Baumkuchen

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g butter, soft
• 250 g sugar
• 150 g flour (wheat flour type 405)
• 100 g cornstarch
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 tbsp rum (to taste)
• 3 tsp, leveled baking powder
• 100 g chocolate (dark chocolate coating)
• 25 g coconut oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Cream the butter until fluffy. Add the sugar, vanilla sugar, eggs, egg yolks, and rum. Sift the flour with the cornstarch and baking powder, then gradually stir in a tablespoon at a time. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and then fold them into the batter. Line the bottom of a 30×11 cm loaf pan with baking paper, spread a heaped tablespoon of batter evenly over the bottom with a brush. Place the pan on the oven rack (there should be about 20 cm between the grill and the batter layer), and bake the batter layer under the preheated grill until light brown. Grill for about 2 minutes. For the second layer, spread 1-2 tablespoons of batter over the baked layer and place the pan back under the grill. Use this method to work all the batter into the pan. If possible, adjust the rack height so that there is a gap of about 20 cm between the grill and the batter layer. Carefully loosen the finished cake from the edge of the pan with a knife. Turn it out onto a baking sheet, remove the paper, and immediately return it to the preheated oven for about 5 minutes. For the icing, dissolve the chocolate and fat over a water bath, mix well and cover the cooled cake with it.