS OF BAUMKUCHEN PLEASE.

Haha that's so cute watching non-germans say Baumkuchen.. It's sooo wrong but that's so sweet! But: That's not how you eat it! O: haha the best way is to peel every layer from one piece that's why in germany the cakes are higher and not as wide; so you have more layers to peel :3

I love Baumkuchen! It's extremely popular in Japan :) This looked absolutely delicious especially with the chocolate!

i didn't know shit about this cake before this video because i thought that somehow you baked tons of super thin cake layers and then put frosting between them..... my dumb ass

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm from Germany and love Baumkuchen, which is usually eaten around Christmas. I like it without the rum, and with white chocolate it's absolutely divine. Love you spin on it.

Dat pronunciation

you're always so precise and clean with you cooking!

This recipe works supremely and successfully mimics the 'nutty' taste of this cake with the brown butter rather than the more-expensive marzipan. It was delicious without the chocolate glaze, but I couldn't imagine that chocolate could do any harm. A few tips: 1) On how to make brown butter, simply place it in a light colored pot, melt it while continually stirring it, watch for the liquid to become a gold-brown (do not be fooled by the color of his brown butter, because his is in a small container and the butter continues to cook after the heat is off), turn off the heat and stir for a few more seconds, then transfer to a pouring container. You will smell a delicious nutty scent from the butter and you'll see the solids at the bottom of the pan -- not burnt onto the pan however... hopefully. 2) Also, be generous in beating the batter -- mine took almost 25 minutes until it reached the desired consistency. 3) If your broiler is not separate from your oven, bring your rack up to the first or second notch (depending on the arrangement of your oven). I brought mine to the second, which is approximately 8-9 inches from the heat source. Then watch and check your cake consistently. Don't worry if there are bubbles when you take it out -- pop them with a knife, wait for them to deflate, and then add your next layer. 4) The first layer ain't going to be too pretty -- it should be splotchy and only slightly browned to the extent that you'll want your other layers to be. 5) Please be careful! Whether your broiler has a temperature setting or not, the oven, the cake, and the pan will be searing hot. Also, take care to practice patience when waiting for this cake to cool -- it'll be worth it. Best of luck to all of you. It's a gorgeous cake, an impressive dessert, and a flawless first-mouthful.

This reminds me of as crepe cake...

im back omg i watched you all the time during my childhood years 🥹❤

This is very interesting! Iv'e never heard of this cake before. Looks great!

***** It is a bit rude to claim it is ignorant of him to pronounce the word wrong. Every language is different, and thus each person has difficulties pronouncing sounds that are not common in their own language, such as the 'ch' in German, or how some Asian people cannot pronounce an 'r' well. Most Germans cannot pronounce the rolling 'r', so it sounds weird when they try pronouncing Spanish words. I have Spanish and English friends whom i've tried to teach some German and it is always funny to see them work so hard to pronounce it right and yet it still comes out wrong, even if they repeat it directly after me. I am German as well, and I don't take offense in Byron's inability to pronounce the word at all and I am pretty sure if he could pronounce it correctly, he would.

English speakers trying to say German words, still the funniest thing :)

voll süß wie er baumku"sch"en sagt xd ♡

Haha I am German, and to me it's soo funny how you pronounce it ! :D (I'd try and explain how we pronounce it but thats pretty impossible in writing)

Baumkuchen is one of my absolute favourite cakes as well! I love the density of it in opposition to a bisquit cake for example. I am from Germany, and everytime I see a fresh, handmade Baumkuchen (most of the time it is really high and resembles a tree stem/trunk, whatever you call it ^^) in the window of a bakery, I have to run inside and buy a piece of it. ;-)

Cute how you say "Baumkuchen" because it's German and it is spoken completly different.

Can you please do some easy summer recipes? Just the other day it was 108! I do not want to be in the kitchen when it's that hot, but I still need to feed the hubby! Thank you!:)

I always go back to this recipe. It's been almost 7 years since i discovered it here in this awesome channel. Thank you so much.

My grandparents made it similar to this. Except they made it with beer (We lived in Germany) and instead of using the gelatin. They poured condensed milk and melted chocolate over the cake. Waited for it to dry and mixed the yolk of the egg until it became thin and liquidy. Then used a brush to evenly spread it over the cake giving it a super shiny glaze. The egg glazing is tastless btw.

