There are aromas and tastes that you remember from childhood - the smell of acacia under the windows, grandmother’s pies or cakes from neighboring cooking. So we will try to return at that time, remember the forgotten sensations. As, for example, many beloved basket tart cake, light, shortbread and insanely tasty. And for those who have never tried it, it will be a real discovery in the world of sweets.
So, a tartlet cake, previously called a tartlet, is a round or oval cup, most often baked from shortcrust pastry - a tartlet that is filled with various fillings and decorated with cream, fruit, jelly or candied fruit. The basket itself, is the body of the cake, it is baked in special metal molds with corrugated (corrugated) walls. Let's start the culinary actions.
Cake basket with protein cream, originally from childhood.
Essential Ingredients:
For a test of 20 pcs:
- margarine - 100 grams;
- egg - 1 piece;
- sugar - 1/2 cup;
- starch - 1/2 cup;
- flour - 1.5 cups;
- Soda quenched with vinegar - 1/2 tsp;
- salt.
For cream:
- protein of 3 eggs;
- sugar - 150 grams;
- jam (jam) - 100 grams.
Pre-soften the margarine and grind white with sugar, gradually adding eggs. Add starch and begin to knead the dough, gradually adding flour. The dough should be elastic. For better compliance, put it in the refrigerator for several hours. After the dough has cooled, it must be divided into small balls. Next, we distribute them into forms, leaving the middle empty for further filling. Bake in a preheated oven to 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.
And when the baskets are baked, do not waste time and proceed to create a cream. Beat whites until cool foam, add sugar and continue whisking until a thick, homogeneous mass is obtained. We take out the baked baskets from the molds, cool, and put a spoon of jam or jam on the bottom of each. Using a pastry syringe or bag, fill the baskets with cream. The tartlet cake is ready to eat.
Of all the variety of these cakes in their content, these are loved by both children and adults, and especially women, since they are much “lighter” than their relatives. And if you want to pamper your household and guests, then the original little basket cake (recipe with fresh fruit) is what you need.
For this recipe you will need:
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- sugar - 100 grams;
- flour - 200 grams;
- butter - 100 grams;
- salt;
- apples - 2 pieces;
- kiwi - 2 pieces;
- tangerines - 2 pieces;
- jelly with lemon flavor - 1 pack.
Knead shortbread dough and for this it is necessary to combine sugar, butter and eggs, add flour and knead well. We also put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. In the meantime, prepare the fruits - divide the mandarins into slices, cut the apples into thin slices, and the kiwi slices. We bake the baskets in special tins, not forgetting to leave free space in the middle. Fruits are beautifully spread in the baked blanks, and then with the help of a pastry brush, grease them with jelly on top. Very nice and very tasty!
And you can cook a healthy and tasty treat for the kids - a little basket cake with curd cream. Such a dessert will look great on any children's holiday. And any fruits are suitable for him, both in season and in taste.
To prepare the dough you need:
- sugar - 100 grams;
- flour - 200 grams;
- egg - 1 piece;
- yolk of 2 eggs;
- margarine - 120 grams;
- baking powder - 1 tsp;
- vanillin.
For the cream you will need:
- sweet cheese - 2 pieces;
- curd mass for children - 250 grams.
And also fruits for decoration - 200g.
Knead the dough - combine the flour with baking powder and margarine, grated on a coarse grater. Rub the resulting mass with your hands, until the formation of small crumbs. Separately, beat the yolks, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Pour this mixture into the crumb and mix. Knead the dough and put in the refrigerator for one hour. We divide the chilled dough, depending on the number of molds, into 10-12 parts and beautifully lay out the obtained workpieces in them.
We bake cakes for about 25 minutes at 180 degrees. Ready baskets must be allowed to cool completely and removed from the molds. Next, mix the curd and curd mass, fill the baskets with this mixture, and decorate with pieces of fruit on top.
Enjoy your mouth-watering memories!