Red wine cake with cranberries

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 100 g cranberries, dried
• 4 tbsp brown rum
• 50 ml red wine
• 250 g butter, soft
• 200 g sugar
• 1 vanilla pod(s)
• 1 pinch(s) of tonka bean(s)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 5 m.-sized eggs
• 325 g flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 125 g dark chocolate, 70%
• 200 ml red wine
• e.g. powdered sugar
• n. B. Chocolate coating

Instructions

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

easy to prepare and freeze

Chop the dried cranberries, pour over the rum and red wine, and let it sit for at least 2 hours. Chop or coarsely grate the chocolate. Mix together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa. Place the butter, sugar, salt, and the scraped seeds of the vanilla pod in a large mixing bowl. Grate some tonka bean powder over the top and mix everything with a hand mixer until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the flour mixture and mix quickly. Finally, stir in the chocolate, red wine, and cranberries, including the soaking liquid. Pour the batter onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper or into prepared baking pans (only fill 2/3 full, as the batter will rise considerably) and bake in a preheated oven at 190°C (top/bottom heat) or 170°C (convection oven). The baking time for a sheet cake is approximately 25-30 minutes; if baking in baking pans, it will increase depending on the pan. When the skewer test shows no more batter sticking to the cake, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool. If using a tin, loosen the dough slightly from the edges with a knife and let it rest in the tin for a few minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack. Dust the cooled cake with powdered sugar or cover with chocolate coating and decorate as desired. Let it set for a few hours or overnight before serving. Well-wrapped, the cake will keep for several days; undecorated, it can also be frozen. Tip: I use scraped vanilla pods to make vanilla sugar or vanilla salt. I chop them into large pieces and place them in a jar with sugar or salt.