Brownie heart with mascarpone and raspberries

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g butter, soft
• 200 g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 150 g ground almonds
• 50 g flour
• 80 g baking cocoa
• n. B. Chocolate, chopped
• 200 g cream
• 250 g mascarpone
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 40 g sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 300 g raspberries

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 5 minutes

Heart cake for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day or just because

Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius (top/bottom heat). Prepare a heart-shaped template made of paper or cardboard the size of a 26 cm springform pan. Brownie base: For the batter, place the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat with a mixer until creamy and almost white. Then beat one egg at a time into the butter and sugar mixture. Mix the flour with the ground almonds and cocoa powder. Then fold this mixture into the egg mixture until a smooth batter forms. Tip: For a particularly chocolatey base, add chopped chocolate to the batter. Grease a 26 cm springform pan with softened butter. Pour the brownie batter into the pan and smooth it down. Bake the brownie base at 175 degrees Celsius (top/bottom heat) for 30-35 minutes on the middle rack. When the cake is done baking, remove it from the oven and let it cool in the pan. Once the brownie base has cooled, loosen the edge of the springform pan and place the cake on a plate. Now place the prepared heart stencil on top and, using a sharp knife with a smooth blade, cut out the cake according to the stencil and set the sections aside. If you like, you can of course also cut a heart freehand without a stencil. Mascarpone cream: To make the cream, first whip the cream until stiff. Then mix the mascarpone with the vanilla sugar, sugar, and lemon juice until smooth. Finally, carefully fold the stiffly whipped cream into the mascarpone cream. Now spread the finished cream loosely over the brownie heart and top with the raspberries. If you like, you can of course also use other fruits as a topping, such as strawberries or cherries.