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Appenzeller Biber
Swiss honey-spice gingerbread enclosing a ground-almond filling.
About Appenzeller Biber
Swiss creator Betty presents this filled biber as an Appenzell and St Gallen honey-gingerbread speciality. Her round home-baked version encloses a ground-almond filling between two layers of spelt-and-hazelnut honey dough.
Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and ginger give the dough its balanced spice character. Honey and sugar provide sweetness, with cream in the dough and kirsch in the almond filling.
The cake has a soft honey-gingerbread character around its dense almond layer. A milk-brushed surface finishes the round form, with an optional fork pattern across the top.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten), Hazelnut, Almond.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Appenzeller Biber
Betty’s round almond-filled Appenzeller-style biber.
- Forest honeySweetener · Honey dough
- SugarSweetener · Honey dough
- CreamLiquid · Honey dough
- CinnamonSeasoning · Honey dough
- Ground cardamomSeasoning · Honey dough
- Ground clovesSeasoning · Honey dough
- Ginger powderSeasoning · Honey dough
- SaltSeasoning · Honey dough
- Spelt flourBase · Honey dough
- Ground hazelnutsBase · Honey dough
- Baking sodaBinder · Honey dough
- Powdered sugarSweetener · Almond filling
- Bitter-almond aromaAromatic · Almond fillingIngredient page not linked
- KirschLiquid · Almond filling
- WaterLiquid · Almond filling
- Peeled finely ground almondsBase · Almond filling
- MilkFinish · Surface brushing
- Unspecified pan-greasing fatCooking medium · PanIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Forest honey: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader honey link; source forest form.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Ground use implied in mixed spice quantity; exact supplier unknown.
- Ground cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader cardamom link, powder source form.
- Ground cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader clove link, powder source form.
- Ginger powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Spelt flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Spelt is a wheat cereal.
- Ground hazelnuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Hazelnut source-confirmed
- Baking soda: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source Natron.
- Powdered sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bitter-almond aroma: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Almond unconfirmed. Aroma composition/derivation unspecified, not asserted whole bitter almonds.
- Kirsch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected kirsch option, not its alternative water portion.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Separate listed required filling water.
- Peeled finely ground almonds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Almond source-confirmed. Method explicitly blanched.
- Milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Unspecified pan-greasing fat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source says grease edge; identity not given.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Switzerland
- SwitzerlandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Swiss Cuisine
- Swiss CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.