Pre-soak the cranberries in brandy. Better at night. Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar. I have with natural vanilla from Dr. Oetker. Add butter room temperature, beat.

Enter the flour, cocoa, baking powder. Mix well. Add cranberries, crushed nuts. Leave some nuts for decoration. Mix well.

Form grease with oil or covered with parchment paper. Bake at 180 °C for about an hour until dry skewers. Be guided by your oven. If the top starts to burn, cover with foil.

With oranges remove the zest with a vegetable peeler, squeeze the juice. The juice is mixed with sugar, bring to a boil. Chocolate pour the milk and melt in a water bath or in a microwave. The finished cake is still hot, pour orange syrup. Cool. Pour frosting, decorate with chopped peel, nuts, sprinkles Dr. Oetker. Merry Christmas!