Crazy cow cake: A decadent dessert everyone will crave

In my family, no gathering is complete without a delicious cake. The aunts always try to outdo each other with new baking ideas, surprising us every time. However, this cake has long held the title of the best. Everyone begs for the recipe.

This dessert is perfect for those with a sweet tooth. A chocolate sponge cake, cream with caramel, and a crunchy meringue make an ideal combination. It's sweet, soft, crunchy, and just delicious. Whenever Crazy Cow appears, a forest of hands reaches for it. This is a dessert that always prompts requests for the recipe.

Heavenly! This cake is a real calorie bomb, but it's worth every bite. Combining meringue, nuts, dates, caramel, and cream creates an unforgettable taste. Both classic caramel and the chocolate-flavoured variety work wonderfully.

This cake is moist and aromatic and looks so beautiful that it's almost a shame to eat it—almost because it's impossible to refuse a piece.

Ingredients:

Sponge cake

• 3 large eggs
• 100 grams (1/2 cup) of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar
• 60 grams (1/2 cup) of plain flour
• 30 grams (1/4 cup) of cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

Soaking

• 60 millilitres (1/4 cup) of water
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of icing sugar

Cream

• 400 millilitres (1 2/3 cups) of chilled heavy cream (double cream)
• 1 cream stabilizer
• 250 grams (1 cup) of mascarpone cheese
• 210 grams (2/3 cup) of caramel from a tin
• 100 grams (2/3 cup) of chopped dates
• 100 grams (1 1/2 cups) of chopped walnuts

Meringue:

• 4 egg whites
• 200 grams (1 cup) of caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar

Method of preparation:

1. Start with the sponge cake. Separate the egg whites from the yolks and whip to stiff peaks.
2. While constantly mixing, add the yolks and sugar, as well as the vanilla sugar.
3. Combine with the sifted dry ingredients.
4. Pour the batter into a tin and bake for about 25 minutes at 350°F. Use a toothpick to check if the cake is ready.
5. Set aside to cool.
6. After cooling, soak with the syrup prepared from water, lemon juice, and icing sugar.
7. Prepare the cream. Whip the chilled cream with the stabilizer.
8. Add the mascarpone cheese and caramel, mixing until combined.
9. Finally, add the chopped dates and walnuts, gently mixing with a spatula.
10. Spread the cream on the cooled sponge cake and refrigerate.
11. Proceed to the meringue. Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks with the sugar.
12. Draw a square the size of the sponge cake on baking paper.
13. Spread the mixture on the paper.
14. Put the baking tray with the meringue into an oven preheated to 250°F. Bake for 15 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 230°F, baking for about 2.5 hours.
15. Place the meringue on the sponge cake and chill the cake in the fridge.

Crazy Cow is now ready to be eaten. Enjoy!