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Kalter Hund: German No-Bake Layered Chocolate Biscuit Cake

This layered, no-bake cake delivers chocolate as it’s meant to be: completely and utterly decadent, rich, creamy, and solid but soft.
4.41 from 5 votes
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 45 minutes
Course Baking
Cuisine Western European
Servings 16 servings
Calories 310 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 eggs
  • 100 g sugar
  • 250 g sweetened cocoa powder *See Note 1
  • 450 g coconut oil
  • Large packet of Leibniz butter biscuits *See Note 2

Instructions
 

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Make The Recipe

    Prep

    • Line the loaf tin with parchment paper. This will help with removing the cake at the end.

    Make the Chocolate Mixture

    • If you have a double boiler, heat the coconut oil until hot. If not, fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Place a heat-safe bowl over the saucepan and pour in the coconut oil.
    • In a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar until creamy foamy white, and the sugar is entirely dissolved (five to ten minutes).
    • Carefully stir the cocoa powder into the egg mixture (if you work too hastily you’ll cover everything around with a thin layer of cocoa dust). Fold the warm coconut oil in the mixture.
    • Pour a layer of the egg/chocolate mixture (about 0.5mm) into the tin, then add a layer of biscuits on top. Repeat these steps until all of the chocolate mixture is gone. until all is used up.
    • Put the cake in the fridge and let it cool until the next day.
    • Carefully remove the Kalter Hund from the tin and remove the parchment paper scraps. Place on a decorative serving platter bottom up.

    How To Eat It

    • Cut 1 cm slices and have a cup of hot coffee or a fancy sweet wine along with it. It’s really good and absolutely okay to have a second helping.

    Notes

    • Note 1: If you can only find unsweetened cocoa, make a 56/44% mix, or 140g cocoa powder, and 110g sugar.
    • Note 2: You can substitute with any other butter cookies. 
    • Make sure to listen to Selina on The Storied Recipe Podcast, “From France, Where the Air is Full of Lilac Scent” while you make her German No Bake Chocolate Cake recipe!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 310kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 4gFat: 31gSaturated Fat: 25gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.004gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 19mgPotassium: 253mgFiber: 6gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 59IUCalcium: 27mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword Chocolate Cake, easy, Valentines Day, Vegan, vegetarian
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