German Spice Cake

Ingredients:

250g butter

375g/3.75 dl sugar

500g/5 dl flour (self-raising,
if you use normal flour,
add 3 teaspoons of baking powder)

1/8 - 1/4l milk

6 eggs (separated)

50g/0.5 dl cocoapowder

1 heaped teaspoon of cinnamon

half a teaspoon of nutmeg

half a teaspoon of cloves

icing sugar and water

Separate the eggs and beat the egg white in a clean bowl until it is stiff and you can turn the bowl upside down without creating a mess. Then mix the butter, the sugar and the egg yolk until smooth and then add the self-raising flour, or flour and baking powder respectively. Mix everything until you have a smooth dough. Now add the cocoa powder and the spices, mix them in well. When the dough is ready, add the beaten egg white and carefully fold it under.
Give the dough into a greased or lined form. Bake the cake at 200 degrees for approx. 50 minutes. When you pierce it with a wodden stick, there should be no dough left on it.
Take the cake out and let it cool down. Once it is cool enough, mix icing sugar and water to a smooth paste and give it on the cake.
Enjoy!!

measurement: The original recipe works with grams, but when I baked it last time I used the deciliters as I've given them above and it worked pretty well.
We will also add a converting-table for measurements soon