Melt the fat, let it cool down a little. Grate chocolate finely. Beat the eggs and salt with the whisk of the hand mixer for about 5 minutes until frothy. Gradually add sugar. Mix flour, baking powder, almonds, cocoa and chocolate and fold in carefully.
Fold in melted fat. Grease the saddle of venison (30 cm long) well and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Fill in the dough. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 40-45 minutes. Let the saddle of venison rest in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn out of the pan and let cool down. Coarsely chop the chocolate coating and carefully melt over a hot water bath. Lard the cake with almond slivers. Cover the saddle of venison evenly with the chocolate coating.
Let the saddle of venison rest in the pan for 5 minutes. Turn out of the pan and let cool down. Coarsely chop the chocolate coating and carefully melt over a hot water bath. Lard the cake with almond slivers. Cover the saddle of venison evenly with the chocolate coating. Leave to dry