Jerbo Cake (Zserbó Cake)

About recipe

  • Recipe Category: Dessert
  • Recipe Type: Recipe
  • Recipe area: Hungarian Community
  • Recipe author: Voinaghi Doina, Sighetu Marmației

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Preparation

450 g of flour, 200 g of butter, 500 g of sugar, 1 egg yolk, 20 g of yeast, 100 ml of cream. Knead and leave to rest for 15 minutes. Make 3 sheets.

Filling: 300 gr apricot jam or cherry jam, 200 gr ground walnut, 100 gr sugar. On the first sheet of dough we put the jam, we put the second sheet of dough on which we put the ground walnut mixed with sugar. We put the last sheet. Bake for 30 minutes. Pour a warm icing over the baked cake from: 3 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa, 3 tablespoons water, 50 g butter. Boil until thickened. You can also sprinkle ground walnuts over the icing.