Cream fat, 175 g sugar, salt and vanilla sugar with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in the eggs one after the other. Mix flour and baking powder and stir in alternately with the milk.
Chop the candy. Mix espresso powder with 1 tbsp. water. Halve the dough, stir the espresso mixture and cocoa into one half. Stir the sweets into the other half of the dough.
Pour the espresso dough into a greased, flour-dusted ring cake mould (24 cm Ø; 2 litres capacity). Spread the light-coloured dough on top, swirl lightly with a fork and bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see
manufacturer) bake for about 45 minutes. Take out, let cool for about 30 minutes. Carefully turn out of the tin and let it cool down.
Caramelise 1 tablespoon of sugar in a small pot. Add almonds and mix. Spread the brittle on a plate lined with baking paper. Leave to cool. Chop the chocolate. Heat the cream in a small pot.
Melt the chocolate while stirring. Leave to cool for about 5 minutes. Chop the brittle. Cover the cake with the chocolate cream and sprinkle with brittle. Put the cake in a cool place for about 30 minutes.