Cakes are a delicious sweet tooth treat. Holidays are impossible without them, and thanks to the art of pastry chefs, any event becomes magical. Regardless of what the names of the cakes and types are, their preparation has become a kind of art. The design of sweets is amazing, it can become an ornament of any celebration, including weddings.
Types, names of cakes
Cakes are small confectionery products that are prepared from dough with the addition of sugar, filling and cream. There are a lot of types of cakes, and new culinary technologies allow you to create a new recipe every year. Everyone knows the following names of cakes and varieties:
- Custard Eclairs.
- Honey-nut cakes.
- "Potatoes".
- Souffle.
- Cakes "Bird's milk."
- Tartlets with berries and whipped cream.
- Meringue.
- Tiramisu.
- Sponge cakes.
- Chocolate
- Wafer rolls with cream.
- Macaroni.
And these are not all types and names of cakes. The list of sweets is much longer. The ability to decorate any table with its exquisite beauty unites all these goodies.
Usually, cream, colored glaze, berries, pieces of fruit, cream, chocolate are used to make cakes. Absolutely all types of cakes, the names of these sweets determine the main product that is included. Baking is made from biscuit, shortbread, custard, curd, bean, rice, puff and other types of dough. For some cakes, the main product is cookies, not dough, such as tiramisu.
Foreign cakes: names
Piece dessert confectionery is prepared in two main ways: an independent cake (meringue) and equal pieces of cake (Napoleon, cheesecake). Cakes are divided by the type of filling, the ingredients that are part of the composition, and the method of preparation. These sweets are nut, cream, mixed, salty, fruit. The most famous are sweets, which are prepared on the basis of a cream. The names of French cakes, for example, eclairs, are derived from the composition. The basis of eclairs is custard or butter cream. Meringue is also a French pastry made from egg whites and sugar.
In Japan, the names of cakes are popular - wagashi, which are made from rice dough with the addition of herbs, fruits, berries, seaweed, nuts. They are different in size and color, but always stand out among others. In China, love tart baskets from shortcrust pastry with creamy egg cream. In Italy, the famous tiramisu is produced; in America, chocolate cake is widespread. The name of this sweet is “brownie” because of the main ingredient of cocoa.
Cooking Macarons
Many people call macaroni cookies, although they look more like small cakes in appearance and taste. The name of sweets is French, as is the recipe. Macaroni gained popularity all over the world thanks to sophisticated cooking technology and incredible taste. Despite the technical difficulties, there is a simple pasta recipe that you can use at home.
Cooking cakes must be divided into two parts: dough and cream. In the first case, you will need the following ingredients:
- ground almonds (45 grams),
- icing sugar (75 grams),
- one chicken protein
- food coloring,
- sugar (10 grams).
For cream, prepare:
- milk (50 ml)
- sugar (120 grams),
- vanilla sugar (20 grams),
- cream (80 ml),
- two chicken yolks,
- butter (170 grams).
First you need to cook the dough. Separate the yolk from the protein in a separate container. Mix almond and icing sugar and sift it several times through a sieve. Beat the protein well until a thick and tender foam is formed, add ten grams of sugar and "fluff" again. Next add food coloring. The cream should be put in a pastry bag and “planted” on a baking sheet covered with paper at a great distance from each other. The diameter of the cakes should be three centimeters. Leave the dough to rest for twenty minutes. Then put in the oven, preheated to one hundred and forty degrees, for ten minutes. When the dough has hardened, remove the pasta, place on a cold surface and gently turn it over.
To prepare the cream, mix vanilla sugar with milk and bring to a boil. Beat the yolks with sugar and butter, add 1 tablespoon of milk, stir and slowly pour into the main milk-vanilla liquid. The mixture must be constantly stirred until it becomes thick. Next, caramelize one hundred grams of sugar, bring the cream to a boil in a separate saucepan and add them to the caramel. Dip the remaining oil into the mass and cook over low heat until the cream is creamy. Cool, mix with vanilla cream, spread one half of the pasta, put the other on top. Put the cakes in the refrigerator for an hour.
Forms and devices for making cakes
The professional pastry chef is always at hand with the necessary culinary tools. This list is very long, but if someone has a desire to start producing cakes at home, it is advisable to get the following kitchen utensils. In the kitchen, a cake lover must have:
- plastic and silicone molds,
- corollas
- floor mats
- baking paper,
- food colorings,
- pastry bags with nozzles,
- electronic balance.
Special professional sets for making cakes of different types are gaining popularity.
Culinary secrets
In order for the sweets to be tasty and airy, use the secrets of confectioners for the preparation of dough and cream. For example, a biscuit cake got its name due to the splendor and lightness of the dough.
- All biscuit cake ingredients should have the same temperature.
- Sift flour for biscuit two or more times through a sieve.
- Carefully separate the whites from the yolks.
- Before whipping the squirrels, cool them.
- Degrease the surface of the dishes in which the whites will whip.
- Follow the strict sequence of adding all the components of the cake.
- Do not stir the dough for a long time.
- Preheat the oven to one hundred and eighty degrees.
- Do not open the oven while baking.
- Let the biscuit cool completely.
Simple recipe
Favorite childhood cake "Chocolate Potato" is easy to prepare yourself. This will require one glass of sugar and the same amount of hot milk, two teaspoons of cocoa, vanilla crackers (300 grams), butter (200 grams), chopped nuts, powdered sugar, cognac (to taste).
Mix cocoa with sugar, gradually pour hot milk, stir well so that no lumps form. Boil the mixture over low heat - sugar should melt. Grind crackers in a meat grinder and add to the milk mass. Next comes butter and some cognac. When the dough has cooled, make balls, roll them in ground nuts, cocoa and icing sugar, send to the refrigerator for two hours.
Popular cakes in Russia
In Russia, the most common cakes, known since Soviet times, are custard. They consist of their butter cream or condensed milk, incredibly delicious and satisfying.
The names of the “Chocolate Potato” cakes are remembered by everyone, especially their expressive taste and appearance. Prepare "potatoes" from butter, cocoa, crushed cookies, crushed nuts. This sweetness got its name because of its resemblance to potatoes.
Cake Bird's milk cake, various sand tartlets with berries and cream, puff, biscuit and chocolate cakes are popular in Russia. The peculiarity of these sweets is that they saturate the body, but also contain a lot of fats and carbohydrates.
Reviews
Most reviews of pastries and their preparation are positive. If these sweets are prepared technically correctly, and they are made to order by professional confectioners. At home, you can also repeat the recipe for some cakes, if you approach the process creatively and follow the exact recipe. Of the minuses of self-cooking confectionery products - possible inaccuracies in the recipe, lack of experience and special devices to improve the cooking process.