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Bienenstich or Bee sting cake is a German dessert made of a sweet yeast dough with a baked-on topping of caramelized almonds and filled with a vanilla custard Buttercream or cream.The cake may have earned its name from its honey topping: according to one legend a bee was attracted to it and the baker who invented the cake was stung.Another source cites a legend of German bakers from the 15th century who lobbed beehives at raiders from a neighboring village successfully repelling them and celebrated later by baking a version of this cake named after their efforts.
