Bienenstich

For the Pastry: rub the cottage cheese, if desired, through a fine sieve
and mix with the milk, oil, sugar and salt. Mix and sieve together the
flour and the baking powder and add to the mixed ingredients, a little at a
time until slightly more than half has been used. Knead in the rest of the
flour. Grease a round cake tin with a removable rim, 10 in. (26cm) in
diameter and roll out the pastry to fit the base.

For the Topping: melt together the butter, sugar and vanillin sugar and add
the milk; stir in the almonds and set aside to cool. If it should be too
firm when cold, add a little milk. Spread evenly over the pastry.

OVEN: moderately hot Baking time: about 20 minutes

Alternatively the cake may be filled with buttercream, made from 1/2 packet
Oetker Pudding Powder, Vanilla Flavour, 2 well heaped tbs. sugar, 1/2 pint
cold milk and 3 1/2 oz. (100g) butter. When the cake is quite cold, cut it
horizontally into two halves, spread the filling on the bottom half and lay
the other on top.