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Marquesa de chocolat
It’s snowing, snowing, snowing. Winter shows itself from its most beautiful side. What a timing. We have about 20cm of snow, which is a lot! Snow? What is she talking about you may think if you come from Maine or Finland for example. But hey, I am happy with what we have, and since snow had been on the scarce side for the latest years (excluding last year) I am happy the moment snow powders the surroundings with a magic calmness and stays for more than a few days. This year, I am sure, we will have white Christmas.
I finally made it! I tried a German version of Valerias Marquesa de chocolat, a Venezuelan equivalent of German Kalter Hund. The picture above on a green sheet is my version of the cake, and the other picture is of the real Venezuelan Marquesa du chocolat. I will post both versions of the recipe here, they just differ slightly. Valeria: despite my difficulty to find maria cookies here, the cake was a real hit. We enjoyed it on a cold dark Sunday together with dear friends. Everybody started licking their fingers after dipping them into bits and pieces of leftover chocolate on the plate.
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