Today we are preparing the legend of Soviet cuisine - the Prague Cake. Chocolate treat for any festive table. There are many options for the Prague Cake recipe .
Consider several of them and, of course, do not forget about the most delicious and real, which is prepared according to GOST of Soviet times.
Cake "Prague". GOST recipe
In order to make the cake as similar to the original as possible, it is necessary to strictly follow the recipe for its preparation.
Ingredients for Biscuit:
- 115 grams of wheat flour.
- 6 pieces of chicken eggs.
- 150 grams of granulated sugar.
- 25 grams of cocoa powder.
- 40 grams of butter.
Ingredients for Cream:
- 20 grams of purified water.
- One egg yolk.
- 120 grams of raw condensed milk.
- One pack of butter.
- 10 grams of vanilla sugar.
- 10 grams of cocoa powder.
Glaze Ingredients:
- One bar of black chocolate (it is important that it is without additives).
- 50 grams of butter.
- Impregnation Ingredients:
- 100 grams of apricot jam.
- 100 milliliters of black tea.
- 70 grams of granulated sugar.
Sponge cake dough for Prague Cake. Recipe with photo
Subject to the cooking technology, the biscuit will turn out to be tender and airy. Products should be at room temperature.
We take the eggs. A prerequisite is that they must be fresh, and the shell must be smooth, without any cracks.
First of all, we start whipping proteins. This is best done with a mixer, since we need to achieve a thick foam, and doing this with a whisk is very tiring. We begin to beat at medium speed. When the proteins turn into white foam, we begin to inject sugar in a thin stream, while still stirring. After this, it is necessary to increase the speed of the mixer to a maximum and beat until a thick protein foam is formed. In order to understand that the foam of the desired consistency, turn the container over. Well whipped foam will not leak.
To whisk the protein better, add a few drops of lemon. After this, we proceed to the procedure of whipping the yolks.
In a separate container we combine sugar and yolks. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until a lush mass is formed.
At the next stage we combine the already whipped yolks and squirrels.
In a separate container, mix the already sifted wheat flour and cocoa powder.
After we add it to whipped whites with yolks. This should be done gradually, while carefully stirring with a spatula so that lumps do not form. Mixing is necessary from top to bottom.
Now add the butter. It should be at room temperature.
Mix in the same way as the previous ingredients.
Bake a biscuit
In order to bake a cake on the Prague Cake, you must prepare:
- Parchment paper.
- A baking dish (in our case, the diameter of the mold is 21 centimeters).
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. We put parchment paper on a baking sheet, place a form on it. We pour out our dough and put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
If you are not sure about the readiness of the cake, check it with a skewer or toothpick. If the skewer is wet after a puncture, leave it to rest for a couple more minutes. Remember: you canβt bake a biscuit for a long time so that no bubbles appear.
After we get out the cake, leave it in shape for several minutes. After that, it must be removed. Cover the sponge cake with a towel and leave at room temperature for about eight hours or all night.
See how the finished cake layers look for the Prague Cake in the photo below.
Cooking cream
First, prepare the syrup. To do this, pour 20 grams of water into a small container. Add egg yolk and mix well. After that, add the condensed milk, a little vanilla sugar. All ingredients are mixed well.
We send the capacity to the stove on a small fire so that the syrup does not boil. It is necessary to boil until it thickens. Stir constantly. After the syrup is ready, remove from heat and set aside to cool for half an hour.
At the next stage, in a separate container, soften the butter and beat it with a mixer. This must be done for five to seven minutes at medium speed. The result should be a lush creamy mass.
After the syrup has cooled, we introduce it into the oil mass with a thin stream, constantly stirring.
At the next stage, we color our cream with a dark color using cocoa. To do this, we introduce the already sifted cocoa powder into the cream, not forgetting to constantly mix. Adjust its amount at your discretion. The more you enter, the darker the cream will be.
Impregnation for cake
Preparing an impregnation according to the classic recipe will not be difficult. In this case, it is necessary to dissolve 70 grams of sugar in one hundred grams of strong black tea without flavoring.
Glaze
It is necessary to cook it after the cake has been assembled so that it does not freeze. To do this, you need a bar of dark chocolate and butter. Melt both ingredients in a water bath. We make sure that the oil does not exfoliate, otherwise it will be necessary to redo it, and discard the old ingredients. In order to prevent icing from spreading over the entire surface of the cake, the top layer can be sprinkled with starch.
Making a cake
After all the components are ready, we collect the Prague Cake step by step.
Step one. Cut the cake into three identical parts. This can be done with a large knife, or you can use a thread that stretches along the entire length of the cake. Instead of a thread, a fishing line can come to the rescue. But it must be warned that this procedure is not easy and not everyone will succeed the first time. However, the more often you cook the cake, the better it will be possible to divide the cakes into equal parts.
Step Two Put the first layer on the dish and evenly with a spatula grease it with cream. We do the same with the remaining cakes. Their number depends on how high a torus you decide to cook.
Step Three The last cake must be soaked with apricot jam. Do not forget each of the cakes, before smearing with cream, pouring with tea-based impregnation. After that we send the cake for half an hour to the refrigerator.
Step Four Cover the cake with chocolate icing. This should be done with a spatula, spreading well on all sides. You can decorate with crushed nuts or a chocolate cobweb.
We send the finished cake to the refrigerator so that it is completely saturated.
Vodka-based cake "Prague"
We are preparing a cake according to a recipe that is slightly different from the classic one.
To prepare it you will need:
- One glass of sugar.
- Two glasses of flour.
- One glass of sour cream with a volume of 200 grams.
- Two chicken eggs.
- Five tablespoons of cocoa.
- Half a glass of vodka.
- One teaspoon of baking powder.
- One bar of chocolate (it is better to choose black).
- One pack of butter.
- One can of condensed milk.
Step-by-step recipe for Prague Cake with photo
Step one. Beat eggs with sugar, add one hundred grams of condensed milk and sour cream. Beat a few more minutes. Do it better with a mixer. Sift flour and cocoa into a separate container. Add to the whipped mixture and mix gently with a spoon or spatula from the bottom up.
Step Two Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with butter. We set a baking dish with a diameter of 25 centimeters. Pour the finished dough into it and bake for half an hour.
Step Three Cooking cream. To do this, beat the butter, with cocoa and the remaining condensed milk until a thick air mass is formed.
Step Four We take out a ready-made biscuit on a damp towel. Cover with a dry top. Leave for a couple of hours to let it cool. After that, cut the biscuit into three equal parts.
Step Five Impregnation of cakes. We do this with vodka. You can use any other alcohol. It can be amaretto, cognac.
Step Six We form a cake. We spread the first cake on the cake and grease it with a ready-made cream. We put the second cake on it and do the same with it. The top cake should not be oiled. We will water it with glaze.
Seventh step. Glaze preparation.
In a water bath, melt the broken black chocolate in pieces and grease the cake immediately. After that we send it to the refrigerator for three hours.
Cake decoration
We take out already impregnated cake from the refrigerator for decoration. For this, the frozen chocolate residues are finely chopped. Fried walnuts are fried in a pan and also chopped. Instead of walnuts, you can use hazelnuts or hazelnuts.
Initially, sprinkle the cake with nut crumbs, on top of the chocolate. If desired, you can make chocolate figures and place them as a composition on the cake.
We examined two step-by-step recipes for the Prague Cake. Bon Appetit!