Mole cake Halloween style

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g yogurt, 3.5% or 0.1% fat
• 500 g plain wheat flour
• 250 g sugar
• 85 ml sunflower oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 500 g low-fat curd cheese
• ½ jar of cherries, about 250 g, including juice
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• some water for the starch
• 1 cinnamon stick(s)
• 3 carnations
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• e.g. milk
• 250 g dark chocolate
• possibly cocoa powder
• e.g. marzipan
• Fat for the mold

Instructions

Working time approx. 2 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 40 minutes

with cherries and quark

First, bake the cake. You can use different batters, depending on your taste. Personally, I like yogurt batter because it’s moist. To make it, combine all the ingredients for the batter and pour into a greased pan. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of the pan. Bring the cherries to a boil in a saucepan with half a glass of the juice and the spices. Dissolve the cornstarch in a little cold water and add to the cherries. Bring back to a boil until it thickens. Then let it cool. Chop the chocolate. It’s okay to have larger pieces. Mix the curd cheese with the vanilla sugar and enough milk to make the cream spreadable. If you want it sweeter, simply add more sugar. Mix in half of the chocolate. Scrape out the top part of the base with a spoon, leaving only a small edge, crumble it, and mix it with the remaining chocolate sprinkles. Spread half of the cream on the base and top with the cherries. Next, add the cream again, ideally in a dome shape. Top with the crumbs. If desired, you can sift cocoa powder over the top. Decorate with marzipan as desired.