A great cake recipe for any occasion:
(*) for a cake springform pan of 24 cm ø, bottom covered with parchment paper, edges greased.
Put sugar with salt and eggs in a large enough bowl, stir with a whisk or possibly the whisks of a hand mixer until the amount is light.
Put the chocolate in a suitable bowl, pour the water over it and let it stand for about two minutes. Pour off the water exactly up to about 1 tablespoon. Stir the chocolate until smooth, fold into the egg mixture.
Add almond kernels and fold in. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
Bake for about twenty-five minutes in the middle of the oven heated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Take out, cool slightly, remove the edge of the mold, slide onto a rack, cool.
Topping: whip the cream with the vanilla sugar until stiff, spread on the sponge cake mold, spread evenly with a spatula. Top with strawberries.
Tip: use chocolate instead of strawberries, grate chocolate over the cake on a hash brown grater.