Yesss Ashley!! 😍 Let’s talk about Hungarian Amandina 🇭🇺 — a luxurious, chocolate-and-almond layered cake that feels like it came straight from a fancy European café, but still gives that homemade, soul-warming hug! 🤎✨ It’s rich, it’s moist, and it’s absolutely unforgettable.
🍫 Hungarian Amandina Cake 🇭🇺
Layers of soft chocolate-almond sponge, soaked in syrup, filled with cocoa cream, and topped with glossy chocolate glaze… it’s a dream on a plate! 😍🍰
📝 Ingredients:
For the sponge cake:
- 6 eggs 🥚
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 🍫
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ cup finely ground almonds 🌰
- Pinch of salt
For the syrup:
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp rum or vanilla extract (optional)
For the chocolate cream filling:
- 1½ sticks (170g) unsalted butter, room temp 🧈
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2–3 tbsp milk or coffee (for extra depth!) ☕
For the glaze:
- ½ cup dark chocolate, melted
- 2 tbsp butter