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Garash cake with walnuts and chocolate

Garash cake with walnuts and chocolate

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The famous Bulgarian cake: five walnut meringue discs with very little flour, layered with a chocolate ganache, and topped with chocolate glaze and sliver…

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Recipe from Wiliam, Ted Masters, Eurodyne and 1 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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A traditional Belgian recipe, delicious and easy to make.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting4 hr
  • Total4 hr 50 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$10.45 $1.31 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people

Discs

  • $3.19
  • $0.83
  • $4.40
  • $0.03

Cream

  • $0.11
  • $0.97

Glaze

  • $0.74

Decoration

  • $0.18

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Whisk the egg whites and powdered sugar together until stiff peaks form, but do not overbeat.
  2. Add the ground walnuts and flour. ≈ 3 min
  3. Divide the dough into 5 equal portions and spread each portion into 5 identical round discs on a baking sheet. ≈ 3 min
  4. Bake them in a preheated oven at 150 °C, then let them cool.
  5. Cream, the first method: whisk the cream, gradually adding the sugar and melted chocolate until you have a thick and smooth mixture. ≈ 4 min
  6. Cream, second method: Gently heat the chocolate, cream, and sugar together, stirring constantly until the chocolate melts. Then, cool the mixture in a bowl of cold water, stirring until you have a light, dark brown, butter-like cream. Add the rum if desired.
  7. Assemble the cake by alternating layers of cake and cream. ≈ 10 min
  8. Melt the chocolate from the icing with the butter and spread it over the cake.
  9. Decorate with blanched almonds and let them rest in the refrigerator for a few hours.

The bill

Garash cake with walnuts and chocolate

  • 8 egg whites$3.19
  • 220 g of powdered sugar$0.83
  • 200 g of ground walnuts$4.40
  • 20 grams of flour$0.03
  • 150 g of sugar$0.11
  • 200 g of heavy cream$0.97
  • 80 g of butter (or oil)$0.74
  • 20 g of blanched almonds, slivered$0.18

Total$10.45

that's $1.31 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 8 egg whites
  • 220 g of powdered sugar
  • 200 g of ground walnuts
  • 20 grams of flour
  • 150 g of sugar
  • 200 g of heavy cream
  • 450 g of chocolate (or chocolate coating)
  • A splash of rum or rum flavoring (optional)
  • 200 g of chocolate
  • 80 g of butter (or oil)
  • 20 g of blanched almonds, slivered

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