What to do when you find a 35-40-year-old recipe? Bake it! The result is called ’savarină'; it’s a syrupy cake that Romanians love... and I got 9 fantastic ones!
I needed
4 eggs
125g sugar
125g breadcrumbs
for the batter
300ml water
115g sugar
30ml rum
for the syrup
500ml whipping cream
30g sugar
oil and flour -> moulds
jam -> for decoration
Beat the egg whites until stiff and add the sugar, bit by bit. Mix in the yolks and the breadcrumbs (they will go great with the syrup), stirring slowly with a wooden spoon. Pour the batter into the moulds (I used deeper mini-tart moulds) and bake in the preheated oven, at 150°C for 15 minutes.
While the cakes are baking, make the syrup leaving the sugar dissolve on low heat. Then, pour in the rum (I used my favourite rum, an Indian one - Old Monk). While the cakes are still warm, dip them into the syrup and place them on a tray.
Cut them in half, spread jam onto the top of the upper half and sandwich the halves – use the cream whipped with the sugar.
Marcel told me that these were the best cakes that I have ever baked. It moved me. J
