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🍰 Naked Red Wine Cake with Mulled Wine Cherries and Cinnamon Buttercream

582 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (conventional fan setting).
  2. 2. Place speculoos cookies in a freezer bag and crush them finely using a rolling pin.
  3. 3. Beat 250 grams of soft butter with a hand mixer and whisk attachment until fluffy.
  4. 4. Add 200 grams of sugar, one packet of vanilla sugar, and 5 eggs to the butter alternately.
  5. 5. Stir the mixture for about 3 minutes until the sugar has dissolved.
  6. 6. Sift 350 grams of flour, one packet of baking powder, and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder into the bowl.
  7. 7. Pour 200 milliliters of red wine into the bowl and mix everything into a smooth batter.
  8. 8. Gently fold the crushed speculoos cookies into the batter.
  9. 9. Grease a springform pan and spread the batter evenly inside.
  10. 10. Bake the cake in the oven for about 45 minutes.
  11. 11. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool completely on a wire rack.
  12. 12. Slice the cooled cake horizontally into three even layers.
  13. 13. Drain a jar of cherries into a sieve and catch the juice in a saucepan.
  14. 14. Heat 100 milliliters of wine, 100 milliliters of cherry juice, and half a teaspoon of cinnamon in the saucepan.
  15. 15. Mix 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of cherry juice in a small bowl.
  16. 16. Add the cornstarch mixture to the saucepan and stir well.
  17. 17. Add the cherries and let the mixture simmer for 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat.
  18. 18. Let the mulled wine cherries cool down.
  19. 19. Beat 250 grams of soft butter with a hand mixer until fluffy.
  20. 20. Add 150 grams of powdered sugar and beat for about 5 minutes until you have a pale yellow mixture.
  21. 21. Add 800 grams of cream cheese and one teaspoon of cinnamon to the buttercream.
  22. 22. Mix everything until you have a smooth cream.
  23. 23. Spread one-third of the buttercream evenly over the first cake layer.
  24. 24. Distribute half of the mulled wine cherries over the cream.
  25. 25. Place the second cake layer on top.
  26. 26. Repeat the process with the remaining cream and cherries.
  27. 27. Spread excess buttercream on the sides with a spatula to create a naked cake look.
  28. 28. Decorate the top with the remaining buttercream.

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