German Gingerbread Slice

• German Lebkuchen slice
• 70 grams dark chocolate melts
• 20 grams butter, softened
• 200 grams icing sugar, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 70 grams ground hazelnuts
• 2 teaspoons rum or apple juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 250 grams plain flour
• Lebkuchen icing
• 180 grams icing sugar, sifted
• 6 tablespoons orange juice or water
• 125 grams candied ginger, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. For the dough, melt chocolate in a water bath, set aside. In a a stand mixer beat butter and icing sugar until pale and creamy. Add all other ingredients and mix until combined. Spread dough into a Swiss roll tin (30x 24cm), smooth top.
3. Bake in pre-heated oven for 20-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
4. Cool the gingerbread cake in the tin.
5. In the meantime mix together icing sugar and orange juice. Spread icing evenly over cake.
6. Chop candied ginger and sprinkle over the icing. Let set before cutting into squares.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/32697-german-gingerbread-slice (may not work)