Spicy almond star

Name: Spicy almond star
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour; 80 g Dark chocolate; 4 Eggs (Gr. M); 100 g soft butter/margarine; 150 g Sugar; 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon; 1 slightly heaped Tbsp soluble coffee; 1 slightly heaped Tsp cinnamon; 1 knife tip ground cloves and cardamom; 1 TEASPOON Rum flavor; 125 g Flour; 3 deleted Tsp Baking Powder; 125 g crushed almonds; 2-3 TABLESPOONS milk, 1 pinch of salt; 2 tablespoons (20 g) flaked almonds; 200 g Whole milk couverture; 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
105 mins

TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12

7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour
80 g Dark chocolate
4 Eggs (Gr. M)
100 g soft butter/margarine
150 g Sugar
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon
1 slightly heaped Tbsp soluble coffee
1 slightly heaped Tsp cinnamon
1 knife tip ground cloves and cardamom
1 TEASPOON Rum flavor
125 g Flour
3 deleted Tsp Baking Powder
125 g crushed almonds
2-3 TABLESPOONS milk, 1 pinch of salt
2 tablespoons (20 g) flaked almonds
200 g Whole milk couverture
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar

Directions

1
Grease a star-shaped (20 cm Ø; approx. 1.25 l capacity) or box-shaped (approx. 1.5 l capacity; approx. 25 cm long) mould and dust with flour. Finely chop the chocolate. Separate eggs. Cream fat, sugar, lemon peel, coffee, spices and rum flavouring. Stir in egg yolks one after the other. Mix chocolate, flour, baking powder and ground almonds and stir in briefly, alternating with the milk
2
Beat egg white and salt until stiff, fold into the dough in 2 portions. Spread into the mould
3
3 Pre-bake in the preheated oven (electric oven: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for about 5 minutes. Then switch down to 175 °C (convection oven: 150 °C/gas: level 2) and continue baking for approx. 50 minutes. Leave to rest in the pan for approx. 10 minutes. Turn out and let cool down
4
Roast the flaked almonds without fat, cool. Coarsely chop the chocolate coating and melt in a hot water bath. Cover the star with it. Sprinkle with almonds, let dry. Dust with icing sugar