Recipe for Cupavci – Coconut Cubes

Ingredients

• 6 eggs
• 18 tbsp sugar
• 100 ml water
• 100 ml vegetable oil
• 18 tbsp flour
• 1 packet baking powder
• 600 ml milk
• 12 tbsp sugar
• 1 bar of cooking chocolate
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 125 g butter
• 200 g shredded coconut
• Butter und Mehl (für die Form)

Preparation

1. First, grease and flour a rectangular pan (approx. 30 cm long). Preheat the oven to 200°C.

2. For the batter, mix the egg yolks together with the sugar until frothy. Now slowly add the water. Proceed the same way with the oil. Mix the flour with the baking powder and sift it. Add half of this mixture to the batter. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt using a mixer until stiff peaks form. Now, alternately fold the egg whites and the flour-baking powder mixture into the batter. Pour the finished batter into the prepared pan.

3. The tray stays in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes at 200°C top and bottom heat; let the finished cake cool down well.

4. The chocolate mixture consists of milk, sugar, block chocolate, cocoa powder, and butter. Put everything into a pot in this order and heat carefully until a creamy sauce forms.

5. Cut the cake into 5 x 5 cm pieces, dip them in the chocolate, and finally roll them in shredded coconut. Enjoy your meal, or as they say in Croatia: Dobar tek!