Sakotis — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

A spectacular spit-roasted cake with spiky branches made by dripping batter onto a rotating spit, creating a tree-like form with layers of golden cake.

Ingredients

500g all-purpose flour
500g sugar
250g butter, melted
12 eggs
250ml heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp rum (optional)

Instructions

1 Beat eggs with sugar until very pale and tripled in volume, about 10 min.
2 Fold in melted butter, cream, vanilla, rum, and salt gently.
3 Sift in flour gradually, folding until smooth with no lumps.
4 Heat the spit over an open flame or rotisserie. Ladle thin layers of batter onto the rotating spit.
5 As each layer sets, drip more batter, allowing it to form spiky branches as it drips and hardens.
6 Continue for 1-2 hours, building up 20-30 layers until the cake reaches desired size. Cool completely before removing from spit.

Did You Know?

A traditional sakotis for a Lithuanian wedding can stand over a meter tall and weigh up to 10 kilograms.