Danube waves

AUTHOR
Cassandra Brock
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
120 mins
TOTAL TIME
120 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 36
  • 1 glass (720 ml) Sour cherries
  • 7-10 Tbsp slightly + 250 g soft + 80 g cold + 170 g soft butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp some + 250 g flour
  • 225 g + 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 4 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 2 TEASPOONS Baking Powder
  • 50 g + 200 g dark chocolate coating
  • 3 TSP soluble coffee
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cocoa
  • 1⁄4 l Milk
  • 1 package Vanilla sugar
  • 1⁄2 Package Vanilla custard powder
  • 50 g Icing sugar
  • 125 g dark cake glaze
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cling film

Directions

  1. 1

    Drain the cherries (use the juice for other purposes). Grease an angular springform pan (24 x 24 cm; alternatively round, 26 cm Ø) and dust with flour. Preheat oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see

  2. 2

    For the dough, whisk 250 g butter, 225 g sugar and 1 pinch of salt with the whisks of the mixer for about 5 minutes until foamy. Stir in the eggs one after the other. Mix 250 g flour and baking powder. Stir into the egg-sugar mixture.

  3. 3

    Smooth half of the dough in the form. Chop 50 g chocolate coating. Dissolve coffee in 3 tbsp. hot water. Stir cocoa and chopped chocolate coating into the rest of the dough. Spread the dark dough on the light dough.

  4. 4

    Stir once with a tablespoon handle (marble). Spread cherries on top. Bake in a hot oven for 35-40 minutes. Let it cool down.

  5. 5

    For the cream, mix 5 tablespoons of milk, vanilla sugar, 1 tablespoon of sugar and pudding powder. Bring the rest of the milk to the boil, stir in the pudding powder. Simmer for about 1 minute while stirring. Pour into a bowl.

  6. 6

    Cut 80 g butter into pieces and stir into the hot pudding until it has melted. Cover the pudding with foil and let it cool down to room temperature.

  7. 7

    Cream 170 g butter and icing sugar with the whisk of the mixer for about 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla pudding by the spoonful. Spread the butter cream with a tablespoon on the cake until slightly wavy.

  8. 8

    Chill for at least 2 hours.

  9. 9

    Remove the cake from the tin and cut into cubes of approx. 4 x 4 cm. Chill again briefly. Chop 200 g chocolate coating and melt in a hot water bath. Melt the cake glaze in a bain-marie according to the package instructions.

  10. 10

    Mix with chocolate coating. Spread with a spoon over the Danube waves. Let the glaze dry.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
240 kcal
CARBS
21 g
FATS
17 g
PROTEINS
3 g