Limburgse Bienenstich

Description
The bienenstich is originally a German cake. The people from Limburg (which borders on Germany) have made their own version of this cake, with slightly different ingredients.

Ingredients

 * 250gr butter or margarine
 * 250gr Sugar
 * 1 package vanilla Sugar
 * 4 eggs
 * 250gr plain flour
 * 1/2 package baking powder

Filling

 * 250gr butter or margarine
 * 1 package vanilla pudding
 * 100gr Sugar
 * 1/2 liter milk

Topping

 * 250gr chopped hazelnuts
 * 100gr Sugar
 * 1/2 liter milk
 * 1 tbsp. butter or margarine

Directions

 * 1) Mix the butter, Sugar, vanilla Sugar and eggs together until you have a foamy mass.
 * 2) Mix the flour and baking powder and add to the mixture. Mix thoroughly.
 * 3) Fill 2 greased round baking tins with the mixture.
 * 4) Mix the hazelnuts with the butter, Sugar and milk and sprinkle them over one of the filled baking tins.
 * 5) Bake both cakes in the middle of a pre-heated oven at 200C until golden brown.
 * 6) Make the filling by cooking the vanilla pudding according to the directions and adding the Sugar.
 * 7) When the pudding is cool, add the creamed butter to it and mix thoroughly.
 * 8) Brush the pudding mix onto the cake without the nut topping, and stick the other one on top of it.