Description: The most delicious deception of the Dark Lord – even distrustful Elves will believe this is the real thing! Extra tasty served with whipped cream.
Submitted by: Malinornë on 2003-12-06 06:23:46
Serves: 6-8
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
3.5 oz. butter2 eggs
1 1/3 cups sugar
6 cup flour
1 tsp. vanilla sugar
3 tbsp. cocoa powder
3 tbsp. hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
Note: No baking powder needed.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 390 degrees F.Melt butter over low heat or in microwave.
Whip eggs and sugar together to a light fluff, 5 minutes with an electric mixer. Add flour, vanilla sugar, cocoa powder and melted butter. Mix well.
Put mixture into a greased and floured round 8†cake-pan. Sprinkle nuts on top.
Bake 20-25 minutes. Cake will be rather flat and is supposed to be a little “humidâ€, so be careful not to bake it too long.
Cool before frosting, if desired.