Ingredients

cake

  • 6 Eggs
  • 250g Sugar
  • very small pinch of salt
  • 6 table spoons of water
  • 200g flour
  • 75g starch flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 1 pack of baking powder (= 2 tea spoons)

filling & decoration

  • ??? cherries
  • 25g starch flour
  • 800g cream
  • 1 pack of cream stiffener
  • 1 table spoon of sugar
  • kirsch liquor
  • chocolate flakes

Preparation of cake

  • this should ideally be done one day before the cake is needed to give it time to cool off after baking
  • separate eggs into whites and yolks
  • beat egg whites with water until quite stiff
  • add sugar, and a pinch of salt
  • mix until evenly distributed
  • add yolks
  • sift flour, starch, baking powder, and cocoa powder on top and mix on low speed
  • stretch baking parchment over the bottom of a spring from and pour the batter on top of it
  • start baking at 200 °C for 15 min
  • then, lower temperature on oven to 170 °C and bake for an additional 10-15 min

Decoration of cake

  • after letting the cake cool off for a few hours (or better over night), slice it into three layers with a long knife
  • put the lowest layer back into the spring form
  • separate the liquid from the cherries
  • pour the majority of the liquid into a pot and the remaining part into a cup
  • bring the liquid in the pot to a simmer
  • mix the liquid in the cup with the starch (make sure there are no clumps left)
  • choose ~16 of the cherries that are not damaged for decoration later on
  • mix the remaining cherries with the liquid in the pot
  • when everything in the pot is heated, pour in the starch mixture
  • keep stirring until the mixture starts to thicken
  • sprinkle the lowest cake later liberally with the cherry liquor
  • pour mixture from the pot over the lowest layer
  • let set in the fridge for some hours
  • if space permits, put the cream into the mixing bowl and let everything cool in the fridge
  • make whipped cream
  • spread ~⅓ of the cream over the lowest layer
  • add second layer and repeat
  • add the top layer and use remaining cream to cover the entire outside
  • use chocolate flakes and selected cherries at will to decorate the outside (and hide uneven parts in the cream)