Have you ever tried to make a Mozart cake? No? Then we urge you to do it right now. After all, such a dessert turns out not only very tender and tasty, but also incredibly beautiful.
It should be noted that there are several ways to prepare this dessert. We decided to present you only the classic version.
Surely many housewives at least once in their lives wondered why the Mozart cake has such an unusual name. The fact is that this dessert is very similar to the Austrian sweets of the same name, which consist of marzipan, nougat and chocolate.
The most delicious Mozart cake: a classic recipe
Before starting to prepare this dessert, I want to warn you that making it is quite difficult. Moreover, such a cake requires the acquisition of a large number of expensive ingredients. However, subject to all the requirements of the recipe, your costs will be fully justified. After all, at the exit you will definitely get an incredibly tasty and fabulously beautiful cake “Mozart”.
So, for cooking cakes, we need the following products:
- egg whites - 90 g;
- egg yolks - 60 g;
- good butter - about 60 g;
- white flour - about 60 g;
- white sugar - about 70 g;
- powder - about 30 g;
- dark chocolate - about 60 g.
To make chocolate cream, we need the following ingredients:
- instant gelatin - about 8 g;
- vanilla sugar - about 15 g;
- white sugar - about 50 g;
- milk chocolate - about 60 g;
- cream 30% - about 250 ml;
- chocolate-nut paste - about 50 g.
For pistachio cream you will need:
- instant gelatin - about 6 g;
- cognac - about 10 ml;
- egg yolks - 30 g;
- marzipan - about 30 g;
- fresh milk - about 100 ml;
- white sugar - about 20 g;
- cream 30% - about 140 ml;
- pistachio paste - about 30 g.
For the preparation of glaze, the following components are necessary:
- drinking water - approximately 50 ml;
- gelatin - about 10 g;
- honey - about 100 ml;
- white sugar - about 100 g;
- cream 30% - about 65 ml;
- dark chocolate - tile.
Also, for impregnation, we need 50 ml of raspberry syrup and 1 large spoon of cognac.
Making biscuit
Mozart chocolate cake should begin to be prepared by mixing the base for the biscuit. For this, dark chocolate is melted over low heat along with butter and powdered sugar. The resulting glaze is cooled, and then egg yolks are added to it. Beating whites with sugar in a strong and resistant foam, they are also laid out in a chocolate mass. At the end, white flour is added to the ingredients and mixed thoroughly.
After kneading the dough, it is laid out in a round shape, covered with baking paper, and then sent to the oven and baked at a temperature of 190 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
After making the chocolate biscuit, it is cooled right in the bowl. Having removed the cake from the mold, it is freed from paper. At the end, the edges of the finished biscuit are cut using a plate with a diameter of 20 centimeters. The resulting cake is again placed in a deep and clean detachable form, and then generously smeared with impregnation. They make it by mixing cognac and raspberry syrup.
Cooking the first cream
To get a delicious Mozart and Salieri cake, you should prepare not only a delicate chocolate biscuit, but also a pistachio cream. To do this, instant gelatin is poured with a small amount of cold boiling water and left in this form for 40 minutes. Meanwhile, fresh milk is poured into a small saucepan, and then mixed with granulated sugar and egg yolk. The resulting mass is placed in a water bath and, constantly stirring, slowly brought to a thickening. After that, swollen gelatin, chopped marzipan, cognac and pistachio paste are added to it . If you could not buy the last ingredient, then you can replace it with 2 large spoons of ground pistachios.
Having mixed all the components, they are kept in a water bath until thickened. After that, the mass is removed from the stove and cooled. Meanwhile, whip the cream separately and add them to the finished cream. Subsequently, they fill in the whole biscuit and send it to the refrigerator for several hours.
Cooking a second cream
What else needs to be done to get a delicious and tender Mozart cake? The recipe for this dessert involves the use of two creams. How to do the first, we described above. As for the second, for its preparation in one bowl mix chocolate-nut paste (you can replace it with Nutella) and vanilla sugar. After that, the fat cream (about 80 ml) is slowly heated, after breaking the milk bar of chocolate in them. Separately, water is added to the instant gelatin separately. As for the remaining cream, they are whipped together with sugar using a mixer.
When the chocolate mass has completely cooled, sweet paste and swollen gelatin are spread alternately to it (it should be slightly warmed over a fire). At the very end, whipped cream is injected into the cream. The output is a very delicate and sweet mass, which is spread on top of the frozen first cream. In this form, the Mozart cake is again sent to the refrigerator for several hours.
Glaze preparation
What is the best way to decorate the Mozart cake? The recipe for an original cake with a musical name requires the use of chocolate icing. For its preparation, gelatin is pre-filled with water and left to swell. Meanwhile, a dark bar of chocolate is broken and melted in a water bath along with sugar, honey and heavy cream. At the end, swollen gelatin is added to the glaze and everything is thoroughly mixed.
Final stage
How to decorate the dessert "Mozart and Salieri" (cake)? The recipe for this delicacy requires the use of a large cake. A frozen semi-finished product is placed in it, carefully removing it from the detachable form. After that, the whole dessert is poured with chocolate icing. If desired, the surface of the cake is decorated with confectionery chips or other goodies. After that, he is again sent to the refrigerator and kept for about two hours. During this time, the dessert completely hardens and takes a stable form.
How should I serve the cake to the table?
Now you know how to make a Mozart cake. A chocolate recipe is good to use if you want to impress your guests not only with a beautiful and delicious dessert, but also with your culinary skills. Indeed, to prepare such a treat, you will need a lot of energy, time and products.
After the multi-layer chocolate dessert completely hardens, it is removed from the refrigerator and cut into pieces. In the context of the cake, “Mozart” looks even more beautiful and original. It is served at the table with a cup of strong and hot tea.
To summarize
Few people know that the Mozart cake can be prepared not only according to the described recipe, but also using other methods. For example, some housewives add lingonberry jam, almond essence and other ingredients to such a dessert.