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Cușma lui Guguță (No-Bake Moldovan Pancake Cake)
A traditional Moldovan dessert reimagined as a no-bake cake using delicate crepes filled with sour cherries and layered with a rich sour cream and mascarpone frosting.
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Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- salt (a pinch)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- vanilla (vanilla extract or vanilla sugar)
- 160 g flour (sifted)
- 500 ml milk
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 600 g sour cream (30% fat content)
- 125 g mascarpone
- condensed milk (used as a sweetener to taste instead of powdered sugar)
- sour cherries (cherries in their own juice or cherry jam)
- grated chocolate (for decoration)
Steps
- 1
In a large mixing bowl, combine 5 eggs, a pinch of salt, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and vanilla. Whisk everything together very well.
- 2
Sift 160 grams of flour into the egg mixture. Stir thoroughly to ensure there are no lumps.
- 3
Gradually pour in 500 ml of milk while continuing to stir. Finally, add 2 tablespoons of oil to the batter.
- 4
Cook the crepes one by one in a non-stick pan until you have a total of 15 crepes. Set them aside to cool.
- 5
Prepare the cream by mixing 600 grams of 30% fat sour cream with 125 grams of mascarpone. Add condensed milk to taste as a sweetener and mix until smooth and well combined.
- 6
Take one crepe and place a row of sour cherries (or cherry jam) along one edge. Roll the crepe up tightly into a tube. Repeat this for all 15 crepes.
- 7
To assemble the cake, place 5 filled crepes side-by-side on a serving platter to form the base layer.
- 8
Spread a layer of the prepared cream over the base layer of crepes.
- 9
Place 4 filled crepes on top of the cream, followed by another layer of cream.
- 10
Continue stacking in a pyramid shape: 3 crepes then cream, 2 crepes then cream, and finally 1 single crepe on top.
- 11
Use the remaining cream to cover and level the entire exterior of the pyramid cake.
- 12
Decorate the cake by sprinkling grated chocolate over the top.
- 13
Refrigerate the cake for several hours, or preferably overnight, to allow the layers to set before serving.
Notes
The name 'Cușma lui Guguță' refers to a traditional Moldovan shepherd's hat. For the best results, use sour cherries in their own juice that have been well-drained to prevent the cake from becoming soggy.
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