1. Finely grate the chocolate. Cream together the softened butter or margarine, sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt.
Separate the eggs. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time. Stir in the chocolate, hazelnuts, and baking powder. Optionally, stir in some rum. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then gently fold them into the batter in batches.
2. Grease a 26 cm (10-inch) springform pan thoroughly. Pour the batter into the pan and smooth the surface.
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Bake in a preheated oven (electric: 175°C/350°F, fan: 150°C/300°F, gas mark 2) for approximately 50 minutes. Let the cake cool slightly in the pan. Then remove it from the pan and let it cool completely.
3. Drain the cherries, reserving the juice. Prepare a pudding using the cherry juice and the pudding powder.
Add the cherries to the pudding and let it cool slightly. Then spread the lukewarm pudding over the nut base and let it cool completely.
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4. Whip the cream with vanilla sugar and cream stabilizer until stiff and spread evenly over the cake base. Then mix the eggnog with 1-2 tablespoons of instant pudding mix.
Eggnog Cake
Drizzle over the eggnog mixture and smooth it out. Next, decorate the cake with chopped nuts or toasted almonds and chocolate decorations before serving.
