Chocolate Cake
A classic Austrian-style chocolate cake made with ground nuts and biscuit crumbs.
By Magdalena Strasser
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 50 minutes
Total time: 70 minutes
Servings: 12
Rating: 0/5 (1)
Tags: Chocolate, Austrian, Dessert, Austrian Cuisine, Cake, Baking, Sweet Dish
Ingredients
- 2 piece Butter
- 6 piece Chocolate
- 8 tbsp Nuts
- 4 tbsp Biscuit crumbs
- 8 tbsp Sugar
- 4 piece Egg yolks
- 4 piece Egg whites
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Rum
- Vanilla
Instructions
- 1. Cream the butter with the sugar and egg yolks until fluffy.
- 2. Stir in the melted chocolate, rum, vanilla, cinnamon, and cloves.
- 3. Fold in the ground nuts and biscuit crumbs.
- 4. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and gently fold them into the batter.
- 5. Pour the mixture into a greased cake tin.
- 6. Bake in a preheated oven (typically 170-180°C) until a skewer comes out clean (approx. 45-60 minutes).