I'm not sure if any other cake evokes more emotions than bábovka (bundt cake). Every family has its own recipe which is, of course, THE recipe.
I actually dislike the typical bundt cake because it's too dry. But for the old time's sake (hey, grandma!) and because I got a new cool bundt cake form, I decided to make the old school dry cake which must be eaten while sipping some hot beverage.
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs (separated)
- 150ml sunflower oil
- 100ml water
- 250g sugar
- 250g flour
- 4 tea spoons cocoa powder
1) Mix the egg yolks and sugar till the mixture pales.
2) Slowly add water, oil and flour.
3) Beat the egg whites till stiff peaks (some people need a pinch of salt to make it happen but if you have a clean bowl, they will do the trick on their own) form.
4) SLOWLY! fold the whites in the mixture. As you can see, there is no baking soda or anything to help you. If you fold in the whites gently, the air bubbles will stay in the cake, help it rise and be more sponge-y. That's actually what makes this cake magical.
5) Divide the mixture into two bowls and add the cocoa powder in one of them. Sloooowly. ;-)=
6) Either butter your pan or spray it with some oil and pour in the mixtures as you want.
7) Put it in a preheated oven and bake for about 50 minutes at 180°C.
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