måndag 17 maj 2010

Chocolate- Crumble Bajadera Cake

Now, this is my most recent 'creation'- a very uncomplicated chocolate crumble 'bajadera' cake. It is a remake of a layered cake called "bajadera" in the balkans, very popular amongst everyone!








So folks, this is what I used to make this splendid little thing:

Base
350 g sugar,

100 ml water,
150 g margarin,
200g crumbled biscuits,
200g dried coconut

The first thing to do is to mix the sugar, water and margarin in a skillet. Heat up the mixture but remove it from the heat before it starts boiling. Add the crumbled biscuits and dried coconut into the sugar-mix and blend well.
Put 2/3 of the mixture into a cake-tin of your choice, press it down until it becomes an even base. Put in the fridge for a couple of hours, until the base becomes stale.. meanwhile: start with the filling!


Filling
1 paket of chocolate pudding (dolcela) + milk & sugar
2-3 tablespoons cocoa powder
100g margarin

Make the pudding according to the instructions on the pack (you'll need milk and sugar for this preperation). When the pudding cools, add the cocoa (and some vanilla sugar if you'd like to enhance the vanilla flavour) and margarin cut into cubes. Blend well until the margarin is completely melted.


Now it's time to put all pieces toghether (this is the fun part y'all!)
Take out the cake tin with our gorgeous golden coconut base, pour the filling on top, smoothen it out and let it set in the fridge for another hour or so. After this, it is time for the decorations; crumble the remaining (1/3) coconut mixture on top of the cake, so that it looks like a traditional crumble pie!
If you want to leave the decorating at that, you can do so. If you want to add something more, then the only thing that can set boundries is your own imagination!


Bon Appétit!