Bajadera
Bajadera is a unique Croatian no-bake nougat chocolate cake made from layered nougat with almonds, walnuts or hazelnuts that is delicious chocolate dessert with unique, recognizable flavor.
Servings: 16
Ingredients
For the dough
- ½ lb plain tea biscuits, crushed
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1½ cup ground almond
- 1½ cup ground hazelnut
- 1 cup unsalted butter, diced
- 4 oz dark chocolate
- 2 tbsp rum
For the icing
- 3 tbsp milk
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 4 oz dark chocolate
Instructions
- Melt the chocolate and set aside.
- Add a cooking pot with water to boil and add butter, and sugar. Melt everything and stir well.
- In a separate large saucepan, bring milk to a boil in then pour in the melted sugar and mix then and add the crushed tea biscuits, ground hazelnut, ground almond, and butter and mix well.
- Add the rum to the dough and mix and take it of the heat.
- Divide the dough into two parts and pour the chocolate into one of the parts and mix well.
- Put the chocolate part in a greased baking dish with 7 x 7, then put the other half without chocolate on top and press it in order to get nice layers and remove any air bubbles.
- Heat the milk, butter and sugar together in another smaller pan over low heat to prepare the frosting. Add chocolate and mix until the mixtures become homogeneous.
- Pour it over the dough and spread evenly.
- Let the cake cool in the refrigerator for 6 to 8 hours.
- Before serving use a sharp knife to cut pieces with 1 x 3 inch size.