Kaffee mit Erdbeerschnitten!

I love to eat this for my Sunday routines here in Germany. I piece of this cake with a pot of Earl Grey is a fabulous way to spend Sunday afternoon!!

Erdbeerschnitten

Ingredients
1 1/4 cups flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
6 eggs, separated
6 TBSP hot water
1 TSP vanilla
1 TBSP baking powder
1 pint strawberries

Preparation
Mix egg yolks with 2/3 cup sugar until foamy. Add water a little bit at a time.
Beat egg whites until peaks form, add the rest of the sugar, and continue to beat until it becomes firm and sticky.
Sift flour, vanilla, and baking powder into the egg yolk mixture. Carefully fold egg whites into the entire mixture, and pour into a baking pan fitted with paper.
Halve strawberries and divide over the batter. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.
Do not open the oven in the first 20 minutes.

A German tradition is to have Kaffee in the afternoons. Since that isn't always logistically possible for people during the week, Sundays tend be the time when people do it. It's when you sit down at about 4:00 and have a piece of cake with coffee - simple enough, I suppose. It's quite an institution here. One which we might think about adopting..!