Grease the baking pan with butter and dust with flour or breadcrumbs.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake at 170 degrees (fan-assisted) for approximately 30-35 minutes (until a wooden skewer comes out clean).
After baking, let it cool.
How to make chocolate-gingerbread cream for molehill cake
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler (break it into pieces and place it in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water).
100 g chocolate
Add the melted chocolate and gingerbread spice to the mascarpone cheese and mix thoroughly.
250 g mascarpone cheese, 2 teaspoons gingerbread spice
Place the mascarpone and chocolate mixture in the refrigerator to chill for approximately one hour.
Whip the cold heavy cream until thick, gradually adding the mascarpone cheese with chocolate, one spoonful at a time. Mix until all ingredients are combined.
500 ml heavy cream
If you like sweet creams, you can additionally sweeten the cream with powdered sugar.
Plum Molehill Cake - finishing
Remove the cake from the pan and cut off its top with a sharp knife.
Using a spoon, remove some cake from the center to create a shallow hollow.
Crumble the removed cake and the cut-off part into crumbs.
Spread the cake with a few spoonfuls of Stovit plum preserves.
100 g preserves
Spread the chocolate-gingerbread cream over the preserves to form a protruding dome.
Sprinkle the top of the cake with a thick layer of crumbs from the cut-off cake.