Looks great! Haven't seen a cake made this way! I thought from the picture that it was like crepe cake which I make from time to time :) Great recipe, thank you!

im fasting and watching thislol

That looks delicious. I've never seen anything like it. YUM!

I Love Baumkuchen my grandma made it in the 40's, and 50's, so nice to see it made again

i love how you cook and bake things from many different countries, and not only american! I am German an absolutely love Baumkuchen, i'll definitely try it out. Thank you so much! :))))

Hey guys, calm down about his accent, I think he already got it. Besides, he is not a linguist, he is a chef. So try and make your best to be nice. (And don't say: you don't get it, you can't speak german because I can.) Have a wonderful day and enjoy this awesome recipe!

I've never heard of a tree cake. Looks impressive. Have you done cookie week? Maybe cocktail week?

These cooking videos make me think, how do they do the camera work? How many cameras were there and how do they capture all the angles

That's amazing The story behind the spit and how it's made is just as fascinating.

In Germany (where I am from) there are a lot of stores who sell this and I once saw an Video in RU-vid where they showed how this cake is made. They make a long cake (around 10m longs) and cut it after its done into around 15m high cakes or they cut it into small peices (like the pieces you get on christmas)

lol, I like how he pronounces "baumkushen", it´s not correct but it sounds so funny

this is similar to kek lapis. i bet it tastes delicious

summer is here please do a icecream week vanilla, blueberry crisp, cookies and cream, chocolate mocha, strawbery etc.

Bis heute ist der Baumkuchen nicht nur DER beste Kuchen den ich jemals hatte, sondern er ist auch ein wichtiger Bestandteil meiner Kindheit. Ich erinnere mich noch gerne an die Zeiten, als ich in der Nähe von Schliersee in Bayern in einer kleinen Ortschaft im Urlaub war und ich diesen ganz leckeren Kuchen dort essen durfte :)

the way you pronunced "Baumkuchen" is so sweet ♥

Looks great. You made a kueh lapis with baumkuchen batter ingredients.

this looks so good!

He pronounced it like some people from Sachsen... german speaking countries have so many accents just like Commonwealth that it's hard to judge what "good" german is... nice video, very calming! Enjoyed it even tho I dont eat cakes

I have no idea why anyone wouldn`t like this video because it is all very clear, organized, great video/lighting/audio work and you have a very easy voice to listen to. I like that you focus on the ingredients, technique and results rather than yourself as a RU-vid personality. I like your personality, but you let the recipe take the stage - thanks. So interesting how this is made, and I am curious about how the brown butter tastes. Another thing I learned from you is to add gelatin to the Pariser Creme for the shiny glaze. I`ll have to try it as I am planning to bake some things for a Christmas charity fair. Good job, as always, Byron!

I believe this is schichttorte, this traditional German dessert is total fruit and chocolate satisfaction. Schichttorte is a simplified version of baumkuchen, a cake baked on a horizontal spit.

I had captions on, so instead of baumkuchen cake, the captions said "Obama asian kid" 😂.

Who cares about the pronunciation? Baumkuchen is the best ever, though I also know the version where the whole cake is soaked in some alcohol XD Tastes great too

Had a piece….oh my GOSH…I died and went to heaven!!

Baumkuchen used to be one of my favorite sweets before I went vegan, but this really made me want to veganize this recipe! It looks beautiful sliced!

so cute how you say's "Baumkuchen" Totally love this Cake on Christmas-time *-*Thank you for this recipe x/3

"bomkushen" sounds funny as a german native speaker haha :D

boamcushäään :D

The 💣cushion

your passion for cooking is apparent and radiant!! so happy for you that you have succeeded in pursuing your passion as a career :)

Made this tonight for a bday. It was really yummy and everyone loved it

"Forest cake" is a better translation of the German. These are a dying art in Germany, but Japanese love them and make them on the regular (in bakeries).

