Cake "Lightning Makvin" - one of the most popular in modern time. This is not just cakes smeared with cream or condensed milk, but a real work of art. Especially such a treat is suitable for boys who are fond of the cartoon "Cars". The cake is easily made at home, if you follow the step by step instructions.
What is required for the cake?
If there are no special tools for working with mastic, you can use the tubes for cocktails, which cut the mugs. You will definitely need a sharp knife, plastic cups and parchment. It is better to prepare scissors, brushes and a rolling pin for mastic in advance, cut out stencils. They can be printed on a printer or redraw on paper. This word is "lightning", the number "95" and other inscriptions. A rotating stand is best for assembling a cake . It is also necessary to stock up on food coloring in advance.
Cake Ingredients
For the dough from which Makvin (cake) will be baked, the following ingredients will be required:
- 6 eggs;
- 900 g of granulated sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- 7 g of soda;
- bar of chocolate or 2-3 tbsp. tablespoons of cocoa;
- 400 g soft margarine;
- 750 g of kefir;
- 1.2 kg of flour.
Still need cookies. You can make it yourself, but in order to save time, you can buy cookies in the store in advance. A cake will require 16 pieces. It should be round.
For custard, which will be saturated with “Makvin” (cake), you will need:
- 800 ml of milk;
- 4 eggs;
- 100 g of flour;
- 400 g of granulated sugar.
To prepare the mastic, milk powder and powdered sugar in a glass, 150 ml of condensed milk, lemon and dyes of four colors are required.
Cooking method
“Makvin” (cake) we begin to create with the preparation of the dough. To do this, mix all of the above ingredients, except chocolate, flour and half yogurt. Beat everything thoroughly. In the process, you need to gradually add flour to the container. Then melt the chocolate and add the rest of kefir. Then the baking sheet is covered with parchment. The dough is stacked and leveled on it. Cakes should be baked in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees. The result is from 4 to 5 layers.
While the cakes are cooling, a custard is prepared. Only half of the milk is taken. It mixes with flour and eggs. In a separate container, the remainder of milk and granulated sugar are thoroughly mixed. Bring to a boil. Then there is added a mixture from the first container and everything is cooked until thickened.
How to make decor for cake "Makvin" from mastic?
For mastic, mix a glass of sifted milk powder with a glass of powdered sugar, pour in condensed milk (150 ml) and a teaspoon of lemon juice. From this you need to remove the soft and elastic dough. Add powder if necessary. Then let the mass lie down a bit and start work.
A layer of mastic is rolled on a large cutting board. A stencil is placed on it. Then with a thin brush dyes, letters, inscriptions or numbers are drawn, but so that the color smoothly transitions from yellow to red (or vice versa). Excess dye is removed with a regular cloth. Then the stencil is removed and letters, inscriptions or numbers are cut out with a sharp knife.
The holes in them are made with a regular tube. The edges of the resulting parts are decorated with cords of black mastic. In order to keep them well, they are lubricated with food gel or cream. In the same way, wheels, eyes and all other elements are made in advance. Then they dry for a while.
Cake assembly
When the custard has cooled, we begin to form a cake. A car shape is assembled from cakes. Each layer is thoroughly soaked in cream. Then, niches for the wheels are cut out with cookie cutters or something round from the cake. Excess dough is easily removed with a spoon. From above, “Lightning Makvin” is rubbed and leveled, you can use custard with crumbs left over from the cake.
For the wheels, take two cookies and connect each other with cream. Press tightly to soak well. A circle of slightly smaller diameter is cut out of red mastic than cookies. And food gel sticks to the "wheels". Then rectangles are cut out of the mastic, cookies are wrapped with them. It turns out the wheels covered with rubber.
Ahead of the machine, a white rectangle and a smile from mastic are glued. They are fixed with a gel. A large layer of red mastic "Lightning Makvin" is fully tightened. It is important to release the resulting bubbles. Excess mastic is trimmed from below. This is done with a knife or scissors.
The mastic at the wheels is bent into the recesses nearby. The knife neatly cuts the place intended for a smile. On the "typewriter" in turn glued all the elements of decor. The wheels are inserted last.
The secrets of taste
“Makvin” (cake) will turn out much tastier if cookies are made independently. This will require the ingredients:
- 100 g margarine;
- 20 g of honey;
- 40 g sour cream;
- 200 g of granulated sugar;
- one egg;
- 1 sachet of vanillin;
- 2 g of soda;
- 500 g of flour.
Margarine and sand are melted in a separate container in a water bath. Then all other ingredients are placed there, except for soda and flour. The mixture is thoroughly mixed. Then the soda is mixed with a small amount of flour and added to the container. The last ingredient is added little by little until it is completely over.
Mugs are cut out from the dough. They make small indentations. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees until cooked.