Chocolate Berries Cake With Mascarpone - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Dough
120 g butter (4 ounces)
100 g sugar (3 1/3 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 pinch salt
3 eggs
180 g flour (6 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Cream
250 g mascarpone (6 ounces)
125 g Quark (4 ounces) or 125 g cream cheese (4 ounces)
75 g sugar (2 1/2 ounces)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Berries
450 g mix berries (raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries or other berries, 15 ounces)
Glaze (substitute any fruit jelly)
10 g glaze, powder for tarts if possible red (0.35 ounces)
1 cup water (or as described on the jelly package)
2 tablespoons sugar (optional, if possible from berries or pomegranate) or syrup (optional, if possible from berries or pomegranate)

Preparation

Heat your oven at 160\u00b0C ((320\u00b0F).
Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and salt until soft and smooth.
Add eggs one by one und mix until incorporated.
In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder and cocoa.
Add flour mix to egg mix and work until smooth.
Grease you baking mold (about 25 to 30 cm or 10 to 12 inches) and spread on it the batter.
Bake 25-30 minutes until through at 160\u00b0C (320\u00b0F).
Let cool down.
In the meanwhile prepare your cream mixing together mascarpone, quark, sugar and lemon juice.
Spread the cream over the cake base with a spatula.
Prepare the glaze as described on the package (I use http://www.curiosityshoptea.com/store/product/8550/Dr-Oetker-Red-Cake-Glaze/) adding sugar and if you like the syrup. Heat as decribed.
Let cool down 5 minutes.
Spoon or brush the glaze over the berries.
Let sit for 2 hours in the fridge.
Cut in pieces and serve.
Note: Change the berries depending from what you have on hand! You can add some liqueur to the jelly too!