Cake "Izba" with cherries is a favorite delicacy of many sweet tooth. The dessert combines the soft and pleasant taste of milk cream and juicy berries, which significantly refresh the product. Preparing a confectionery masterpiece is quite simple, using the most affordable and prevalent products. A masterpiece will be the perfect decoration for a festive table.
Features of the izba cake
Many "home" culinary specialists experience difficulties in the preparation of desserts, namely cakes. For such "masters", the Izba cake with cherries will be an ideal cooking option. Instead of berries, you can also use a banana.
For cooking, you don’t need to worry too much about whether the dough is suitable or not, whether the cake shape will change during baking. Cooking cream does not take much time, does not require the implementation of complex culinary techniques. The highlight of the dessert will be juicy berries with a bright taste and pleasant aroma.
A distinctive feature is the shape of the finished flour product and the assembly principle. As a result of cooking, you get a product that resembles a hut (hence the name of the cake). Finished sticks with filling are stacked according to the principle of a pyramid.
What ingredients should be used to make a cake
For cooking, you need the simplest products that can be purchased at any store. The composition of the cake "Monastery hut" is represented by the following ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour.
- ¼ kg of butter.
- 1 cup of sugar.
- A glass of sour cream.
- 5 grams of baking powder.
- A pinch of salt.
In addition to this set, vanilla sugar can also be used. Other fruit essences are sometimes used.
Ingredients for Topping and Cream
Cake “Izba” with cherries has a very simple filling, which is complemented by a delicious and nutritious cream. For the filling, it is worth preparing:
- 900 grams of fresh, frozen or canned cherries.
- Half a glass of sugar.
Other berries are sometimes used. It will turn out very tasty if you take blueberries, raspberries, apricots, black currants. Such options are not those components that are used for the classic recipe, but can be used.
To prepare the cream, you should choose these products:
- 2 glasses of cream;
- 1 cup icing sugar.
For the decor, a bar of chocolate or confectionery powder is used. You can leave a few berries for decoration.
The principle of preparation of the cake "Monastery hut"
The step-by-step recipe for the Monastic hut cake requires the following steps:
- It is necessary to peel the berries and sprinkle with a little sugar. Allow the cherries to stand for about one hour, and then put them in a colander. The juice will run off in about 10-15 minutes.
- First you need to mix the sour cream with baking powder with a spoon.
- Mash the oil first with a fork until it is plastic. Then add a little salt and beat the composition with a mixer.
- While the butter is whipping, you need to gradually add sugar, sprinkling the ingredient with a spoon.
- Add sour cream to the sweet oil and mix slowly with a silicone spatula.
- Sift the flour gradually into the sour cream mixture. Knead the dough using the same silicone spatula.
- Transfer the dough into cling film and wrap it well. Refrigerate for one hour.
- Pull out the dough and knead a little, divide into fifteen identical pieces. Roll each serving into a ball.
- Roll out each portion, forming a rectangle with the parameters of 20 × 7 centimeters. Lay berries along the entire length, which will be located close to each other.
- According to the principle of dumpling, you need to pinch the edges of the dough. Get "sausages."
- Put “sausages” on baking paper, which is already on the baking sheet. Bake at 200 degrees for forty minutes.
When laying blanks on paper, it is worthwhile to ensure that all elements lie on the seam.
Features of the cream
Some ingredients of the Monastic Izba cake still require special treatment. These are those products from which the cream will be prepared. To make this composite cake light and tasty, you need to properly prepare the cream:
- Cream must be refrigerated.
- Mix cream with powdered sugar and beat with a mixer at high speed for about twenty minutes.
- Put in the refrigerator for several minutes, closing the container with cling film.
No more manipulations are worth it. The cream should not be applied to warm or hot dough pieces. And the mass itself must be chilled.
What else cream can be used to impregnate such a cake
Especially popular is the sour cream cake "Monastery izba" with cherries. Firstly, sour cream blends perfectly with cherries. Secondly, such a product is cheaper and easier to get than cream. Thirdly, working with sour cream is easier.
Features of the preparation of sour cream for the cake:
- Weighted sour cream must be mixed with sugar.
- Beat product for more than 30 minutes at high speed.
- Cool the resulting mass in the refrigerator. 5-10 minutes are enough.
After cooling, re-whipping may be necessary if the volume of the mass decreases. Before direct use, you can whip the cream again to give greater splendor.
Secrets to Making Cake Creams
To make the Izba cake with cherries as tasty as possible, you should first of all take care of the high-quality preparation of the cream. Regardless of its composition, it is worth knowing some secrets that will help make the component especially high-quality:
- So that later the cream does not spread, it is worth using only fat sour cream or cream.
- The texture will be light if you use only icing sugar, but not sugar.
- The cream will whip well and keep in shape if you sprinkle the product with a small amount of lemon juice.
- So that sour cream does not become blurry, you need to weigh the product. Put sour cream in gauze and let the whey drain for several hours, and then stand in the refrigerator for 8 hours.
If you take into account these nuances, the cream will turn out to be soft, airy, tasty and will keep the original texture well. Additionally, you can add a little cinnamon or vanillin.
Assembly of the "Monastery hut"
The final stage is the assembly and decoration of the cake. For cakes do not need to use additional impregnation. How to make a cake “Monastery hut” with cherries, or rather to collect it?
- For a cake, it is advisable to choose the most flat plate or dish.
- So that the product after laying does not go on a plate, you must first lubricate it with a small amount of cream.
- Put flour sticks with cherries in the amount of 5 pieces on a plate. Stacking workpieces is the same as they were baked in the oven.
- Lubricate the calculation with cream.
- Next, lay out 4 sticks. It is worth laying the elements of the second layer between the parts of the first. So the form will not part.
- Lubricate the layer with cream again.
- Put 3, and then 2 and 1 more berry stick. Each layer should be well smeared with cream.
- Lubricate the entire top of the confectionery with the remainder of the cream.
Most often, chocolate is used for decoration, which can be stacked in several ways. Chilled tiles can be grated and sprinkled with cream. The same can be done with knives. If you melt the chocolate, then using a spoon you can make strokes over the entire surface area of the cake. Along the perimeter of the upper part of the confectionery, several berries can be laid out.