Drain the apricots. Cream fat, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt with the whisk of the hand mixer. Stir in the eggs one after the other. Mix flour, almonds and baking powder and stir in portions together with the chocolate flakes. Grease a springform pan (24 cm Ø). Add the dough and smooth it down. Spread the apricots on the dough with the cut surfaces facing upwards.
Bake in the preheated oven (electric: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for 45-50 minutes. Cover after 30 minutes if necessary. Let cool on a cake rack. Shortly before serving, place about 1/2 teaspoonfuls of cranberries on each apricot slice. Serve dusted with icing sugar. Makes about 12 pieces