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Eierlikörtorte: German Eggnog Cake

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Cook Time 1 hr
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

Dough (step 1):

  • 80 g butter room temperature
  • 80 g sugar (1)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 egg yolks

Dough (step 2):

  • 200 g hazelnuts or other nuts ground
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100 g chocolate grated, unsweetened or dark
  • 1 Tbsp brandy
  • 1 Tbsp rum

Dough (step 3):

  • 5 egg whites

Topping:

  • 1 glass sour cherries or two cans
  • 1 packet glazing mix (2)
  • 1/4 L heavy cream
  • 1 packet Whip it (3)
  • 1 tsp sugar (4)
  • Eierlikör - Advocaat (5)
  • chocolate sprinkles optional

Instructions
 

  • Mix the first 4 ingredients well. 
  • Mix in the next section of ingredients. (I like to add both the nuts & the chocolate to a food processor to grind them into a powder.)
  • Whip the egg whites until stiff, and fold into the dough carefully.
  • Pour everything into a round cake pan and bake at 350°F for about 60 minutes.

Once cool, prepare the topping:

  • First sieve the sour cherries (keeping the juice) and place the cherries on the cake.
  • Thicken 1 cup of the cherry juice with a glazing packet and pour this over the cake.(You may like to use a cake collar for this step.)
  • Whip the cream with the ‘whip it’ and the optional sugar. Then spread onto the cake.
  • To finish off, carefully pour egg liqueur on top and decorate with chocolate sprinkles. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. I always use coconut sugar in my baking to lower the glycemic index and prevent the immediate sugar high & crash associated with refined sugars. Because this cake is rather dense, the coconut sugar works really well.
  2. If you don’t have access to cake glazing packets ("Tortenguss"), you can thicken the juice with 1 TB of potato starch instead. 
  3. The Whip it packet is optional (though recommended). It helps stiffen the whipping cream to get a more structured cake.
  4. I don’t generally sweeten whipping cream. I find the cake sweet enough as a whole. If you do add sugar to your whipping cream, don’t use coconut sugar. Maybe try a pinch of stevia if you’d like more sweetness without the white sugar.
  5. You can make your own Advocaat. I've had success with this recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-dutch-advocaat-liqueur-recipe-1128594