Hungarian Gerbeaud Cake🇭🇺

Ah yes! The Hungarian Gerbeaud Cake (Zserbó szelet) is a classic Hungarian dessert — rich, layered, and irresistible. It’s filled with walnuts and apricot jam and topped with a smooth chocolate glaze. 🇭🇺

Here’s the best traditional version:

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Ingredients (for a 9×13-inch pan)

For the dough:

• 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, cold, cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 packet (7 g) dry yeast
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) milk, warm
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the filling:

• 1 1/2 cups (150 g) finely ground walnuts
• 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
• 1 1/4 cups (300 g) apricot jam

For the topping:

• 4 oz (115 g) dark chocolate
• 2 tablespoons butter

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