German chocolate cake is different from normal chocolate cake because it use wine , lot of spices and oil .This is the festive version of German chocolate cake called it " weihnchants kuchen " or Christmas cake .This is the best cake for chocolics at Christmas and a great alternative to fruit cake on holidays .
We use a pudding frosting to frost this cake and remember to store this on the refrigerator until serving .
preparation time ; 1 hour and 15 minutes
serves ; 10
4 Eggs
250 g sugar
200 ml neutral oil or melted butter
200 ml Mulled wine , red wine simmered with spices (or cherry juice)
300 g plain Flour
3 tbsp Cocoa powder
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp ginger bread spice (cinamon ,cardamom ,cloves and nutmeg )
1 tsp baking powder
100 g Dark chocolate
1/2 tsp of vegetable or coconut oil
500 ml milk
50 g sugar
2 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp vanilla flavoring
250 g room temperature butter
100 g powdered sugar
Butter for grease the mold
Star cookie cutter to cut stars
preparation
Preheat the oven to 200 °. Grease the bottom of the tin with butter.
For the batter, beat the eggs and 250 g sugar until thick and creamy. Add oil and wine while stirring. Mix the flour with the cocoa and cinnamon powder, gingerbread spice and baking powder and stir in.
Place the batter in the pan and bake in the oven (bottom) for 45-50 minutes. Take out the cake and let it cool.
Melt the chocolate with 1 / 2 tsp of oil over the hot water bath, then spread about 3 mm thick on aluminum foil and let it harden.Cut stars from it .
Prepare a pudding from milk, remaining sugar ,vanilla and corn flour and let it cool while stirring. Cut the cake twice horizontally. Beat the butter with icing sugar until creamy. Fold in the pudding by the spoon.
Spread some cream on the bottom cake layer. Lay on the second cake layer brush with cream and put on the top floor. Spread the rest of the cream on the cake. Put the stars out of the chocolate coating and place them on the cake. Keep the cake in the refrigerator .
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