Cappuccino Cake

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   For the dough, chop 200 g chocolate. Dissolve butter and chocolate over a hot water bath. Beat the eggs, 125 g sugar, vanillin sugar and salt with the whisk of the hand mixer until light creamy. Mix flour, baking powder and 2 sachets of cappuccino powder, sieve onto the egg cream and fold in. Stir in chocolate butter. Line the bottom of a springform pan (26 cm Ø) with baking paper. Fill in the dough and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Let the base cool down in the mould. Chop 200 g chocolate for the filling. Mix 150 ml hot water and 1 packet of cappuccino powder in a small pot. Add the chocolate and dissolve while stirring. Remove the base from the mould. Remove baking paper. Cut the base horizontally. Place a cake ring around the bottom half. Spread the chocolate cream on the lower cake base, smooth it down, place the upper cake base on top and chill. For the cream, mix mascarpone and 70 g sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer until smooth. Stir in the quark. Remove the base from the cake ring and spread the cream all around. Chill the cake for at least 1 hour. In the meantime chop the chocolate coating for the glaze. Warm the cream and chocolate coating while stirring until a smooth mixture is formed.

3. 3

   Place a cake ring around the bottom half. Spread the chocolate cream on the lower cake base, smooth it down, place the upper cake base on top and chill. For the cream, mix mascarpone and 70 g sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer until smooth. Stir in the quark. Remove the base from the cake ring and spread the cream all around. Chill the cake for at least 1 hour. In the meantime chop the chocolate coating for the glaze. Warm the cream and chocolate coating while stirring until a smooth mixture is formed. Put the icing in a cool place. For the decoration, chop 50 g dark chocolate and white chocolate and melt separately over a warm water bath. Spread on a marble slab or a plastic cutting board, mixing gently. Place in a cool place until the chocolate has set. Pour the icing on the cake and distribute carefully. Place in a cool place for about 30 minutes until the icing has solidified. Use a spatula to scrape shavings from the solidified chocolate and decorate the cake with them

4. 4

   Put the icing in a cool place. For the decoration, chop 50 g dark chocolate and white chocolate and melt separately over a warm water bath. Spread on a marble slab or a plastic cutting board, mixing gently. Place in a cool place until the chocolate has set. Pour the icing on the cake and distribute carefully. Place in a cool place for about 30 minutes until the icing has solidified. Use a spatula to scrape shavings from the solidified chocolate and decorate the cake with them

5. 5

   2 hours waiting time