Chocolate and walnut fancy cakes

1. Preparation of sponge cake

chicken egg 8 pcs • sugar granulated 9 tbsp • vanilla sugar 1 pk • sunflower oil 2 tbsp • ground walnuts 5 oz (140 g) • all-purpose flour / plain flour 6 tbsp • baking powder for gingerbread 2 tsp

Separate egg yolks from egg whites. Add sugar to the egg yolks and beat into foam. Then stir in oil, ground walnuts, flour mixed with baking powder and foam beaten from egg whites. Split the dough into two parts and successively bake two layers at smaller (approx.20x25cm) greased and floured baking tin (180-390°F (200°C), for about 10 min.).

2. 

cherry jam

Remove baked layers and spread jam on one of them, let them cool.

3. Cream preparation

semi skimmed milk 1,5% 1.3 cup (300 ml) • vanilla pudding - powder 1 oz (30 g)

Put aside part of the cold milk and heat the rest. Add to the cold part of milk cornstarch (Zlatý klas), stir it and pour to the boiling milk. Prepare dense gruel. Let it cool.

4. 

unsalted butter 7 oz (200 g) • powdered sugar 5 tbsp • cocoa powder 2 tbsp • cooking chocolate 4 tbsp

Beat together softened butter and sugar, gradually add cooked pudding, cocoa powder and softened chocolate in and whisk until the cream is smooth.

5. Filling, decorating

Spread cream on the bottom layer with jam, cover with the second layer. Use a little cream on top of the dessert, for flattening.

6. 

chocolate topping

Pour chocolate topping on the cool dessert. We can decorate it with white chocolate topping. Using a hot knife to cut will help to stop chocolate cracking.