Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year!!
It can be very tricky to translate a German word/sentence, because if you do translate word by word it often does not make any sense. This cake is called Studentenschnitten, which means student slice. This does not sound so great, therefore I will call it simply, Chocolate Squares. You can buy it ready made in Switzerland, and that is what my Mother and everyone else I know used to do-we never made it ourselves…
This recipe is a great way to use up any leftover Christmas cookies and chocolate. I used a simple recipe from a Swiss chef, Annemarie Wildeisen. The base crust, which is similar to a pie crust, is from my Tiptopf cookbook. (She is using a store bought dough)
Chocolate Squares
Base crust (Pie crust):
- 150g flour
- 1/4tsp salt
- 90g butter, cold
- 2tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
-Mix together flour and salt. Add butter and with a fork or pastry blender mix until it resembles fine crumbs.
-Add whisked egg and mix dough only until it holds together. Wrap in plastic foil and chill for 30 minutes.
Filling:
- 300g cookies, finely ground
- 6 eggs
- 175g sugar
- 100g bittersweet chocolate or milk chocolate
- 175g butter
- 100g flour
- 150g hazelnuts or almonds, ground
Chocolate Icing:
- 150g dark chocolate
- 40g butter
- 3tbsp icing sugar
-Whisk together eggs and sugar. In a double boiler melt together chocolate and butter, add to egg mix.
-Combine flour, nuts and cookie crumbs. Add slowly to wet ingredients.
-Roll out base crust to fit into a 30cm square or round pan.
-Cover with the filling. Bake in a 350F/180C oven for 40-50 minutes.
-In a double boiler melt dark chocolate, add butter. Sift the icing sugar and mix well. Spread onto the cooled cake.
-Cut into squares.
(You could spread some Strawberry jelly onto the cake first, and then add the chocolate icing)
Can be kept in refrigerator for 3-4 days
Love, Peace and Happiness!!
Enjoy!
I actually know this recipe – and love it! Greetings from one Swiss to the other 🙂
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Greetings!! It was the first time I made it;) My family and I loved it:)
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This looks delicious!! I And it’s made of chocolate! Love it!
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I hope you like it!
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Thanks! I will-thanks for checking out my blog:) 🙂
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Lovely! Thank you for sharing and taking the time to translate 🙂
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Thanks-it is probably not perfect;)
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Yum! I love your little blurb about the German name and its translation 😉 I often do the same for my families Croatian recipes because they can be pretty difficult to understand and translate hah!
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LOL!! It is not that easy to translate it perfectly:) I do my best;)
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Reblogged this on My Favorite Recipes and commented:
Studentenschnitten perfect for the next class reunion
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Care to ship some over to New Jersey!? Hahah looks delicious 🙂
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LOL-SURE;)
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Nice post…🙂🤗
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Thank you😊
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