Black Forest plum cake

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Separate eggs. Beat the egg whites and 4 tablespoons of cold water until stiff, adding 125 g of sugar. Stir in egg yolks. Mix flour, starch, cocoa and baking powder and fold into the mixture. Pour the mixture into a greased springform pan (26 cm Ø). Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for about 20 minutes. Take the cake out of the oven and after about 10 minutes remove from the tin and let it cool down on a cake rack.

2. 2

   Wash the plums and put 2 aside. Quarter the remaining plums and remove stones. Heat 1 tablespoon of sugar and 3 tablespoons of plum juice and steam the plums briefly until the juice has evaporated. Remove the plums. Heat 360 ml plum juice. Stir 40 ml juice, pudding powder and 2 tablespoons of sugar until smooth. Stir the pudding powder into the boiling juice and simmer for at least 1 minute, stirring continuously. Add the plums and 3 tablespoons of brandy and set aside. Halve the sponge cake 2 times horizontally. Sprinkle each base with 1 tablespoon of schnapps. Place a cake ring around the lower cake base. Place the plum compote on top and smooth it down. Place the middle layer on top of the compote and chill the cake for about 1 hour. Whip the cream in 2 portions with 1 packet of vanilla sugar each until stiff.

3. 3

   Halve the sponge cake 2 times horizontally. Sprinkle each base with 1 tablespoon of schnapps. Place a cake ring around the lower cake base. Place the plum compote on top and smooth it down. Place the middle layer on top of the compote and chill the cake for about 1 hour. Whip the cream in 2 portions with 1 packet of vanilla sugar each until stiff. Fill approx. 6 tablespoons of whipped cream into a piping bag with star-shaped spout. Spread 1/4 of the cream on the 2nd base and place the 3rd base on top. Remove the cake from the ring and spread the remaining cream all around. Spray 12 cream tuffs onto the cake. Decorate the edge with chocolate shavings. Chill the cake for at least 1 hour. Cut 2 plums into 12 slices. Decorate the cake with sliced plums and chocolate shavings

4. 4

   Spread 1/4 of the cream on the 2nd base and place the 3rd base on top. Remove the cake from the ring and spread the remaining cream all around. Spray 12 cream tuffs onto the cake. Decorate the edge with chocolate shavings. Chill the cake for at least 1 hour. Cut 2 plums into 12 slices. Decorate the cake with sliced plums and chocolate shavings