Kanelterta

Cinnamon cake

I love cinnamon in practically every situation - so for my birthday this year I baked myself this Icelandic cinnamon cream cake with chocolate icing!


Ingredients

1 egg
180 g brown sugar
180 g soft margarine
180 g flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder

250 ml whipping cream
1 Tbsp sugar

100 g dark chocolate
1 Tbsp margarine

50 g walnuts (chopped or ground)


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Mix the egg with the brown sugar until foamy, then add the margarine and beat vigorously.

Add the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and mix everything into a smooth dough.

Put 2 tablespoons of the dough into a springform pan (approx. 22 cm in diameter) lined with baking paper and smooth it out...

...and bake in the preheated oven at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 8 minutes each.

Remove the dough directly from the mold so that it doesn't crumble later.

The dough is enough for 5 bases.

When the bases are ready, whip the cream until stiff and mix with the tablespoon of sugar.

Place the first layer on a cake plate, spread with the cream mixture,...

...put the next floor on and continue like this. Finish with a bottom.

Melt the chocolate and margarine in a water bath...

...stir until everything is evenly mixed and spread the top cake layer with the chocolate cream.

Then decorate directly with the walnuts and let it solidify in the fridge.

Well then - bon appetit!

[Translated from here.]