Bee Sting Cake Recipe | Queen Fine Foods (2024)

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What is a bee sting cake made of? ›

Bienenstich (German pronunciation: [ˈbiːnənˌʃtɪç]) or bee sting cake is a German dessert cake made of a sweet yeast dough with a baked-on topping of caramelized almonds and filled with vanilla custard, buttercream or cream. The earliest German and Swiss recipes for the cake date to the beginning of the 20th century.

Bienenstich means “bee sting” in German. One source for the origin of bienenstich 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.

A delightful and easy appetizer that combines cheese, honey and truffle oil, these bee stings are a one-of-a-kind bite of flavour your family will love.

Original bee sting – vegan. The only thing missing is the topping of margarine, cream, raw cane sugar and sliced almonds. This is all cooked down together briefly and then spread directly onto the yeast dough before it goes into the oven.

Baking soda, when mixed with water, is said to help neutralize bee venom, reducing pain, itching, and swelling. Mix baking soda with enough water to make a paste, then apply a generous amount onto the affected area. Cover the area with a bandage, then leave it on for at least 15 minutes. Reapply, as needed.

Bee Sting: Vanilla pudding ice cream with graham cracker and hot honey swirls.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 601 calories, 33g fat (17g saturated fat), 183mg cholesterol, 333mg sodium, 65g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 3g fiber), 13g protein.

Bee venom has traditionally been used to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatism [16,17]. However, bee venom has also been known to be used as an adjunct in the treatment of neurological disorders, asthma, and infectious diseases such as malaria.

These bees have been known to aggressively defend large pieces of meat, but luckily, they are harmless to humans, as they do not possess stingers.

In the strictest definition of the word, honey is not vegan. As the product of a living being –honeybees, though there are other some 20,000 bee species to be found around the world – honey falls into the same category of non-vegan food products as milk and eggs.

Is a bee a vegetarian wasp? ›

Bees are wasps that switched to a vegetarian lifestyle, and the vast majority of bees feed on pollen and nectar. Some stingless ;bee species, however, also collect carrion, and a few have fully reverted to a necrophagous lifestyle, relying on carrion for protein and forgoing flower visitation altogether.

Yes, some bees seem to make only a half-hearted effort to sting. The point of the sting pierces the skin, but doesn't go in very deeply. At that point, the sting can be pulled out if the bee begins to leave.

All you really need to make bee candy are sugar and water. The other ingredients alter the basic formula in some way, but they aren't really necessary—especially for the bees. Take lollipops, for example. A lollipop is just sugar candy with color and flavor added, and when it starts to get hard, you insert a stick.

Bee bread is pollen that has been moistened by a mixture of honey, nectar, bee saliva, and glandular secretions and fermented by microorganisms such as yeast, bacteria, and fungi.

A bee smoker (usually called simply a smoker or a smokepot) is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is designed to generate smoke from the smoldering of various fuels, hence the name. It is commonly designed as a stainless steel cylinder with a lid that narrows to a small gap.

What are pollen patties? Pollen patties do not contain pollen, but are designed to simulate the protein that pollen supplies the bee hive. There are many different recipes but most will contain a pollen substitute like Bee-pro or Ultra Bee with other ingredients added.