Melt the chocolate with 5 tablespoons of cream over a warm water bath, let it cool down. Cream fat, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in the eggs one after the other. Mix flour, cocoa and baking powder. Stir the chocolate cream into the fat egg mixture, then stir in the flour mixture
Grease a ring or Savar form (approx. 1.4 litres capacity) and dust with flour. Add the dough and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 35 minutes. Let the cake rest in the pan for approx. 15 minutes, turn out of the pan and let it cool down completely
Wash and clean the strawberries, dab dry and cut into thin slices. Mix the cream firmer and 4 tablespoons of sugar. Whip 400 g cream and approx. 1/2 pinch of food colouring with the whisk of the hand mixer until slightly creamy. Add the sugar mixture while beating and continue beating until the cream is firm. Spread the chocolate ring with the cream. Spread strawberry slices on top. Cream tastes good with it
waiting time 1 1/2 hours
Picture 04-08: Dust with cocoa and decorate with lemon balm