Safta Miriam's Passover Seven-Layer Cake
Easy 80 min

Safta Miriam's Passover Seven-Layer Cake

european french dessert snack sweet sour bitter umami medium fast

Prep

23 min

Cook

57 min

Total

80 min

Ingredients (7)

3 ½ (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate, chopped g
1 cup superfine sugar, more as needed g
½ cup margarine g
3 large eggs, separated g
1 (750 milliliter) bottle Concord grape wine (such as Manischewitz) g
8 matzo sheets g
¼ cup finely chopped nuts g

Nutrition

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Instructions

1

Place chocolate in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl; microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until chocolate is almost melted. Stir until smooth. Set aside.

2

Beat 1 cup sugar and margarine together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, until well blended; fold in chocolate.

3

Beat egg whites and 1 pinch sugar in a medium bowl until stiff peaks form; fold into chocolate mixture.

4

Pour ¼ bottle wine into an 8x8-inch baking dish. Soak 1 matzo sheet briefly on both sides; transfer to a serving platter (do not oversoak or matzo will fall apart). Add more wine to the baking dish as needed.

5

Spread thin layer chocolate mixture over wine-soaked matzo. Repeat soaking matzo and spreading with chocolate mixture; stack matzo layers on top of each other. Frost sides of matzo cake with remaining chocolate mixture.

6

Press nuts onto cake sides or sprinkle on top. Refrigerate before serving, 8 hours to overnight.