Bajadera cake has great hazelnut chocolate flavor and delicious layers. In Croatia we often use hazelnuts and almonds to get lighter taste. While you can buy original pralines from Kraš, we love this homemade version even more. Fine nougat blended with almonds brings amazing recognizable flavor.
Ingredients:
100 g roasted hazelnuts
100 g almonds
9 tbsp water
100 g sugar
170 g butter
250 g ground biscuits
200 g dark chocolate
2 tbsp rum
1. Use blender to to grind roasted hazelnuts and almonds.
2. Melt sugar and butter in hot water.
3. In a bowl combine together roasted nuts, ground biscuits and melted butter.
4. Split the paste into two equal parts. Into first one add melted chocolate, and in second one 2 tbsp of rum.
5. Layer half of the chocolate mixture in a baking dish, spread and press using spatula or spoon.
6. Spread light paste on the dark one, and rest of the chocolate layer on top.
7. Coat the cake with melted chocolate and refrigerate.