Vasina Torta

Name: Vasina Torta
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Serbian
Ingredients: 6 eggs, separated; 200g sugar, plus 150g for the cream; 200g ground walnuts; 150g dark chocolate, melted; Zest and juice of 2 oranges; 300ml milk and 2 tbsp flour or cornflour; 200g butter, softened; 200ml whipping cream, whipped, for the top

Vasina torta/VAH-see-nah TOR-tah/

Also known as: Vasa's Cake, Serbian Walnut Orange Cake

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

About this dish

A layered cake of ground walnut sponge and a rich orange and chocolate cream.

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Ingredients

🥚6 eggs, separated

🍬200g sugar, plus 150g for the cream

🌰200g ground walnuts

🍫150g dark chocolate, melted

🍊Zest and juice of 2 oranges

🥛300ml milk and 2 tbsp flour or cornflour

🧈200g butter, softened

🍦200ml whipping cream, whipped, for the top

Method

Serves 2

Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks, gradually adding 200g sugar, then fold in the ground walnuts. Bake in a lined tin at 170°C (340°F) for 25 minutes and cool.

For the cream, whisk the egg yolks, 150g sugar, flour and milk over low heat until thick, then stir in the orange zest and juice. Cool.

Beat the butter until fluffy, then beat in the cooled custard a little at a time.

Divide the cream in two and stir the melted chocolate into one half.

Spread the chocolate cream over the sponge, then the orange cream, and top with whipped cream. Chill well before slicing.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Vasina torta, 'Vasa's cake', is a much-loved Serbian celebration cake, named, according to family legend, after the man whose wife first made it.

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