Red wine cake

Note

Don’t worry, the alcohol evaporates in the oven!

Serves 8

Ingredients

  • 250 g butter,

  • 250 g flour,

  • 200 g sugar,

  • 4 eggs,

  • 125 mL red wine,

  • 1 tsp cinnamon,

  • 3 tsp cocoa,

  • 150 g chocolate chips (milk or dark chocolate or mixed : it works better with Schokoladenstreusel but I do not think they sell them here),

  • 2 tsp baking powder,

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract.

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease a baking tray.

Beat the butter to soften it and slowly whisk the eggs and the sugar in. Then slowly add the flour (possibly through a sieve), the cocoa powder, the baking powder and the vanilla extract and finally the chocolate chips. Then add the red wine, still stirring. Pour the mixture into the baking pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes.

When the cake is cold, you can put an icing on top. To make this, mix icing sugar into a little bowl and add a little bit of red wine. This gives a pink creamy topping that you pour over the cake and let drizzle.