Everyone loves beautifully decorated holiday cakes. It is especially interesting when these desserts are made in the original style, and if you do it yourself, then everyone strives to get a piece of goodies and appreciate the skill of an amateur pastry chef. But the most exciting moment before eating the product is cutting it and looking at the cake in section. Consider the most popular of these wonderful delicacies from the inside.
Honey cake
This cake is popular not only in Russia and the countries of the former USSR, but also in the West. It is prepared from 8-10 thinly rolled cakes, which include butter, sugar, soda, eggs, flour, and, of course, honey. Preparation of the test can cause difficulties for inexperienced culinary specialists, because it is done according to a rather complicated recipe. But the cakes are baked quickly. It is worth remembering that they should be cut off while still hot, but stacking them on top of each other is not necessary. Layered "Honey" sour cream. And in the context, he looks very appetizing. The photo is presented below.
"Napoleon"
The cake, named after the French emperor, is one of the heaviest and fattest, but it is rightfully one of the most delicious treats. It is prepared from puff pastry, heartily oiled, literally drenched with custard. Often due to stratification during a meal, a piece of "Napoleon" travels around. A sectional photo of the cake is presented below.
"Bird's milk"
The airy and light “Bird's milk” cake consists almost entirely of soufflé, and cakes are present in it only in the form of small interlayers or just one base. This miracle of confectionery thought is covered with chocolate icing, and it looks in the context as shown in the photo below.
"Prague"
The next cake in the list in the context with the description is amazingly tasty and fragrant "Prague". It consists of sponge cakes, butter cream and chocolate fudge. Cocoa is present in each layer of the dessert, so this is a very, very chocolate cake.
"Monastic hut"
"Monastic hut" ("Anthill") - a cake that has more varieties and recipes. The common thing is that it is prepared in the form of a house roof or an ant heap. One of the most common recipes is a bunch of dough tubes filled with cherries and greased with sour cream. On top of the dessert, you can sprinkle with chocolate chips, crushed cookies, as well as any pastry topping. Here is what this cutaway cake is.
Cheesecake
Cheesecake is an American dessert that has won the hearts of sweet tooth in the world. It is prepared quite simply - from the cake, consisting of crumbled shortbread cookies and a large layer of cheese mass. The peculiarity of making a cheesecake is that you need to do it in a water bath in the oven. This cake looks in section as follows.
"Black forest"
So this cake is called in Russian, and in German it sounds like “Black Forest”. This is another sweet miracle with cherries inside and even outside. The basis of the cake is sponge cakes with cocoa soaked in kirschwasser (this is an alcoholic drink that can be replaced with cherry tincture). The cakes of this dessert are soaked in cherry syrup and layered with butter cream. When decorating, crushed chocolate and special cocktail cherries are usually used. It is sold in stores and pastry shops, and can also be ordered online. To make cocktail cherries at home is unrealistic. Here's what the Black Forest cake looks like in the context.
Tiramisu
Light and delicate Tiramisu dessert is made from mascarpone cheese, eggs, powdered sugar, dark chocolate, coffee, Marsala dessert wine and savoyardi cookies. This recipe is quite simple, as a cake is prepared without baking. This is a good way of cooking on hot summer days when you do not want to stand near a hot oven. In order to make Tiramisu look beautiful, it can be decorated with a layer of cream on top, squeezing it out of a pastry bag or syringe in small, neat portions. For a better understanding, we attach a sectional photo of the cake.
Perhaps this is a slightly subjective list, but still the presented cakes are really popular all over the world, and their inner world is the most beautiful thing that can be in the life of a true sweet tooth!