Melt the chocolate in a hot water bath. In the meantime, stir the fat with honey and salt until foamy. Separate the eggs. Add the egg yolk. Stir in the melted, slightly cooled chocolate.
Beat the egg white with the whisk of the hand mixer until stiff and gradually add the sugar. Pass the flour with baking powder, cocoa and aniseed through a sieve, add the breadcrumbs and fold everything into the egg yolk-honey dough by the spoonful
Finely dice the ginger plums and stir in. Finally fold in the stiff beaten egg white. Spread it on a greased baking tray. Form a rail out of aluminium foil and put it in front of the dough. Bake in a preheated oven (electric: 175-200 ° C/ gas: level 2-3) for 30-40 minutes.
Let it cool down. In the meantime, melt the chocolate coating in a hot water bath and spread it on the cake plate. Press halved almonds and candied cherries into the still moist chocolate.
Results in about 20 pieces.