It looks delicious~~. btw,this cake looks like "kek lapis" in Malaysia

It's so cute how you pronounce "Baumkuchen" I am from Austria, so it's very cute to see how English people call it :D

the way u pronounce Baumku'chen' is so cute and funny! thanks for this video, best regards from germany😊

Nicely done, good presentation. I was going to mention that the "tree rings" were in the wrong direction, but you covered that at the end. Thanks for the video.

how yoh tryed to say it german was kind a sweet 😂 and i don't know why

Bomb Cushion -- dude, you nailed the cake, but mangled its name :-(

the way you said it in German was ways too cute 😍😅

Fun fact, in germany they make these on rotary broilers that look like horizontal rotary grills. You just pour the batter over the roll, let it turn a few times until it bakes brown, then you pour on the next layer of batter. At the end, you just take the entire roll off the thing, cut it into cake sized pieces, and glaze over with chocolate.

Apricot glaze between layers is good, love the technique of fluffing the eggs nice

That's it. I've been finding a glaze like that for a while

Hello!! I made a rainbow Baumkuchen and I did put on my video a link to this one of yours to show how to pour the mixture, just tell me if you want me to remove the link :) and thanks for this recipe, you helped me to find a wonderful cake for a birthday cake, everyone was amazed! :D

no it's not called a bomcushen.

What a lovely barm cushion

It's just like a genoise sponge but baked differently and it's gorgeous with the layers

XDD Yumeiro Patissiere brought me here

It kind of sucks that people are making fun of his pronunciation. Giving somebody constructive criticism and just laughing at their attempt are two completely different things. I can understand that there was no ill intent behind most peoples' comments but as an esl teacher, it's this kind of ridicule that makes it difficult for people to practice a new language..

Between the single positions you can do a little jam. Then it is even better. To all the germans which are laughing about the pronunciation. I think its the same as we would speak english!

I just love all your cooking videos.... love watching them over & over again

Wow.. nice kitchen 👍👍😀😀 n u have magic hands ,, so much patient to make it,, great job Byron tallbot

hehehe, its pronounced like Bowm Koo Hin ...but German is pretty difficult so I applaud you for trying :)

Please help me! He says to incorporate the brown butter half-way thru the process, which means to add it in at around 5-7 mins of high whisking. Yet, it looks like he added it in at the end after ~12 mins of whisking. which one is correct? Do I whisk on high after adding the butter or did he just accidentally say that?

bum cushion lolol

That's a perfect layer cake. I can't do that. It takes extra work and time. Good Job.

I'm german and I just screeched at you saying "Baumkuchen" because it's so cute xD

Wait a moment... For me as a transilvanian german, this is NOT a baumkuchen but a Doboschcake. A baumkuchen is a cake that was baked on a small piece of a tree and with caramellised sugar on the outside. Both of them are often served at weddings and birthdays. Ist das in der deutschen kultur wirklich ein baumkuchen???

it is German, do not pronounce like French. but thank you for reminding me of my Oma's baumkuchen :)

What is bloom gelatin and how many grams does 1/2 envelope of gelatin have?

I almost fell off of my chair from laughing. This is the most franglais anyone has ever said "Baumkuchen" before!

Awesome method of layering! When I saw the thumbnail I wondered how you got the layers with those crispy tops/bottoms.

how much gelatin should i use if its powdered?

thought this was a kit kat cake

Huh, looks like he made baumkuchen instead of the bom-kooshen he said he was going to make.

Very similar to kueh/kek lapis! Just that we don't usually put glazes of any sort on top of such cakes, but this is a good idea.

I never thought of that doubled up cake pan trick before, I love it!

ByronTalbott When I make this (I've made it several times) the batter bubbles up and the layers don't stay together. It also has this weird gummy texture. It worked out perfectly the first time I made it but it hasn't turned out well since. What do you think I'm doing wrong? Is there something I can fix?

b a o m k o "ch"-sound" en

yumeiro pattisiere :)

I enjoyed learning about this. I have never heard or eaten this cake before. After watching this I will have to give it a try though.

Sometimes RU-vid gets it right with the recommendations! Beautiful cake and great presentation!

for those that aren't American, what is broiling? is it the same as grilling?

u said "bam kuschen" but its actually "Baum Kuchen"

Its look like kitkat

Such a relaxing and satisfying video. I think I'll try this recipe.

This is truly amazing cake making. I found he cake really wonderful here.