This cake is especially delicious with a cup of hot Punsch or Gluehwein.

Spiced Chocolate Guglhupf

200g unsalted butter
100g sugar
4 eggs, separated
150g dark chocolate (70% cacao)
5 tablespoons whipped cream
100g milk chocolate, coarsely chopped
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons sugar
100g flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tabelspoons powdered sugar + 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon for dusting

-  Preheat oven to 350F/180C
-  With an electric mixer, cream butter until soft and fluffy. Add egg yolks and sugar and beat
until light.
-  Melt chocolate and cream, and add to butter and egg mix, incorporating well.
-  Add milk chocolate chunks.
-  Whisk egg whites, pinch of salt, and sugar until stiff peaks form.
-  In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and spices.
-  Carefully fold stiff egg whites and flour mixture into chocolate batter.
-  Pour batter in guglhupf form.
-  Bake in lower half of oven for about 55 minutes.
-  Invert onto cooling rack and let cool completely.
-  Dust with powdered sugar and cinnamon.