Just before Christmas, while watching a TV cooking show, my attention was drawn to a quite simple recipe for Swedish chocolate cake. I was intent on making this presently, because everybody in my family is a fan of chocolate. "Presently" turned out to be too optimistic, as I had to search for the recipe in the recesses of the internet. Found in a Lidl cookery book and printed, it went into my collection of recipes.

In my opinion, this cake is another type of brownie. It melts in the mouth and tastes best just after baking – still hot. According to the recipe, you should sprinkle the cake with caster sugar. I made chocolate glaze. Adding juicy fresh fruit also hit the spot.

Ingredients:
200g of butter
200g of chocolate
200g of sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon of vanilla sugar
250g of flour

chocolate glaze and fresh fruit for decorating

Heat the oven up to 200C (with convection).

Melt the butter in a saucepan with a heavy bottom. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate. Stir until the chocolate has melted. Add the sugar and eggs and mix it in thoroughly. Add spoon by spoon the sifted flour and vanilla sugar. Stir thoroughly once again. Smooth a 24 cm cake tin with fat and sprinkle with breadcrumbs or flour. Pour the dough onto the tin. Bake it for 15-20 minutes. After baking, cover with chocolate glaze and decorate with the fresh fruit.

Enjoy your meal!