Efrat's Notebook

Chocolate-Filled Yeast Dumpling Cake Draft

A yeast cake of small dumplings filled with Nutella and chocolate, baked snug together in one pan and dusted with powdered sugar.

  • Prep40 min
  • Cook25 min
  • Rest2 hr
  • Total3 hr 5 min
  • Makes16 dumplings
  • KashrutDairy

What you need

Amount:16

Dough

Filling

Glaze and finish

How I make it

Dough

  1. Put all the dough ingredients in a stand mixer bowl and knead with the dough hook for 10 minutes.

  2. Transfer to a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled.

Shaping and baking

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Turn the dough out onto a floured counter, knead it briefly and roll it into a square about ½ inch (1 cm) thick.

  3. Mark 16 squares and put a heaping teaspoon of Nutella or a chocolate square on each, alternating.

  4. Pull the dough up over the filling to close each square into a dumpling.

  5. Arrange the dumplings side by side, seam down, in a greased 11-inch (28 cm) round pan.

  6. Let rise again in the pan until doubled.

  7. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and pour it over the dumplings.

  8. Put the pan in the oven, lower the heat to 350°F (180°C) and bake for about 25 minutes, until golden.

  9. Let cool slightly and dust with powdered sugar.

Source: ChefEf (chefef.com)