Mole Cake (German Maulwurftorte)
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
-
16 slices
ingredients
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For Cake Mixture
- 4 egg whites, of medium eggs
- 4 1⁄2 ounces soft butter or 4 1/2 ounces margarine
- 4 1⁄2 ounces sugar
- 3 drops vanilla essence, in
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 egg yolks, of medium eggs
- 2 ounces all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 ounce cocoa powder
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 ounces ground hazelnut kernels
- 3 1⁄2 ounces grated dark bitter chocolate
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For Filling
- sour cherry (jar drained weight, 12 oz)
- 2 bananas
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 1⁄2 cups chilled whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 drops vanilla essence, in
- 1 tablespoon sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease the base of 10 inch round form.
- Beat egg whites very stiff. Stir in the softened butter or margarine with a hand mixer until it becomes smooth. Gradually add sugar and vanilla sugar, stir until mixture has thickened. Add egg yolks one at a time, whisking with mixer at the highest setting.
- Mix together cocoa powder and baking powder, sift, add the hazelnuts and grated chocolate to the egg mixture in 2 stages and stir briefly using the medium setting on your mixer.
- Put the cake mixture in the springform and smooth the surface.
- Place in oven for about 30 minutes.
- Leave cake in tin for about 10 minutes after taking out of the oven.
- After removing from form place on cooling rack.
- When cool, scoop out cake with a spoon to a depth of 3/8 inch, leaving a rim of about 3/8 -3/4 inch. To ensure a neat rim, cut round the cake with tip of a knife before scooping out the middle.
- Crumble the scooped out cake in a bowl.
- For the filling drain the cherries and place on a paper towel.
- Peel the bananas, cut in half lengthways, sprinkle with lemon juice and arrange in scooped out cake.
- Arrange the cherries on top.
- Whip the cream with sugar and vanilla sugar, spoon on the fruit to form a dome.
- Sprinkle with the remaining crumbled cake.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
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