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Somloi Galuska

Layered Rum and Cream Dessert

Ingredients

Topping

  • 1 cup walnut
  • 1/2 c raisins
  • 7 tbsp rum

Cake

  • 8 eggs
  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 3/4 c sugar
  • 7 tbsp ground walnuts
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder

Cream

  • 4 yolks
  • 1/4 c flour
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 4 tbsp milk
  • 1 vanilla bean pod or 1 envelope vanilla sugar or just 1/2 tbsp vanilla essence is fine
  • 1 tsp gelatin

Syrup

  • 1 c sugar
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 2/3 c rum
  • lemon/orange peel grated

Additions

  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 4 tbsp apricot jam sometimes the Hungarian use raspberry too
  • 1 1/4 c sweet cream heavy cream is fine as well
  • 6 tbsp chocolate syrup

Instructions

Topping

  • Soak the raisins in rum and grind the walnut a day before.

Cake

  • Beat the egg whites in a mixing bowl, slowly add in sugar, beat until stiff. Stir in yolks then flour. Divide into 3 portions. Into the first bowl, add in 1/2 c ground walnuts. Into the second, add in cocoa powder and into the last bowl, leave it as is. Bake at 350 F for 12-15 minutes. Let cool before proceeding.

Cream

  • Scald milk with vanilla bean, add yolks, sugar, flour, and gelatin, stir well until thicken. Let cool to room temperature then into the fridge.

Syrup

  • Place everything (except rum) into a pot, cook for 15 mins on medium heat, cool to room temperature, then stir in rum.

Somloi Galuska

  • On a baking sheet as big as the cakes, place walnut cake as the bottom layer. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the syrup, spread 1/3 of the walnuts and raisins and top with 1/3 of the vanilla cream over the walnuts.
  • then top with the chocolate layer and repeat step as above (syrup, walnut, raisin, cream).
  • then on the very top, place the plain cake. Sprinkle with rum, then jam followed with vanilla cream. Sprinkle the top with cocoa powder generously, refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

Serving

  • Some people love to cut the dessert square but cafes by spooning it as you would scoop ice cream, and place on dessert plate. I love scooping it rather cutting it square, makes it more prettier :)
  • Now top the cake with whipped cream and drizzle with chocolate syrup.