Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake) vs Sticky Toffee Pudding with Toffee Sauce

Both desserts lean on butter, eggs, vanilla and cream, but they put them to very different uses. Bienenstich is a tender yeast-raised cake crowned with a crunchy, caramelized honey-almond topping and filled with a chilled vanilla custard lightened with whipped cream, so egg and cream become a cool, airy filling. Sticky toffee pudding instead folds softened dates into a buttery brown-sugar batter with egg and vanilla, then pairs the baked pudding with a hot sauce of butter, brown sugar and cream, served warm, moist and richly caramel-sweet.