Vanilla cake with Romanian cheese

Name: Vanilla cake with Romanian cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: romanian
Ingredients: 350 gram fresh cheese such as ricotta, in Romania they use "brânza de burduf"; 8 square sheets or 1 large sheet puff pastry; 4 eggs; 3 tablespoons sugar + extra; 2 tablespoons vanilla extract; 1 sachet of vanilla sugar

This delicious and flaky vanilla cake with Romanian cheese is a traditional Romanian delicacy. You can also use ricotta or any other fresh cheese.

50 minutes

12 persons

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Recipe vanilla cake with romanian cheese

Made by Véronique

Published at 2017-01-07, this recipe is for 12 persons and takes 50 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2024-07-31

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Preparation time

10 minutes

Time cooking

40 minutes

Total time

50 minutes

Preparation – 10 minutes

Make sure the puff pastry sheets or defrosted and if you use small square sheets, you can create one big sheet by sticking them together with a bit of water.

Make a rectangle with 2 squares high and 4 squares wide. Crumble the cheese if needed and combine with 3 eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar and extract until it's a smooth mixture.

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius or 350 degrees fahrenheit and line the spring form's bottom with parchment paper.

Finishing up the vanilla cake with Romanian cheese – 40 minutes

Divide the cheese mixture over the puff pastry sheet, it should be a thin layer. Fold the bottom gently upward to the center and then also fold the top to the middle.

Let the pastry overlap slightly so the roll will be closed. The ends will still be open at this point.

Transfer the package onto the prepared round parchment paper and place the pastry in a circle so the ends will touch each other, leaving a hole in the middle.

Close the package by sticking the ends together with a bit of water. Use a fork to poke holes in the top of the puff pastry.

Vanilla cake with Romanian cheese folded — Vanilla cake with Romanian cheese

Folded beat the 4th egg and coat the top of the pastry with the egg. Finish with a layer of sugar and bake in the oven for about half an hour, or until beautiful golden brown. Enjoy!