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12 inch -long cakeMedium
By Rick Rodgers
Published 2002
In its savory form, saddle of venison (Rehrücken in German) is often threaded with long strips of lard to moisten the lean meat as it roasts. But to dessert lovers, Rehrücken is chocolate cake baked in a long, half-cylinder-shaped pan to resemble the roast saddle of venison. The trompe-l’oeil effect is completed by studs of slivered almonds, which are supposed to look like the lard strips sticking out of the meat. Rehrücken is always made with cake crumbs and almonds, never flour, an