For the Advent cake, first cream the butter with the sugar.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
Gradually stir in one egg at a time.
Mix in the cocoa, cooking chocolate, spices and rum.
Finally, sift the flour with the baking powder and stir in as well.
Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan or star-shaped pan and bake at 180 °C for about 1 hour.
Remove the Advent cake and turn it out of the pan after about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and let cool.
Preparation Tip:
Advent cake is a suitable companion to hot chocolate with rum or Baileys.