Mosaic Cake is originally Italian, specifically Sicily, where it is called Salame di Cioccolato-Chocolate Salami. In places like Turkey and Syria it is called Mosaic Cake because it looks like a mosaic. This cake is also called lazy cake as it is very easy to prepare even for those who do not like the hassle of making a cake.
The cake does not need baking. You need to melt the butter and this is all the cooking involved. It is a cake that can be prepared together with the kids. The ingredients are available pretty much everywhere. I hope petite beure biscuits will not be a problem to find, if so tea biscuits or Graham crackers will also serve.
Petite beure biscuits are plain, sweet biscuits. You need to crumble them with your hands. Do not use a food processor as they might turn into powder. Putting the biscuits into a zipped plastic bag and crushing with a rolling pin is also possible. But frankly just crumbling with your hands is no big deal and I find it the easiest way.
Melt the butter and mix everything together. You can give any shape you like. You can use cupcake paper, you can use a cake serving dish or make a big triangle prizma, which is the most common shape in Turkey.
You should keep it in the freezer, it can stay in the freezer for quite a long time. Slice and serve chilled. This is a must have for kids birthday parties.
Enjoy.
Mosaic Cake
Ingredients
- 500 grams petite beurre biscuits
- 125 grams butter
- 50 grams caster sugar
- 200 millilitres milk
- 50 grams walnuts chopped / optional
- 50 grams cacao
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 lemon’s zest
Instructions
- Break the egg in a small bowl. Whisk.
- Melt the butter in a pot over low heat. Make sure to keep an eye, not to burn it.
- As soon as butter is melted remove from heat and immediately add the sugar, cacao and vanilla. Mix well.
- Then add the milk and mix again.
- In a large pot crumble the biscuits. Do not leave them too large, but do not turn them into powder either.
- Add the chopped walnuts, a lemon’s zest, butter and cacao mixture to the biscuits.
- Put the mixture into the fridge for 15 minutes.
- Take out of freezer, give the shape you want. You can put them into cupcake papers or a cake plate or make a triangle prizma which is the most common shape given in Turkey.
- Keep it in the freezer for at least 2 hours. Slice and serve.