The recipe of Fanta cake, which is a playful fusion of unexpected ingredients, started to spread among the Hungarian housewives in the 90’s. At first glance, the combination of Fanta Orange drink, cottage cheese, and cocoa cake might raise an eyebrow, but one bite is all it takes to understand the magic that happens when these seemingly disparate elements come together.

The foundation of Fanta cake is usually a cocoa sponge cake, but I prefer to make it with another kind of cake taken from the recipe of Rezi szelet. The cottage cheese filling is combined with butter, sugar and lemon, which harmonizes well with the tangy sweetness of Fanta. The orange drink is thickened with vanilla pudding mix, or failing that, you can make homemade pudding using egg yolks, vanilla sugar and corn starch.