Coarsely chop 200 g of chocolate coating and melt over a warm water bath. Separate the eggs. Mix the fat, 100 g sugar and 1 pinch of salt with the whisk of the hand mixer for 2-3 minutes until creamy. Stir in egg yolks one after the other
Halve the egg white. Beat one after the other with the whisks of the hand mixer until stiff, adding 50 g sugar at a time. Stir the liquid chocolate coating into the butter mixture, fold in the beaten egg white. Mix flour, baking powder, cocoa and almonds, fold in 2 portions
Spread the dough smoothly on a greased pan of the oven (32 x 39 cm) lined with baking paper. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ circulating air: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for approx. 15 minutes, remove from oven, let cool on a cake rack for at least 1 hour
Loosen the edges of the cake base and turn over onto a layer of baking paper, remove the baking paper. Cut the cake base in half lengthwise. Spread one half with fruit spread, cover with the other half. Cut the cake into about 24 square pieces (about 5 x 5 cm)
Coarsely chop 500 g of couverture, melt over a warm water bath, let it cool down for about 10 minutes. Dip the cake pieces one by one with the top side down into the chocolate coating, drain well and place on a cake rack. If necessary, reheat the rest of the couverture, put it in a freezer bag, cut off a small corner, and spray thin lines on each piece. Chill for about 30 minutes.
waiting time approx. 1 3/4 hours