Aunt Maria's Black Forest Cake

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 100 g butter
• 100 g sugar
• 50 g flour
• 50 g cornstarch
• 2 tsp, leveled baking powder
• 100 g chocolate, grated
• 75 g almonds, grated
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites
• 500 ml whipped cream
• 1 jar sour cherries
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 25 g cocoa
• 1 pack of cake glaze
• n. B. Chocolate shavings and cherries for decoration

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 40 minutes

For the base: Beat egg whites until stiff, then cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar until fluffy. Add the egg yolks, almonds, and chocolate one after the other. Fold in the stiff egg whites, flour, cornstarch, and baking powder. Pour the batter into a springform pan and bake at 170 degrees Celsius for 30-40 minutes. Once cooled, cut the base in half. Drain the cherries and use 1/4 of the juice to make the glaze. Place the cherries on the bottom layer and then cover with the glaze. Whip the cream until stiff. Once cooled, spread a little whipped cream over the cherries. Place the next layer on top, cover with more cream, and then place the last layer on top. Spread the cream over the surface and edges and garnish with grated chocolate, cream, and cherries.