Cakes called "Bomb" there are two varieties. Cherry-chocolate cake "Bomb" is the idea of the popular culinary specialist Dr. Etker. And coffee and chocolate is the result of folk art. In fairness, it is worth noting that both options are incredibly tasty and not so difficult to prepare.
Ingredients for Bomb Cake with Cherry
For this dessert you will need the following components.
For mixing the mass:
- Wheat flour - 0.5 cups.
- Dough baking powder - the smallest bag.
- Butter - half the packaging.
- Sugar - 1 cup without a slide.
- Eggs - 4 pcs.
- Vanillin - 1 pack (for smell).
- Cocoa - 20 g.
- Half a pack of dark chocolate.
- Hazelnuts - a handful.
Cooking dough
Of the above ingredients, you need to knead the dough. This is done in this way.
Beat the butter with sugar until the mass is completely homogeneous. Egg yolks should be separated from the proteins and added to the oil. Also mix. Grate the chocolate and chop the nuts. Now add these two ingredients to the dough. Then pour flour, baking powder and cocoa. Continue to knead the dough.
Now you need to beat the squirrels, turning them into a good strong foam with peaks. They need to be added to the dough in parts, kneading the dough further. The finished product can be put into shape when everything mixes well. Pre-grease the baking dishes with oil.
It is desirable to cover the baking dish with parchment. In time, the cake will be baked for about half an hour at a temperature in the oven of 180 degrees. Since all ovens work differently, it is best to check the cake's readiness with a toothpick, match or wooden unvarnished stick. Removing from the oven, you need to hold it for 10 - 15 minutes in the form, covering it with a napkin, and then carefully lay it on the work surface.
List of ingredients for making cake toppings
Now we are preparing the filling for the cake with cocoa. You will need such products:
- Fat cream - 0.5 kg.
- Thickener for cream - 1 tbsp. l
- Sugar - 2 cups.
- Vanillin is a small package.
- Cherry - 400 g.
- Bananas - 2 pcs.
- Lemon juice - 20 g (1 tbsp. L.).
- Cognac - 20 g (can be replaced with rum).
- Water - 150 g.
Cooking toppings for the Bomb
Syrup for the filling must be prepared in advance, for 3 hours, so that he has time to infuse. To do this, pour sugar into the water and cook it over low heat until the mixture becomes a homogeneous syrup. When the sugar has dissolved, add the cherry and boil it a little. As mentioned above, set aside for a while.
Life hack: if there is no desire or time to mess around with syrup, you can strain the cherry jam, taking the berries from there. To make it more suitable for impregnation, you can dilute it with water.
Now you need to cut the banana in circles and sprinkle it with lemon juice so that it does not darken. Add vanillin to the cream and start whipping them, gradually adding a thickener. Cherry must be carefully separated from the syrup. We will also need it.
How to assemble a bomb cake
Korzh does not need to be cut into pieces. Everything needs to be taken out of it, leaving only the bottom and sides. To get a kind of bowl. Now you need to lay out the following layers: banana, cherry, cream.
Take out the dough by hand and sprinkle the cake on top. Amazing dessert is ready.
Coffee and Chocolate Bomb: Ingredients
No less wonderful cake can be prepared with the addition of coffee. You need to cook cakes, impregnation and cream. For the test you will need the following ingredients:
- Eggs - 6 pcs.
- Flour - 80 g.
- Sugar - 220 g.
- Cocoa - 30 g.
- Starch - 50 g.
- Vanillin - 1 tsp
- Baking powder - 2 tsp.
Prepare the products for impregnation:
- Water - 300 ml.
- Sugar - 6 tsp.
- Instant coffee - 3 tsp.
For cream you will need:
- Fat Cream - 500 g
- Sugar - 170 g.
- Sour cream - 250 ml.
- Vanillin - 1 tsp
- Chocolate - 100 g.
Cake Baking Instructions
Yolks and squirrels must be separated from each other in a separate bowl. Beat for a long time, in small parts, adding half the sugar prepared for the cake, protein. Yolks with other sugar are also whipped. You need to add vanillin to them.
Combine all this by gently mixing. Make a mixture of flour, starch, cocoa and baking powder. Add to egg mass.
The cake for coffee and chocolate cake "Bomb" should be thin, so pour the dough into a baking sheet, previously covering it with baking paper. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. The readiness check is done with a match or a toothpick.
From the finished cake, you need to make three square blanks of the same size. To do this, one of the cakes will have to be composed of halves. Calculating dimensions is easier with a ruler.
The crumbs left after cutting the cake are useful for decorating the dessert.
The impregnation is prepared simply: coffee is brewed with sugar in boiling water and cooled to room temperature. It is advisable to do these manipulations in advance. Chocolate must be grated.
For cream, you need to whip the cream very well, adding a little sugar and vanilla to it. How to whip cream 33% and above? Before the formation of peaks. Then in this mass must be added very carefully, stirring, sour cream.
Going cake is also easy. The cake is laid, the coffee is soaked, then the cream is laid out on it and the chocolate spills out. And so all three cakes are the same.
Top and sides of the Bomb cake are smeared with cream residues. Sprinkle the remaining grated chocolate on top, and decorate the treat with biscuit crumbs on the sides.