My favourite recipe of the month :

 

Baumkuchen (Treecake)

Ingredients

• 9 Medium Eggs
• 375g soft Butter
• 375g Sugar
• 1tsp Vanillin Sugar
• 3-4 Tbsp Rum
•  225g Flour
• 150g Cornstarch or Potatoflour
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 200g Orange Marmalade
• 300g dark Chocolate (70-80%)

Method 

1. seperate egg white from yolk of 6 Eggs
2. whisk egg whites in a bowl until stiff. 
3. in a seperate bowl, add butter and whisk for about 1 minute until smooth.
4. add the sugar and whisk until smooth
5. add 3 full eggs one by one, whisking for anbout 1 minute
6. then add the 6 yolks, 3-4 tbsp rum and vanillin sugar.
7. mix all together, but no longer than 1 1/2 min, 
8. mix the flour, starch & baking powder. 
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