Cooked chocolate filling for cakes and pastries

Name: Cooked chocolate filling for cakes and pastries
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 bowl
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 2 Eggs; 2 tbsp Semi-coarse wheat flour; 1 tbsp Cocoa powder; 3 tbsp Granulated sugar; 200 ml Milk; 1 packet Vanilla sugar (20 g); 10 g Butter

A cooked chocolate filling made with milk, eggs, cocoa, and flour, then finished with butter. Makes one bowl for cakes and pastries.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Servings: 1 bowl
Difficulty: Medium
Cuisine: Slovak

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This cooked chocolate filling is made with eggs, flour, cocoa powder, sugar, and milk and works well in pastries and cakes, including layer cakes. The mixture is brought to a boil over low heat and thickens with constant stirring. It is then stirred until cool before a piece of butter is mixed in. The entire preparation takes about 20 minutes.

For a deeper chocolate flavor, add 50 g of dark chocolate to the milk. You can also serve it on its own with fresh fruit as a dessert.

Instructions

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Whisk 2 whole eggs with 2 tbsp flour, 1 tbsp cocoa powder, and 3 tbsp sugar. Pour in the milk, add the vanilla sugar, and slowly bring to a boil over low heat.
Stir constantly as the filling begins to thicken. Once thickened, remove from the heat and keep stirring until cool. Then add a cube of butter and mix until smooth.
Use the cooled filling in cakes and pastries. Tip: For a deeper chocolate flavor, add 50 g of dark chocolate to the milk.

Tip: While stirring the filling until cool, set the saucepan in a bowl of cold water to help it cool faster and prevent a skin from forming.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 160 kcal
Protein: 5.7 g
Carbohydrates: 23 g
of which sugars: 17 g
Fat: 5.6 g
of which saturates: 2.8 g
Fiber: 0.6 g
Salt: 0.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Varený čokoládový krém do zákuskov a tôrt