Schokolade Kuchen

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 150 g margarine
• 230 g sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 5 g vanilla sugar
• 200 g dark chocolate (e.g. cremant)
• 125 g ground almonds
• 125 g biscuits, ground (in the us known as crackers, must be unsalted !)
• 375 g powdered sugar
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 stir margarine until foam-like.
• 2 add sugar, yellow of the 6 eggs, salt and vanilla sugar, stir again.
• 3 dissolve chocolate in 3 tablespoons of water and add to the mixture.
• 4 add almonds and biscuits.
• 5 stir the of the 6 eggs until stiff, add to the mixture and mix well.
• 6 grease 10 inch cake pan with margarine, pour mixture into pan.
• 7 bake on lowest position in oven at 180°c (356°f) for 50 to 60 minutes.
• 8 frosting:.
• 9 mix powder sugar with 4 tablespoons of water. put 1 tablespoon aside.
• 10 add chocolate powder to the rest of the mixture, add a few drops of water and stir.
• 11 let cake cool off after baking. pour chocolate mixture evenly over cake.
• 12 form a small, funnel-shaped paper with a tiny opening. put the mixture set aside in 1. into paper and draw 8 concentric circles on cake.
• 13 use a small knife and pull 8 lines from the center towards the edge and 8 lines from the edge towards the center alternating.
• 14 hint: store chocolate cake in the refrigerator.