Baumkuchen

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven grill and butter a 22 cm round pan. Separate the yolks from the whites.
2. Cream the butter with the sugar and vanilla seeds until smooth and creamy, then beat in the yolks one by one.
3. Beat the whites into stiff peaks with the pinch of salt, then gently fold them into the butter mixture.
4. Sift in the flour, cornstarch and cinnamon, then gently mix to obtain a smooth batter.
5. Pour a thin layer of batter into the pan and brown it under the grill for 2 to 3 minutes, until golden.
6. Repeat layer after layer, letting each one brown before adding the next, until the batter is used up.
7. Let it cool, then melt the chocolate with the butter and coat the cake. Let it set before serving.