TREE CAKE
6 eggs
pinch salt
120 g sugar
150 g marzipan
200 g butter
[room temperature]
100 g powdered sugar
1 package vanilla sugar
100 g flour
100 g apricot jelly
[without fruit pieces]
200 g dark chocolate
_ line a baking tray with baking parchment
_ preheat oven to 220°C [on circulating air]
[if you have the option for ‘upper heat’ - heat it to 250°C - don’t use ‘upper/lower heat’ - it will burn your bottom to a crisp]
_ divide egg whites and egg yolks
_ beat egg whites with salt until stiff
_ beat in sugar
_ cut marzipan into small pieces
_ whisk marzipan, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy
[you will need to whisk on high speed for quite a while to get rid of all marzipan lumps]
_ add one egg yolk at a time
_ whisk in flour and half the stiff egg whites
_ carefully fold in the remaining stiff egg whites
_ spread 2 heaped tablespoons batter into the baking tray
_ bake for 4 minutes
_ spread another 2 heaped tablespoons batter over the small layer of cake
_ bake again for 4 minutes
_ proceed the same way until all batter is used up / or baking tray is full
_ let cool shortly
_ turn over onto a plate [remove baking parchment]
_ coat with a thin layer of apricot jelly
[if you use apricot jam - press it through a fine sieve - discard the solid parts]
_ let cool completely [jam should set]
_ melt chocolate and coat cake on all sides
BAUMKUCHEN
6 Eier
Priese Salz
120 g Zucker
150 g Marzipan
200 g Butter
[zimmertemperatur]
100 g Staubzucker
1 Packung Vanillezucker
100 g Mehl
100 g Marillenkonfitüre
[ohne Stücke]
200 g Dunkle Schokolade
