Madjarica - Croatian Layer Cake

By Lsweetnell

A beautiful, and delicious traditional Croatian cake that is a welcome addition to any celebratory table
Author: Tamara Novakovic
Recipe Type: Dessert

Ingredients

• Cake layers
• 21.1 oz (600 g) all-purpose flour
• 2 egg whites
• 6.3 oz (180 g) sour cream
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6.3 oz (180 g) sugar
• 6.3 oz (180 g) butter
• Filling
• 4 cups (1 l) milk
• 5 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 5 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 7 oz (200 g) sugar
• 1.7 oz (50 g) dark chocolate
• 6.3 oz (180 g) butter
• 1 tbsp rum
• Glaze
• 3.5 oz (100 g) dark chocolate
• 3 tbsp oil
• 1.7 oz (50 g) butter

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare the filling first. Cook milk with sugar and vanilla until it boils. Separate one part of milk and whisk it with cocoa and flour. Add the mixture into the boiling milk. Add chocolate and cook, stirring constantly, until it thickens. Remove from heat and stir in butter and rum immediately. Cover with plastic wrap and let cool completely.
For the cake layers, make the dough. Beat butter with sugar, egg whites and sour cream until fluffy. Add sifted flour and baking powder and knead into a dough. Separate it into six equal parts and roll it out into a rectangles, between two sheets of parchment paper. Roll it out as thin as possible and transfer, together with the bottom parchment paper onto a rectangle baking tray.
Preheat oven to 356 F (180 C). Bake layers one by one, each for 8 minutes. They must stay pale. Let them cool. You can press them with something in order to flatten them out as they cool.
For the glaze, melt chocolate with butter and oil.
Assemble the cake: place first layer into a baking tray and spread one part of the filling evenly over it. Cover with the second layer and alternate until you finish. You need to end with the dough layer. Pour hot chocolate glaze over it and leave the cake in the fridge overnight.
The next day, cut into small rectangles and serve.