Gastronomy – Romania

Let’s try a delicious dessert!

Amandine (Amandina) is a traditional Romanian chocolate cake which is filled with either chocolate or almond cream. The cake has four components - the sponge cake, the syrup, the filling and the glaze. The sponge cake is made with eggs, sugar, water, flour, oil, and cocoa, the filling (chocolate buttercream) consists of eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, and cocoa, the syrup is made with water, sugar, and rum, and the glaze is made with chocolate and whipped cream.

Of course, there are many recipes for amandine, so the ingredients may vary in some cases. This chocolate dessert has been popular in Romanian confectioneries ever since the 1960s, and it is usually decorated with a bit of the cream and a thin, diamond-shaped piece of chocolate on top.

Enjoy!

Sources & photographs taken from: https://www.tasteatlas.com/amandine

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