Cake is the crown dish of the festive table, without which, it seems, not a single feast can do. This is a dessert made from cakes soaked in jam or cream and decorated on top with icing, nuts, fruits.
Today there is a huge selection of different options for this treat. On the shelves of the confectionery departments you can see yogurt, nut, chocolate, cream, fruit, cottage cheese, honey and coffee cakes. This dessert can either be bought in a store or cooked at home. But do not forget that this is a very nutritious and high-calorie pleasure. Therefore, when purchasing dessert in a candy store or choosing a recipe for home cooking, you need to carefully study its composition. The article talks about one of the most popular cakes, about the components that it contains and how this sweetness is useful or unhealthy.
Cake "Prague": history of occurrence
This dessert, so popular and loved by many since Soviet times, has nothing to do with the Czech capital. Its creation is related to the restaurant "Prague", created in honor of the decade of the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation. In the fifties of the last century, Vladimir Guralnik got a job in this institution. He is the creator of the legendary cake recipe. The restaurant specialized in Czech national dishes. Specialists from Czechoslovakia worked in it, and there is an assumption that it was they who prompted Goralnik to prepare this dessert. In the famous institution, this delicacy was prepared using cream, rum and liquor.
It is believed that the prototype of the cake was another Czech dessert - Sacher. Nowadays, the recipe for "Prague" has somewhat changed. Therefore, it is unlikely that the housewives, who are waiting for guests, are selling in stores or preparing for the holiday, it looks like a sweet served in a famous restaurant. The calorie content of the Prague cake is a question that probably worries many who try to lead a healthy lifestyle and monitor their weight, but would like to try this delicacy. To understand this issue, you need to look at what is included in the dessert.
Products from which the cake is made
The creation of this treat involves the preparation of dough, cream and glaze.
To make the dough, you need the following types of products:
- The eggs.
- Sugar.
- Cocoa Powder
- Sour cream.
- Condensed milk.
- Soda.
- Flour.
You can prepare the cream using the following ingredients:
- Butter.
- Cocoa
- Condensed milk.
Glaze contains cocoa powder, sugar, butter and milk.
In some recipes, you can find products such as cognac, liquor, chocolate and vanillin. A sufficiently high calorie content of the Prague cake is determined by the presence of especially nutritious components in the composition of cream and glaze. In addition to the classic way of cooking in various books on cooking, you can read other recipes:
- "Prague on sour cream."
- "Chiffon Prague".
- "Old Prague" with the addition of chocolate.
Of course, any experienced hostess knows that you can endlessly experiment with cooking methods and components of desserts. And, of course, the calorie content of the Prague cake can be slightly reduced by using an existing one or by creating your own dietary option.
The benefits and harms of dessert. The energy value
Of course, cake is not the best product for those who need to follow the rules of a healthy diet and follow the figure. But in any food you can find something valuable to the body. Cocoa and chocolate, which are part of the cake, are excellent tools to combat bad mood and fatigue. They also contain substances that are beneficial to the body, such as iron and magnesium. But this sweet contains a lot of fat and sugar. This is not the best choice for those who need to lose weight.
The high calorie content of the Prague cake is not the only reason to refuse to often use this product. This dessert, due to its high fat content, is slowly absorbed by the body. Therefore, people with gastrointestinal diseases should eat it with caution. In general, even for healthy people, this delicacy is recommended to be used occasionally, on holidays. The “Prague” cake has high energy value - calories per 100 grams are approximately 350 calories. Agree, this is quite a lot.