Mole Cake (german Maulwurftorte)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites, of medium eggs
• 4 1/2 ounces soft butter or 4 1/2 ounces margarine
• 4 1/2 ounces sugar
• 3 drops vanilla essence, in
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 egg yolks, of medium eggs
• 2 ounces all-purpose flour
• 1/3 ounce cocoa powder
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 ounces ground hazelnut kernels
• 3 1/2 ounces grated dark bitter chocolate
• sour cherry (jar drained weight, 12 oz)
• 2 bananas
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 1/2 cups chilled whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3 drops vanilla essence, in
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease the base of 10 inch round form.
• 2 beat egg whites very stiff. stir in the softened butter or margarine with a hand mixer until it becomes smooth. gradually add sugar and vanilla sugar, stir until mixture has thickened. add egg yolks one at a time, whisking with mixer at the highest setting.
• 3 mix together cocoa powder and baking powder, sift, add the hazelnuts and grated chocolate to the egg mixture in 2 stages and stir briefly using the medium setting on your mixer.
• 4 put the cake mixture in the springform and smooth the surface.
• 5 place in oven for about 30 minutes.
• 6 leave cake in tin for about 10 minutes after taking out of the oven.
• 7 after removing from form place on cooling rack.
• 8 when cool, scoop out cake with a spoon to a depth of 3/8 inch, leaving a rim of about 3/8 -3/4 inch. to ensure a neat rim, cut round the cake with tip of a knife before scooping out the middle.
• 9 crumble the scooped out cake in a bowl.
• 10 for the filling drain the cherries and place on a paper towel.
• 11 peel the bananas, cut in half lengthways, sprinkle with lemon juice and arrange in scooped out cake.
• 12 arrange the cherries on top.
• 13 whip the cream with sugar and vanilla sugar, spoon on the fruit to form a dome.
• 14 sprinkle with the remaining crumbled cake.
• 15 refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.