The Frankfurter Kranz (or Frankfurt Crown Cake) is a cake specialty of

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, Germany. Preparation starts with the baking of a firm sponge cake in a ring shaped baking tin. The cake is then sliced horizontally to divide it into two or three rings, and thick layers of

buttercream Buttercream, also referred to as butter icing or frosting, is used for either filling, coating or decorating cakes. The main ingredients are butter and some type of sugar. Buttercream is commonly flavored with vanilla. Other common flavors a ...

icing are placed between the rings, usually with a layer of red jam (typically

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cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour '' Prunus cerasus''. The n ...

jam)."Frankfurter-Kranz Buttercream Filled Cake"
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Accessed June 2010. The outside of the cake is then thickly coated with more buttercream and topped with

caramel Caramel ( or ) is an orange-brown confectionery product made by heating a range of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard. The process of carameli ...

-covered brittle nuts, called ''Krokant'', toasted

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flakes and/or ground hazelnuts. Krokant is signature to this dish. Frankfurter Kranz is considered a reminiscence of Frankfurt as the coronation city of the

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s. Its round shape and the sheath of

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are intended to represent a golden crown, the

cherries A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus '' Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The ...

should be reminiscent of rubies. After

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, in the absence of

butter Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condim ...

, the surface of the cake was often coated with

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(sweetened egg yolk paste), and other types of decoration may involve dots made from (more) buttercream or cocktail cherries. Image:Frankfurter Kranz.JPG, Frankfurter Kranz

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