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Turkish Dessert with Sponge Cake, Custard, and Chocolate Glaze
Delicate soaked sponge cake with thick custard, chocolate glaze, and pistachios or berries. The dessert is chilled in two stages, which makes it especially moist and rich.
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Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 100 g sugar (For the sponge cake)
- 200 g flour (For the sponge cake)
- vanillin (Quantity not specified)
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder (For the sponge cake)
- 1 tsp baking powder (For the sponge cake)
- 150 g sugar (For soaking)
- 200 g water (For soaking)
- 1 L milk (For the custard)
- 200 g sugar (For the custard)
- 180 g flour (For the custard)
- 100 ml 20% cream (For the glaze)
- 200 g chocolate (For the glaze)
- 50 g butter (For the glaze)
- pistachios (For decoration, optional; quantity not specified)
- berries (For decoration, optional; quantity not specified)
Steps
- 1
Beat the eggs with 100 g of sugar until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes.
- 2
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, vanillin, and baking powder. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the beaten egg mixture.
- 3
Pour the batter into a rectangular pan.
- 4
Bake the sponge cake for 20 minutes at 180°C.
- 5
For the soaking syrup, combine 150 g of sugar with the water and heat.
- 6
Prick the baked sponge cake all over with a fork.
- 7
Pour the hot sugar syrup over the sponge cake.
- 8
For the custard, combine the milk, 200 g of sugar, and 180 g of flour in a saucepan.
- 9
Heat the mixture in the saucepan, stirring constantly, until thickened.
- 10
Pour the custard over the soaked sponge cake.
- 11
Refrigerate the dessert for approximately 1 hour.
- 12
For the glaze, heat the cream, add the chocolate, and stir until smooth.
- 13
Add the butter and stir the glaze until smooth.
- 14
Pour the chocolate glaze over the chilled dessert.
- 15
Decorate the dessert with pistachios or berries.
- 16
Return the dessert to the refrigerator for approximately 1 more hour to allow it to soak.
Notes
The source specifies approximately 10 minutes for beating the eggs, while the transcript states approximately 5 minutes; the value from the author's description was used. The quantities of vanillin, pistachios, and berries are not specified. The pan size and exact total chilling time are not specified.
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