Cake 'Garash' Bulgarian recipe, chocolate walnut cake.

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cacao powder + coconut oil

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate

Cacao powder + coconut oil reduces sugar and adds healthy fats.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option with health benefits.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness with a unique flavor.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: pecans

Almonds are a healthier nut option while pecans are often less expensive.

Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks, using a larger container for the egg whites.

Add 6 tablespoons of cacao powder to the egg yolk bowl.

Add room-temperature butter and 1.5 cups of powdered sugar to the egg yolks and mix until it becomes a thick cream.

Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks at high speed, gradually adding in 0.5 cups of powdered sugar.

Add 1/3 of the chocolate cream to the beaten egg whites.

Add 30 milliliters of rum or cognac and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the mixture.

Add 300 grams of ground walnuts and mix everything together with a spatula.

Disperse the mixture into three trays lined with parchment paper.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (180°C) for 15 minutes.

Layer the baked chocolate layers with cream until all ingredients are used up, covering the top and sides of the cake.

Refrigerate the cake overnight before serving.

Cooking Techniques

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