Somlói Sponge Cake (Somlói Galuska)

🍫 Somlói Sponge Cake (Somlói Galuska)

Ingredients

Vanilla Sponge

• 4 eggs
• 120 g sugar
• 120 g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp vanilla

Chocolate Sponge

• 4 eggs
• 120 g sugar
• 100 g flour
• 20 g cocoa powder

Walnut Sponge

• 4 eggs
• 120 g sugar
• 100 g flour
• 20 g ground walnuts

Syrup

• 200 ml water
• 100 g sugar
• 1 tbsp rum (or rum extract)
• Zest of 1 lemon

Other

• 100 g ground walnuts
• 80 g raisins (optional)

Chocolate Sauce

• 200 ml milk
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornstarch

To Serve

• Whipped cream

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Instructions

1. Bake sponges separately
   Whisk eggs with sugar until fluffy. Fold in dry ingredients.
   Bake each sponge at 180°C (350°F) for 12–15 minutes. Cool.
2. Prepare syrup
   Boil water and sugar, cool slightly, add rum and lemon zest.
3. Assemble
   Tear vanilla sponge into pieces in a dish. Drizzle with syrup.
   Sprinkle walnuts and raisins.
   Add chocolate sponge, syrup, then walnut sponge.
   Drizzle remaining syrup.
4. Chocolate sauce
   Heat milk, sugar, cocoa, chocolate. Thicken with cornstarch. Cool slightly.
5. Serve
   Spoon dessert into bowls, pour warm chocolate sauce, top with whipped cream.

Rich, boozy, chocolatey, and nostalgic 🇭🇺
A true Hungarian classic that never misses.