Hungarian Punch Cake Squares (Puncs Kocka) – Don’t Lose This Recipe!

Ingredients:

Sponge:

• 9 eggs
• 9 tbsp sugar
• 9 tbsp flour
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder (optional)

Filling:

• Crumbled sponge (from cut cake)
• 2–3 tbsp jam (apricot or raspberry)
• 2–3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100–150 ml milk or syrup
• 1–2 tbsp rum or rum aroma (optional)

Glaze:

• 150–200 g chocolate or cocoa glaze
• 1–2 tbsp oil or butter

Instructions:

1. Bake sponge cake in a tray from eggs, sugar, and flour.
2. Let it cool completely, then cut in half.
3. Crumble one half into a bowl.
4. Mix crumbs with jam, cocoa, milk/syrup, and rum until moist.
5. Press filling onto the base layer.
6. Cover with the second sponge layer.
7. Pour chocolate glaze on top.
8. Chill and cut into squares.