Clean, peel, wash and roughly grate the carrots. Cream fat, sugar, salt and 1 packet of vanilla sugar for about 5 minutes. Stir in eggs one at a time. Mix flour, hazelnuts and baking powder, add and stir. Fold in carrots and chocolate. Put the dough into a greased, breadcrumbed saddle of venison dish (1 litre capacity; 30 cm length) and smooth it down.
Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 50 minutes. Remove and let rest on a cake rack for about 10 minutes. Carefully turn the cake over and let it cool down completely. Whip the cream and 1 packet of vanilla sugar until stiff and place in a piping bag with a star-shaped spout. Pipe on the saddle of venison and serve sprinkled with hazelnut leaves and brittle
Waiting time approx. 1 hour