Winter cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 7 eggs
• 200 g sugar
• 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
• 150 g flour
• 1 packet of pudding powder (vanilla)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 75 g hazelnuts, ground
• 50 g butter, melted, cooled
• 4 tbsp jam (sour cherry jam)
• 100 g nougat (nut nougat)
• 250 ml whipped cream
• 1 pack of cream stiffener
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar, sifted
• 80 g desiccated coconut
• Food coloring, blue
• 200 g marzipan
• 50 g powdered sugar, sifted
• Food coloring, yellow, red, green
• some cocoa powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 4 hours; Total time approx. 5 hours 15 minutes

Coconut cake with snowmen

Beat the eggs for the batter with a mixer until frothy. Gradually add the sugar and beat for at least 2 minutes, sprinkling in the cinnamon. Mix the flour with the custard powder and baking powder. Sift half of the flour into the egg mixture and stir briefly, then sift the other half and stir in. Add the butter and stir again. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place a baking frame (24 cm x 24 cm) on the baking tray. Fill the baking frame with the batter, smooth it out, and bake immediately. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C fan/convection oven, 180°C top/bottom heat, or gas mark 2-3 for about 30 minutes. Remove the baking frame after baking and let the cake cool. Then cut it in half horizontally. Place the base on a cake/tart plate and spread with the jam. Place the second cake layer on top. Now, heat the hazelnut spread for the cream in a water bath, stir until creamy, and let cool. Whip the cream with the cream stiffener until stiff, then fold in the hazelnut spread with 1 tablespoon of sifted powdered sugar. Smooth the second cake layer with two-thirds of the hazelnut spread. Now place the top layer on top and spread the rest of the hazelnut spread over the top and around the edges. Let the cake cool slightly. Tip: If the cream thins out from the bottom to the top of the sides, it’s easier to sprinkle the desiccated coconut. Once the cream has set a little, you can start sprinkling it on top. Mix the desiccated coconut with a little blue food coloring. This works best if you rub the desiccated coconut into the coloring in your palms. Sprinkle the sides and top with the desiccated coconut. For the decoration, make snowmen. To do this, knead the marzipan mixture with the remaining powdered sugar. Roll three-quarters of the mixture into small balls of varying sizes, enough for about five snowmen. Divide the remaining mixture into three pieces and color each piece with food coloring and cocoa powder as desired. You can then shape these into hats, caps, eyes, scarves, and noses. Brush the marzip pieces with a little water and then assemble them. Decorate the snowmen on the cake just before serving.