Princess Louise - Cake

Who? Well, first of all, I am not quite sure whether the cake has something to do with the actual princess of Prussia, like 'It was her favourite cake'. Unfortunately, I could not find any legend saying so, but here is some information on the princess:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise_of_Prussia

And the cake...

All you need is:

• 100 g dark chocolate
• 5 eggs
• 330 g soft butter
• 130g sugar
• 2 sachets vanilla sugar
• 1 tbsp. rum
• 200 g ground almonds
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 sachet custard powder chocolate
• 400 ml milk
• 150 g dark chocolate

Grate the chocolate. I only chopped it, so my cake did not become dark, as it is supposed to be. Mix 80 g soft butter, 80 g sugar, one sachet vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt. Divide the eggs. Mix the eggs one by one with the butter mixture. Now, mix the chocolate with the ground almonds and baking powder. Fold them under the butter mixture, as well. Beat the egg whites to stiff peak and fold under, as well. Grease and flour the bottom of a 26 cm springform pan. Fill in the dough and bake on 175°C for about 25-30 minutes. Then, let it cool down completely.

Mix the chocolate custard powder with 50 g sugar and 6-8 tbsp. milk. Heat the remaining milk. When it starts to cook, stir in the mixture and cook for about one to two minutes. Pour the pudding into a bowl and cover with cling film. Let it cool down. Meanwhile, chop the chocolate and melt it in a double-boiler. Let cool down a little. Beat the remaining 250 g butter until white and fluffy. When the pudding has cooled down to room temperature, stir it into the butter spoonwise. Then, stir in the melted chocolate likewise. 

Cut the cake into two layers. Spread roughly half of the chocolate butter cream onto one cake layer. Cover it with the second one. Now, cover the whole cake with the remaining butter cream. Let the cake rest in the fridge for about two hours. 

You can decorate your cake in whatever way you like. Usually, it is piped with clotted cream, but I simply sprinkled on some grated chocolate and golden sugar pearls.