Biscuit Cake
The no-bake cake of Bulgarian home kitchens — petit-beurre biscuits dipped in milk and layered with a cooked vanilla custard, then left overnight until the biscuits soften into sponge. A thick custard and a quick dip keep the layers from going soggy.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 l whole milk, for the cream
- 2 eggs
- 200 g sugar
- 80 g plain flour
- 100 g butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 500 g petit-beurre biscuits
- 300 ml milk, for dipping
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder, for dusting
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2967 kcal · P 75.1g · C 368.7g · F 142.3g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Whisk the eggs, sugar and flour in a heavy pan with about 200 ml of the cold milk until smooth, then whisk in the rest of the milk.
- 2Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly and reaching into the corners, until the cream thickens, then let it bubble for 2 minutes more — undercooked custard tastes of flour and will not hold the layers.
- 3Take off the heat, beat in the butter and vanilla, press cling film onto the surface and leave until just warm.
- 4Pour the dipping milk into a shallow dish. Dip each biscuit for 1–2 seconds only and lay it in a 20 x 30 cm dish, making a tight single layer.
- 5Spread a thin layer of custard over the biscuits, then repeat biscuits and custard, finishing with custard — usually four layers of biscuits.
- 6Smooth the top, cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours, ideally overnight, until it cuts cleanly.
- 7Dust with cocoa through a fine sieve just before serving and cut into squares.
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Questions and answers
How long does Biscuit Cake take to make?
About 45 minutes: 30 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Biscuit Cake?
9 ingredients: whole milk, eggs, sugar, plain flour, butter, vanilla extract, petit-beurre biscuits, milk, cocoa powder.
How many servings does this Biscuit Cake recipe make?
10 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Biscuit Cake?
About 297 kcal, with 7.5 g protein, 36.9 g carbohydrate and 14.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Biscuit Cake recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Biscuit Cake?
Biscuit Cake comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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