Garash Cake - Grain free

This is the most delicious cake in the Universe! ...well, at least in my opinion :) It is a traditional Bulgarian cake and one I had throughout my childhood. A piece of Garash Cake and the Bulgarian version of baklava (which I will be making soon) is what I am torn between ordering whenever I am  in a dessert café back home. Garash cake is gluten and grain-free, so a great option for the ones with gluten allergies/sensitivities. - Desi

What you will need:

For the layers 

10 egg whites

400g or 1 3/4 cups of granulated fine sugar

300g of ground walnuts

For the Chocolate Cream

115g or 1/2 cup of granulated fine sugar

100g of dark chocolate (chopped coarsely)

5 egg yolks

275g or 1 1/4 cups of unsalted butter (at room temperature)

1/3 cup of water or milk

Here is how to make this delicious cake:

Preheat your oven to 330F or 170C.

Cut out four 10 inch circles of parchment paper for the cake layers.

Beat your egg white until light and fluffy. Slowly add in your sugar and mix until stiff peaks form.

Fold in your walnuts and incorporate well.

Divide your mixture into four equal portions and spread each portion onto your pre-cut/oiled parchmant paper (layers will be about 2-3mm thick).

I bake my layers on cookie sheets, but you can use 10" cake pans as well. Just make sure the pans are pre-oiled as well as the parchment paper to avoid the cake from sticking. Bake for about 15-20 min.

For the chocolate cream...

Over low-medium melt together the water, sugar and the chocolate, continuously stirring to avoid lumps, until the chocolate has melted.

Beat your egg yolks in a bowl

While the chocolate cream is still warm. Slowly....very slowly add in your egg yolks. Incorporate well and let the mixture cool.

While the mixture is cooling. Beat your butter and until light and fluffy.

Slowly add the cooled chocolate cream mixture to the butter and beat for a few more minutes

On a cake plate place a cake layer and top with chocolate cream, top with another cake layer and repeat process. Cover cake with chocolate cream. Decorate as desired.
Once your cake layers are out of the oven you will have to work relatively quickly before they get cold...which will be make them brittle.