One of the most common cakes to be floating around the house when I was growing up is the light and moreish oblatne, a wafer cake layered with a luscious chocolate paste. I don’t think my mother ever put ground nuts through it, so I’ve broken family tradition by doing so. It really works.

This is incredibly easy to construct and will last in a sealed container in the fridge for about a week.

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Oblatne - Croatian chocolate wafer cake

A handful of ingredients and minimal preparation. This is my easy recipe for Croatian oblatne - or chocolate wafer cake as some would call it.

Course

Dessert

Cuisine

Croatian

Servings

pieces

Ingredients

• 200 g packet wafers (5 sheets)
• 400 g tin sweetened condensed milk
• 250 g unsalted butter softened
• 200 g dark chocolate melted
• 110 g walnuts ground
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Course Dessert Cuisine Croatian Servings pieces Ingredients 200 g packet wafers (5 sheets) 400 g tin sweetened condensed milk 250 g unsalted butter softened 200 g dark chocolate melted 110 g walnuts ground 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Beat all ingredients, except wafers, in a large bowl and mix until creamy.
2. Lay a long piece of plastic wrap or foil (twice the length of the wafers) over your work surface and lay one of the wafers in the centre, waffled side up.
3. Spread with a quarter (250 g) of the chocolate mixture all the way to the edges. Lay another wafer over the top and repeat the process with the final sheet of wafer. Do not spread chocolate over the top layer.
4. Gather the plastic wrap or foil from both sides and wrap the wafer cake well before refrigerating for a few hours or overnight.
5. Cut into diamond shapes before serving.

Recipe Notes

Divide the chocolate filling into four (250 g) before using. This ensures the layers will be evenly filled.

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