Frisian Spice Cake

Summary

Ingredients

• 200 g butter
• 5 egg yolks, (size M)
• 5 egg whites, (size M)
• 220 g suar
• 3 tablespoon rock sugar (Grümmel), finely crushed, brown
• 1 pinch (s) salt
• 125 g flour
• 200 g nuts, round
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• some mace
• some cardamom
• 200 g block chocolate, dark, cut into pieces
• 1 tablespoon rum, brown
• 0.5 ½ lemon (for zest + juice)

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Instructions

1. For a loaf pan:
2. Separate the 5 eggs. Let the egg whites slide into a tall mixing bowl and beat with the pinch of salt until stiff. Refrigerate.
3. Prepare the juice and zest of half a lemon.
4. Cut 200 g dark chocolate into small pieces with a knife (do not rub).
5. In another bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder, the ground nuts and the spices.
6. In a large mixing bowl, stir the butter and sugar with the mixer until foamy, gradually work in the 5 egg yolks. Stir in the lemon juice from half a lemon and the lemon zest; also about 1 tablespoon of brown rum. Stir in the chocolate chips and only at the very end fold in the egg whites loosely with a wooden spoon.
7. Immediately pour the dough into a prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated oven for approx. 1 hour at 180 ° C.
8. Let the cake cool in the tin and only then turn it out onto a cake plate. If you like, you can dust the finished cake with powdered sugar or cover it with a chocolate icing.
9. Tip:
10. The spice cake should have 1 - 2 days to steep so that the flavors can develop nicely.
11. The grump gives this cake a nice crunch as it doesn`t melt during baking.