Rotweinkuchen - Red wine Cake
This Cake is a recipe I got from my late Grandma. She used to make it all the time when we came for visit. One of her staples. Not even my mom had the recipe and was super glad when she learned that I got it from Oma. Since I am writing this blog here for my daughter first, so all the old recipes aren't getting lost, I am going to share this family recipe with the rest of the world too. You are lucky guys lol. Anyway, here it goes.......
This is what you need:
- 250 gr soften unsulted Butter
- 300 gr. Sugar
- 5 Eggs, divided
- 1 small coffee mug (or half of a regular coffee mug) of Red wine (the one you use to drink. I like Moscato)
- 300 gr Flour
- 14 gr Baking Powder
- 100 gr. shaved unsweetened Baking chocolate
- 100 gr. Hazelnut Flour (Amazon has it for example)
This is how you do it:
Add the Butter, sugar and Egg yolk in a big Bowl and whisk it until soft, almost white and very fluffy. Beat the egg white in a separate bowl until stiff peaks. Shave the chocolate with a grater. Yes, its messy and a lot of muscle juice, but its worth it. Now add the Flour, Hazelnut Flour, Baking Powder and red wine to the Butter/sugar mixture and mix it well. Now, carefully, fold in the egg white to not release to much of the air bubbles. Preheat oven to 340 Fahrenheit. Butter the Bunt cake pan very carefully. Add the cake mixture and bake it for 1 hrs.. Remove from Oven and let cool completely.
With Red wine and powdered sugar, mix a thick icing and pour over the cake.
Enjoy and Guten Appetit
