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Punschkrapfen or Punschkrapferl (punch cake) is a nougat and jam filled sponge cake soaked with rum from Austrian cuisine. Beside of the filling it's similar to French petit four.

Punschkrapfen

Alternative names	Punschkrapferl
Type	Pastry
Place of origin	Austria
Main ingredients	Cake crumbs, nougat chocolate, apricot jam, rum
Media: Punschkrapfen

Today, one can find Punschkrapfen in most pastry shops and bakeries in Austria and the Czech Republic.

Composition

It is a cake consisting of either sponge cake or cake crumbs, nougat chocolate and apricot jam. The Cake layers are soaked with rum. The cake is cut into 1-1/2 inch square cubes,[1][2] covered with so-called Punschglasur (punch icing), a thick pink rum sugar glazing often drizzled with chocolate and a cocktail cherry on top. Nowadays, there are also Punschkrapfen in cylindrical form.

History

It is disputed who made the first Punschkrapfen and where it came from. It may have been introduced to Vienna in the Middle Ages by the Avars, or the Ottoman armies brought the Punschkrapfen to Vienna (the Second Turkish Siege), or it may have been invented by an imperial court confectioner.[3]

Trivia

Robert Menasse suggested satirically that the Punschkrapfen should become the Austrian National Symbol.[4]

See also

• Petit four
• French Fancy
• Buchteln

References

External links

• Punschkrapfen Website
• Wiener Punschkrapfen Website
• SSES Unflavoured Cream Chargers

На других языках

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- [en] Punschkrapfen

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[ru] Пуншкрапфен

Пуншкрапфен (нем. Punschkrapfen от нем. Punsch — пунш и нем. Krapfen — пончик) — классический австрийский десерт, похожий на французский птифур.

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