Ingredients For the cake:
12 eggs
240 grams granulated sugar
240 grams flour
60 grams butter
apricot jam
cup of coffee
For the frosting:
500 grams powdered sugar
500 grams butter
4 eggs
4 pieces baking (semi-sweet) chocolate or equivalent syrup or powder
1 tbsp ground coffee
For the caramel top:
150 gram sugar
half tbsp butter
drop of water
Preparation Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make Batter:
separate yolk from egg-white beat egg-whites till white peaks form mix in sugar to egg-white foam mix in the yolks mix in the flour mix in the butter (room temp), mix until batter is smooth To bake: Butter and flour baking sheets w/ raised edges (so that batter does not spill)-you will be making about 10-12 layers Distribute a thin layer of batter, approx 5" wide and 10-12" long on the baking sheets bake each sheet 7-8 minutes, the layer will look golden and will be approx quarter inch thick when it is done Remove cake layers from pans and cool Cut them into equal rectangular sizes, 4-5" wide, 8-12" long Make the frosting: Mix sugar and butter (room temperature) Next mix in the eggs Then mix in the chocolate, if you are using baking chocolate, melt it over low heat first Finally mix in the coffee grounds Make the Caramel: Put sugar and drop of water in non-stick pot and cook until it turns to caramel Add butter Remove from stove and quickly spread over one of the cake layers, put cake layer on surface which can be cleaned since the caramel will spill over the edges use a knife to create ....